Film Review – The Walk

Any active moviegoer in recent years may have already heard of “Man on Wire,” a documentary dedicated to Philippe Petit’s 1974’s high-wire walk across the tops of the Twin Towers in New York City. Such a specialized but high-profile release (winning an Oscar for Best Documentary) easily threatens the elements of surprise in “The Walk,” director Robert Zemeckis’s dramatization of the daredevil event. However, leave it to the man behind “Back to the Future,” “Forrest Gump,” and “The Polar Express” to sustain suspense, taking a known experience and making it feel like front page news again, helped in great part by stunning visual effects that put the viewer on the wire with Petit, taking in the expanse of the city. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com