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New Delhi: Watching a survival movie certainly hits a different tone. They provide the viewers with a jaw-dropping experience, where they get to feel a range of differing emotions - be it thrill, suspense, desperation or a sense of relief.
A good survival movie generally comprises very few elements. There are a limited number of characters, if not one, and these characters have to run the show with just their wits and only a handful of tools available at their disposal.
Staying alive is the only objective the characters have in mind. The phrase "Less is More" is completely applicable as far as survival movies are concerned.
It is because they have to do the most with the least. Each and everything needs to be utilized to the fullest.
Survival movies also provide a deeper insight into our own fears and compel us to introspect into our own vulnerabilities more often than not.
Mostly, this genre involves staying alive through the harsh conditions of a vast wilderness. Sometimes, a belligerent threat is added in, which could be in the form of an untamed animal or other life-threatening creatures.
A human competing for the few resources available, outer space, or even complete isolation are among the other subjects.
Here are some of the spine-tingling movies to watch out for.
This is arguably one of the best performances of Rajkumar Rao, if not the best. Directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, this story revolves around Shaurya (Protagonist), who mistakenly locks himself inside an apartment in a newly constructed residential building.
Things turn from bad to worse when he discovers that there is literally no one in the sky-high tower and his apartment is located on the top floors.
On top of that, there is no water supply, no food and no electricity whatsoever. Hence, Shaurya's survival instincts get unleashed.
This epic movie has the been recipient of many prominent awards and had been lauded by the audience. Starring the late Irrfan Khan, it is based on a young man named Pi Patel who boards a freighter with his parents and a few remaining animals.
Tragedy strikes when a terrible storm sinks the ship and Pi is the only human survivor. However, Pi finds company in the form of a fearsome Bengal Tiger who has found refuge aboard the lifeboat. As months have passed by, the two of them develop a complex relationship.
This movie seemed to pop out of a Sci-fi playbook. Sandra Bullock plays the role of Dr. Ryan Stone who is on her first space shuttle mission along with Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) who is in command of his last flight before retiring.
However, disaster strikes as their space shuttle are destroyed by space hubris - leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone -tethered to nothing but each other and spiralling out into the blackness.
The two of them have to figure out how to return to planet Earth.
While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains life-threatening injuries from a brutal bear attack. When a member (Tom Hardy) of his hunting team kills his young son (Forrest Goodluck) and leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to the fullest to find a way back to civilization.
This movie had earned Leonardo DiCaprio many accolades, the most prominent one being his first Academy Award for Best Actor.
Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), son of wealthy parents (Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt), graduates from Emory University as a top student and athlete.
However, instead of embarking on a prestigious and profitable career, he chooses a completely different path in life.
He donates his savings to charity, rid himself of his possession, and sets out on a journey to the Alaskan Wilderness.
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assumes that he is dead. He must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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