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An Unknown Compelling Force

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Filmmaker Liam Le Guillou examines the mystery surrounding the deaths of nine experienced Russian hikers in the Ural Mountains in 1959.

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Chris Barsanti The Playlist 06/17/2021
C
Not quite ready for prime time. Go to Full Review Rob Rector Film Threat 06/17/2021
5/10
While the path to document this tale was no doubt fraught with peril, one wishes that Le Guillou would further remove himself from the proceedings, as An Unknown Compelling Force spends ample time focused on the director. Go to Full Review Anne Brodie What She Said 06/11/2021
Just a brutal story and an extremely interesting doc. Go to Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh ComicBook.com 06/09/2021
3/5
Serves as a relatively comprehensive primer for the mystery, while also humanizing the victims, though injects unnecessary perspectives the distract from the intended focus. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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@Odette141 Dec 11 Liam Le Guillou’s An Unknown Compelling Force starts with the promise of shedding new light on the Dyatlov Pass incident, but that promise evaporates pretty quickly. The film leans so heavily on repeating the same fragments of information, as well as the same images, that after a while you begin to wonder whether the repetition is simply padding for runtime. Instead of building momentum, the documentary circles the same points again and again until the entire experience feels oddly hollow. The conclusion lands with a thud, making the journey feel less like an investigation and more like a loop you’ve been stuck in. See more 06/29/2021 Film maker Liam Le Guillou does a good job combining different elements of this tragic incident to make the documentary interesting and worth watching. The historical background, the setting, the cinematography and the current analysis by forensic experts all move the film along nicely. See more Read all reviews
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Liam Le Guillou

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Liam Le Guillou

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Liam Le Guillou

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Liam Le Guillou

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Synopsis Filmmaker Liam Le Guillou examines the mystery surrounding the deaths of nine experienced Russian hikers in the Ural Mountains in 1959.
Director
Liam Le Guillou
Producer
Liam Le Guillou
Screenwriter
Liam Le Guillou
Production Co
Second Shot Productions
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2021
Runtime
1h 46m
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