'Iron Will' is a movie to see if you are young enough at heart to enjoy it, young enough at heart to believe in an "against-all-odds-courage-finding" story. Maybe it's predictable Disney-type stuff, but by the end of it you are cheering along with the rest. Mackenzie is great as young (Iron) Will Stoneman, who loses his father in a dog-sled accident, and boards the train to Winnepeg to take part in a sled-race to Minnesota, the prize of which is ... ...his family's farm and send himself to college. Spacey is, as always, fantastic, as a ruthless reporter covering the sled-race for his newspaper, especially Will. Throughout the race he discovers, to his own surprise, a conscience, and a heart. It's a movie with a lot of heart, and the ending, while some may think it's pre-determined, is still enjoyable. This movie *sparkles* whenever Spacey is on-screen, and he saves it from being marked "cheesy".
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ros145 28.08.2000
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Advantages: Good acting, fun race Disadvantages: None
Iron Will was a "motion picture" from 1994, I was a whippersnapper of 8 years old at the time and it was a film that definitely appealed. I haven't seen it for about 8 or 9 years, so not quite sure how it stands out today.
The film stars Mackenzie Astin as the son of a farmer, the film starts off with them mushing their way to or from town to their farm when they hit some thin ice, they have an accident and his father cuts the rope connecting the ... ...but sees himself drowning.
After this incident, Will (Mackenzie Astin) is left to look after his family and the farm they own - he decides to enter a dog sleddging contest from Winnipeg, Manitoba to St. Paul, Minnesota in order to raise funds to save his farm.
Though the script of the film is nothing new, an exciting race with stiff competition from sinister characters - it's a storyline which always works and the scenes are gripping enough to ...
dangaroo 27.12.2008
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