Prospective future instalments might want to aim higher than mere competency.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 27, 2025

Everyone is solid in this and you see a lot of lovely aerial shots of the Rocky Mountains.

| Nov 13, 2024

It’s odd and impersonal, and produces a film that feels just as detached from its visual style as it does from its characters.

| Original Score: D | Nov 9, 2024

There are exactly enough thrills to fill a 90-minute movie, including the closing credits. No more and no less. So thank god Elevation is short or it probably would have stunk.

| Nov 9, 2024

Expedited world-building, dynamic action scenes, and just enough real-world thematic relevance to ground otherwise thinly written characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 8, 2024

“Elevation” is distinctive not for its innovations in form or narrative — it’s got nothing new to offer — but for the anxieties and attitudes it telegraphs.

| Nov 7, 2024

It is polished and exciting enough to make a virtue of that familiarity, at least for an entertaining hour and a half.

| Nov 7, 2024

Still, the main thing you’re likely to take away from this movie is how nice all those rocks and trees look.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 7, 2024