This is true story about Aron Ralston, played by James Franco, who is a thrill seeking outdoorsman. While hiking in Canyon Lands National Park, Utah, he finds himself trapped in the wild without anyone to help him. The movie was directed by Danny Boyle and released into theaters on January 28, 2010.
As he was walking through a narrow passage, Ralston steps onto an unstable rock causing it to come loose and fall. As he slips the boulder pins his hand between the canyon wall and the large rock. His initial reaction was to yell and pull his hand out but both were unsuccessful. He begins to ration his food, water and he starts a video journal with the camcorder that he had.
While battling the harsh temperatures during the day and night, Ralston manages to survive in the canyon with his hand caught for five days. He has used up all of his water and he has no more food to eat, plus he has become very weak considering he has been standing in the same spot all this time.
For a last desperate attempt to get him free he decides to break the bone in his arm and sever it off with the dull packet knife that he had with him. After a gruesome scene he gets himself free and before leaving he takes a picture of where he had been trapped and looks up at the sky saying “Thank-you.”
Now being free he had to make his way back to the car which is miles away, with one arm while battling the intense heat of the day. Eventually he encountered a family on a day hike who gave him water and they called for help. He was given water and airlifted via helicopter to the hospital.
The film ends with shots of the real Aron Ralston and his life after the accident doing what he loves best, being in nature. The last caption of the movie said that “Now every time Ralston leaves the house he writes a note.” I found this to be very interesting because you never know when something is going to happen. I would recommend this movie to anyone because it shows how far a person will go to survive.
-Carl Oberle
-Carl Oberle
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