A very inspirational and touching movie that shows how dogs proved that they are really man's best of friend. Inspired by real events, “Eight Below” is a first-rate family film loaded with terrific performances by two and four-legged actors. “Eight Below” director Frank Marshall and Disney deliver a film that satisfies on multiple levels and should find box office gold with this genuinely touching movie.Disney’s “Eight Below” is inspired by a 1983 Japanese blockbuster film, “Nankyoku Monogatari,” which was inspired on a real life incident that occurred in 1957 from a Japanese expedition. For this Americanized version the story is brought forward to 1993, a year chosen because it was the last year sled dog teams were allowed to work in Antarctica (they were banned to prevent the spread of distemper to the region’s seal population).
Set on the remote continent of Antarctica, Jerry Shepherd (Paul Walker) is a passionate expedition guide in the icy wilds of Antarctica. He inhabits a small research station with cartographer Charlie Cooper (Jason Biggs). As their "summer" season ends, the pair prepare to pack up. They just have one last visitor to take care of, and his name is Davis McClaren (Bruce Greenwood), a geologist who was delivered by bush pilot Katie (Moon Bloodgood) to investigate and search for a meteor rock. Against his better judgment, Shepherd agrees to escort McClaren to one of the region's more dangerous areas despite the threat of a nearing storm.
Pulling his dog team together, Jerry introduces Davis to their eight divergent and mighty sled dogs, which range from the leader Maya (Koda Bear -- the dog's real name), to youngster Max (D.J.) and experienced pup Old Jack (Apache). Shepherd and McLaren form a friendship as they cross the frigid landscape with Shepherd's eight fierce sled dogs leading the way. But disaster strikes when McLaren takes a nasty spill and winds up in glacial waters with a broken leg. Only Shepherd's top dog, Maya, can rescue the traumatized scientist just as the snow storm begins its ominous approach. But Shepherd's courage and the speed of his dogs get the group back safely. Requiring emergency transportation to a hospital and civilization, Katie's plane has room for the men, but not the dogs. That leaves the huskies alone for the winter on a part of the planet that is anything but hospitable to its inhabitants. Throughout the upcoming months, Jerry's love and admiration for the faithful canines weighs heavily and drives him to seek any possible means of return to discover their fate. Will the dogs survive?
And that's where the real strength and enjoyment of "Eight Below" lies, with the dogs and their journey, hunting for food, playing with the Borealis, and in one particularly exciting sequence, fighting with a hungry sea leopard over food. It covers quite a bit of familiar ground, but it does so well. “Eight Below” becomes more than a tale of incredible animals, but also evolves into a deeper, more satisfying look at friendship, loyalty, and hope between dogs and human.
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