Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk
Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk
| 01 January 2002 (USA)
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Adrenaline Rush: the Science of Risk takes audiences on a breathtaking journey from extraordinary heights, featuring spectacular footage of extreme skydiving while delving into both the biology of risk-taking and the physics that make human flight possible

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susiegrogan

Wow all l can say is wow,everything came together,music,scenes,pictures,action,kelp me on the edge of my seat,and there is one more thing MORE MORE can,t wait to see more ,this film had it all in one,l seen the title and that caught my eye,l was hook from the beginning to the end,was exciting,and history with true facts,my sons will love it,l wish there was more like this movie,l feel the whole cast made the scenes like you was there watching in person,feeling the wind on your face as they floated down,l can see why the sky divers love it,l think for my next birthday l want to sky dive,sometimes we as a people allow our fears to control how and what we do, thankful there are people who can live their dreams,

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pentlandbiker

Appalling commentary and people jumping off things.The first few seconds increased my adrenaline four fold – why was I watching this tosh? A gravely voiced doom-mongering narration of the story of our two heroes as they walk in slow motion across the desert. The photography of the base jumpers was good and the sky diving also, but that’s pretty standard stuff on IMAX these days. Meanwhile our narrator maintains his style with a delivery that you would normally find in trailers for cheap horror flicks. The film then descends into some stupid stuff about Leonardo’s’ original drawing of a parachute – will it work? They build it; they drop it from a plane with a guy holding on to it. At about 2000 ft from the ground he lets go (!) and lands using a modern parachute. Leonardo’s’ crashes to the ground – hardly a signal to uncork the champagne. A truly awful film with nice pictures.

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Ethan Quern

Spoilers ahead: I saw this recently at the Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian in DC with a couple of business buddies. At first, I have to admit to mild acrophobia and being some skeptical of the title, but the boss was buying and I couldn't weazel out. When the movie began, I could barely look directly at the screen, as free-falling to the ground from a plane isn't exactly an experience I relish. However,as the movie progressed and began to explore the biology behind the excitement of these daring (crazy?) feats, I was slowly conquering my queezy stomach. By the time they tested Leonardo Da Vinci's parachute over the Mohave, and I watched it majestically soar over the desert, I was enthralled. At the finale, when it was time for the jump from the mountain I promised myself to follow it all the way through, and landed a changed man. Great experience, well worth seeing!

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peterfehrs

Disappointing. With a title like "Adrenaline Rush" in a big IMAX theater, what might you expect to see? Car racing? Being in a burning building? Bungee jumping? Flying in a jet at mach two? Mountain climbing?No? How about skydiving? Lots and lots of skydiving. And then more skydiving. First day at school. More skydiving. Cliffjumping. Skydiving. Hokey end. Credits.This is the worst IMAX film I've ever seen. The beginning, with Peter Gabriel/Afro Celt's "Falling" is promising, but all that promise falls apart when the narrator calls one of the skydivers a "genius" and "modern renaissance man." It's skydiving, not, well, rocket science. Apparently, someone filmed a bunch of skydiving footage with IMAX and then had to create a movie out of it. The result is this. With Leonardo DaVinci cruelly tacked on, the result feels like a cheap ploy to make you think skydiving is educational. This movie is about as educational as my shoe.The ending is trite and hokey (watch and see as everyday Americans engage in risk by going to work!). If, perhaps, the filmmakers had re-edited the movie (removing the first day at school business, the Davinci stuff and the ending) and called the movie "Skydiving: And Lots Of It!" it would have been fine. But the end result is not that great. Save your IMAX money for something else.

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