Adrenaline Rush (2004)

Synopsis: Adrenaline Rush: the Science of Risk takes a look at the world of skydiving and base jumping – parachuting from a building, a bridge or a cliff. While providing breathtaking views of skydiving over... Adrenaline Rush: the Science of Risk takes a look at the world of skydiving and base jumping – parachuting from a building, a bridge or a cliff. While providing breathtaking views of skydiving over the Florida Keys, the Mojave Desert and in the magnificent Fjords of Norway, this giant-screen experience explores the psychological and physiological forces behind risk-taking, and the physics involved in these activities. In doing so, it also shows us how risk-taking is part of everyday life.

The storyline focuses on two risk-takers, Adrian Nicholas and Katarina Ollikainen. Nicholas, a veteran skydiver who has performed thousands of jumps, is the record holder for the longest unassisted human flight, a 4-minute 55-second flight at speeds of up to 200 kilometers/hour that took place in 1999. Adrenaline Rush follows these two experts as they prepare to undertake a unique scientific experiment: trying to fly the parachute imagined in 1485 by Leonardo da Vinci, the very first parachute design ever recorded in the world.

Written and directed by Marc Fafard, Adrenaline Rush even allows spectators to directly experience a base jump. Thanks to a camera strapped to one of the professional jumpers that took part in the film, you can live through a 1 300-meter jump from a legendary cliff in Norway, the Katthammaren Wall. Your heart should skip at least a beat as you take this giant screen plunge. -- © Sky High Entertainment [More]