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- On the remote Norwegian Bear Island, used as a submarine base by the Germans during WW2, U.N. scientist Larsen sends a distress signal using an emergency NATO frequency and is received by scientific vessel Morning Rose.
- A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate.
- "Five U.S.A." butchered "Bear Island" yesterday afternoon,the net result being not worth watching.A significant proportion was out of focus,the sound unintelligible,the effect of the flickering visuals almost stroboscopic.From the wreckage it might hardly be fair to criticise what may well have been a masterpiece of cinema for all I know although the bits I did see don't give that theory a great deal of credence. Certainly the acting didn't seem to be up to much,Mr Donald Sutherland apparently having his dialogue written by Harold Pinter,the others by the balloon filler for the old wartime action comics,being of the "Gott in Himmel,Fritz",variety. There is an early McGuffin about climate change but basically "Bear Island" is yet another 'Search for Nazi Gold',a plot that even 30 years ago was sprouting whiskers. Mr Lloyd Bridges tries hard to keep a straight face and Mr Sutherland dives into water cold enough to freeze a polar bear's chuff and comes out wisecracking. Some guy gets barbecued by a Verey Pistol and is blown clear out of a ship's bridge,floating away on his back like a holiday maker at Clacton. If these excerpts,gleaned from a confusing melange of sounds and images are anything to go by I probably wouldn't have much liked "Bear Island" anyway,but it would have been nice if "Five U.S.A." had given me the opportunity.
- Bear Island starts as various scientists of differing nationalities head towards the icy NATO owned Bear Island, a small island in the Artic, where they intend to study the effects of climate change on the melting glaciers. Among them is interested American Frank Lnsing (Donald Sutherland) whose father Captained a German World War II U-Boat & since Bear Island was the last recorded position of his father's boat he wants to see if he can find it, however all is not well as various other parties in the expedition have more sinister motives. Why did team leader Otto Gerran (Richard Widmark) designate certain areas as avalanche risks when they were not? What is he trying to keep people away from? Who sabotaged the radio mast? Who deliberately started an avalanche that killed one scientist & almost killed Lansing? Just what watery cold secrets does Bear Island hide & why does it appear certain people will kill for them & just who is the mysterious Zelda?<br/><br/>This British Canadian co-production was co-written & directed by Don Sharp & was based on the novel of the same name published in 1971 by Alistair MacLean although I have not read it so cannot compare the two but this film adaption differs greatly from it's source novel in many ways, as a film I quite liked Bear island & thought it was a fairly watchable espionage thriller with hints of James Bond style action all set on an isolated cold Artic island cut off from civilisation which adds tremendous atmosphere to the film. The set-up is quite good & there's definite intrigue here but it shoots it's load a little too early on although the actual identity of Zelda is kept secret until the end the reasons behind everything is a little predictable. The action adventure scenes are good if a little understated with a lengthy snow mobile/hover-boat chase at the end & two skiers trying to out run a huge avalanche the two main action set-piece highlights. At almost two hours long some may lose patience with it but I thought the time flew by which is always a good sign & I was fairly gripped by it even if things turn out a little underwhelming at the end. The character's are alright although I would have liked more motive for some of the lesser ones to have been the villain & a few more red herrings, basically I would have liked some slightly stronger mystery elements but I still liked it overall.<br/><br/>Bear Island seems to be fairly obscure with few user comments & no external reviews on IMDb, it has certainly never been released on DVD anywhere & only issued once on VHS here in the UK during the mid 80's although it does occasionally turn up on telly every so often. The film is well made & has a really icy isolated atmosphere, I almost felt the Artic chill while watching this at home although the version I saw was horribly pan and scanned & you could hardly tell what was going on in certain zoomed in grainy as hell shots that surely would have looked so much better in it's proper aspect ratio. The action scenes & fights are nice enough & there's a few decent explosions as well.<br/><br/>Filmed on location in Alaska, Canada & in the studio in London, England this looks good with good production values although it apparently bombed big time at the box-office which is probably why it's not more well known or more widely released. There's a good solid cast of pros here including Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Lloyd Bridges & Lawrence Dane although some of the accents are a bit poor.<br/><br/>Bear Island doesn't have much in common with it's source novel but as an action adventure with a sprinkling of mystery you could do worse & I did like it, worth a watch at lest if you can find a copy or catch it on telly.
- The British PG Version, released on VHS by RCA/Columbia misses out several plot scenes of nearly 11 and a half minutes. a5c7b9f00b
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