“The Beach” Originaly a best-selling novel by Alex Garland, is taken on and adapted by the film making threesome of director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew Macdonald and writer John Hedge. After their previous attempt of creating a sucsessful film was slightly wofull, they decided to drop Iwan Mcgregor for the lead role in their second film, giving Leonardo Dicaprio his first role in 2 years, following the hit film “Titanic” while also making him a cool £12.4m.


An American backpacker Richard,(Dicaprio) finds himself in possession of a map, said to lead to a luxurious untouched paradise, of which himself and a french couple, played by Vurginie Ledoyen, and Guillaume Canet set out for.


After a long swim, the trio eventually reach their destination where they begin to unwind and forget about the stresses of the modern world.


However, not for long, their perfect lives in paradise are not left untouched for long. Leaving poor Richard and the rest of the travellers with no option other to go back to civilisation.


This film shows many aspects of a good film, and is certainly watchable, but be prepared for a poor ending.