They did it and then some of them died — slowly, painfully, avoidably — is the main takeaway from “Everest,” the latest dramatization of the legendarily fateful 1996 climbing accident on Earth’s highest mountain. Like “The Perfect Storm,” it’s a technically magnificent, frighteningly immersive and solidly acted drama about what happens when the many irresistible forces of commerce meet the immovable object of Mother Nature.
Everest
Everest
Everest
They did it and then some of them died — slowly, painfully, avoidably — is the main takeaway from “Everest,” the latest dramatization of the legendarily fateful 1996 climbing accident on Earth’s highest mountain. Like “The Perfect Storm,” it’s a technically magnificent, frighteningly immersive and solidly acted drama about what happens when the many irresistible forces of commerce meet the immovable object of Mother Nature.