
Madec, an unscrupulous international entrepreneur, hires the skilled young tracker, Ben, to guide him through the barren Mojave Desert during a hunting trip. Unfortunately, things will take a turn for the unexpected, when prideful Madec shoots the wrong target unintentionally, and in a cynical attempt to wash his hands of the irrevocable deed, tries to bribe himself out of this predicament by offering Ben a hefty compensation in exchange for his silence. Now, it's Ben's turn ... (Full plot summary below)
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Madec, an unscrupulous international entrepreneur, hires the skilled young tracker, Ben, to guide him through the barren Mojave Desert during a hunting trip. Unfortunately, things will take a turn for the unexpected, when prideful Madec shoots the wrong target unintentionally, and in a cynical attempt to wash his hands of the irrevocable deed, tries to bribe himself out of this predicament by offering Ben a hefty compensation in exchange for his silence. Now, it's Ben's turn to run for his life under the fierce and merciless sun. However, even though the unforgiving desert is limitless, on the other hand, so is the prey's desire to survive. Who shall live and who shall die in this deadly cat-and-mouse game?
Leave your thoughts about Beyond the Reach.
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonDouglas brings a sense of reckless abandon to a cat-and-mouse thriller that nevertheless is most often unpleasant, and not in a way that's provocative or surprising. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinBeyond the Reach is a grueling, unsatisfying thriller that fails the logic test in spectacular ways. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardDouglas is in his element and the throwback, stylized look of the production makes Beyond the Reach an entertaining hit of escapist fun. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairDouglas' gleefully smarmy performance goes a long way towards perpetuating the thoroughly watchable atmosphere... |
| Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreThe folks re-adapting White’s book for Beyond the Reach tamper and tinker with perfection — a little overly convenient cheating here, a contrived finale that goes wrong and then goes more wrong. The film staggers under these blows and never really recovers. |
| The Mail on Sunday (UK)Matthew BondThe execution is so good it's easy to forgive it its improbabilities. |
| RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsWatching Douglas behave like a narcissistic scumbag is an absolute pleasure, one in which viewers of action-adventure Beyond the Reach can happily indulge. |
| Cinema TradicionalAlberto AcuñaThe director makes the confrontation interesting and factual because he makes the best use of the environment and landscape. [full review in Spanish] |
| Times (UK)Ed PottonJohn Madec is a millionaire with an array of expensive toys... He's Douglas's nastiest creation since Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. |
| Electric SheepGreg KlymkiwThe Reach offers up happy corroboration that filmmaker Jean-Baptiste Léonetti's astonishing dystopian science fiction masterpiece Carré Blanc was no first feature fluke. |