The Great Alaskan Race

Horrible acting, filmed in Colorado instead of Alaska, no real Inuit actors.

I really wanted to like this movie but sadly it was completely impossible! I mean, it tells the story where sled dogs were in the main role, but in this movie the sled dogs are hardly even showed. People are talking more about Togo than actually showing him. Also the story of Seppala's wife etc are completely different in this movie than in real life. Movie makes drama to there where it wasn't. Unfortunately watching this was completely waste of time.

Based on an incredible true story, the movie features an amazing cast and stunning visuals, but the script is poor with clipped, predictable dialogue and choppy scene transitions. It's almost like they chopped up a two and a half hour epic to fit into a 90 minute time slot. Brian Presley is beautiful and rugged and portrays the anguish of loss well, but it seems he was too busy writing to direct, too busy directing to act, and too busy acting to write. It was a definite positive to include the native Alaskan aspect of the story that is too often ignored in retellings. I really wanted to like this movie. The story of men and dogs braving the weather and treacherous terrain to deliver medicine and avoid a disastrous epidemic is thrilling and uplifting, but the movie just has too many issues.

I really enjoyed this film. The acting was good and the scenery beautiful and it is based on a true story.

Just watch Togo with Willem Dafoe. I expect they put cheap knockoffs like this out because they know people will get confused and pay to watch the wrong movie.