The Fourth Phase

2016

Action / Adventure / Documentary / Sport

76
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62%
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1560 1.6K

sports snowboarding

Plot summary

Iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends embark on a multi-year mission to follow the North Pacific Gyre's flow. As Rice and the crew experience the highs and lows of a journey unlike any previously attempted, cutting-edge cinematography captures some of the world's most remote environments bringing breathtaking scenery and thrilling action to viewers worldwide.

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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by spamistbloed 6 / 10

Well worth a frist watch for any snowboarder, but skipping ahead is fine

There is some truly epic snowboarding hidden in this movie. The sequence of Travis and Eric snowboarding in AK for example is so much fun to watch!But then there is so much filler material. This is not by design, though. Let me give an explanation.It was an extremely ambiguous project with extremely high risks. Unfortunately those risks took a serious toll this time, as risks can (not spoiling too much here, as this is arguably part of any extreme sport film) First the burocratic hurdles spoiling not only a great session and footage, but months of the first winter with no results. Then injuries. (Big Kudos for Gigi for pulling out when not feeling it)This is part of the game and in most other snowboard film productions it gets mitigated by several crews trying to get the best footage to make the cut. Not in this one though. Not even stretching it to two seasons provided enough.My guess is that with the production costs they still needed the big release (to cinemas) and we're forced to overstretch it. Snowboard films always needed the fillers to relax the mind before getting blown again. Unfortunately here is a bit too much relaxing.The random bits do come to some conclusion though. For example: Gigi pulling out and getting a comment about it, circles back to the final wise words about making the right choices..Watch this at home. Don't hesitate to skip ahead when getting bored. Enjoy the great stuff in between.
Reviewed by seb_rider 5 / 10

A production with more money than sense?!

Although really looking forward to it, I was disappointed with this film. On the plus side there are amazing riders with some brilliant footage for sure, and the cinematography and sound edits were great. However, the 'philosophical' stuff was rather annoying, "I'm a seeker", the fourth phase etc, it was just well overworked and badly cheesy, sorry! It is especially ironic that after this whole thing about understanding the weather cycles of Mother Earth, again this production, with more money than sense seemed to have picked the wrong places at the wrong time. This also happened in the Art of Flight. Getting this right is a skill that is lacking in this production, and maybe less would be more. The result was a lot of not very much. Good footage from Wyoming had to be used twice in the film by the look if it! Lastly, snowboarders doing the whole being cool thing...seriously, do we have to have this, are these guys not growing up yet!? The endless summer films achieved it with surfing decades ago, we are still waiting for the epic snowboard movie, this attempt was far off! Despite all the above, I'm sure plenty will enjoy this film. I won't be waiting for the Travis Rice show again myself.
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