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Devout outdoorsman and professional loner Aron Ralston (James Franco) finds the sticky end of solitude when he’s trapped at the bottom of a remote ravine, his right arm pinned by a loose boulder. Apart from a few flashbacks, the movie stays with him, but Danny Boyle’s jittery, adrenalized camera is everywhere, even inside his rapidly draining CamelBak, working your nerves raw. Like a steroidal Into the Wild, the movie, adapted from a true story by Slumdog Millionaire’s Simon Beaufoy, follows Aron to the logical end of his lone wolf lifestyle, leaving him with nothing but his wits and the contents of his backpack. As they’re laid out in front of him, his belongings make up a paltry inventory, just as the two hikers (Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn) he meets and flirts with before his accident serve as a reflection of his transient relationships; they’re clearly interested in him, but when he doesn’t show up at the party they’ve invited him to, they just assume he’s blown them off. Because they expect nothing from him, they have no reason to suspect anything is wrong. Boyle’s clangorous montage risks overkill, and it may take a while to recover from the movie’s stomach-turning climax. But that’s only because he succeeds so thoroughly in getting under your skin. —Sam Adams

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Official Site: www.127hoursmovie.com

Rating:	R
Director:	Danny Boyle
Cast:	James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy, Kate Burton, Darin Southam, Elizabeth Hales, Norman Lehnert, Priscilla Poland
Release Date:	November 5, 2010 (Limited), November 19, 2010 (Limited), November 24, 2010 (Limited)
Running Time:	95
Distributor:	Fox Searchlight
Genre:	Drama
Advisory:	for language and some disturbing violent content/bloody images