It's a very touching story. I am not sure if the simple storyline will appeal to most pple out there. But to those who loves dogs or own a pet, i think we understand what's going on emotionally to leave the "pals" behind. It also bring out the cruel truth that in the event of emergency, most people will just thought about saving the human beings first. What about the animals? What about the non human working partners?

i guess most will fight to get them out together rather than leaving them to surivive on their own. To the sled dogs, they have the survival instincts. And there was old Jack whom refused to break off the ledge with the others simply maybe for the reason to obey the master's instruction or has no wish to become the burden to the rest of the pack. In the end, he just died of hunger and coldness. The one that dropped off from the cliff, Max did not want to abandon him and he fell behind the pack. Dogs are very clever, i must say and they just go on even though when one was down and out. The youngest member of the pack actually helped the rest to get food from the died whale by luring the sealion away and saving the leader from it by launching attacks on the enemy. Well, the training Max has received has gone well. He then eventually took over the leader's role when she could no longer stand. Max took over the role of hunting birds and distributing the food among the pack. The scene featuring the handover of the leadership was very well illustrated. Very discipline and the rest just respect the new leader. Luckily, they were rescued in the end although they lost two members.

In between the scenes on their survival alone, the show highlighted the issues of not able to get support to help out the dogs , the emotional disposition of the owner of not able to get them out and trying to come to terms with the fact of losing them as well as feeling guilty that he had tied them up preventing them from breaking loose. Even though the dogs saved the life of the professor, it took him some time to consider and decide to help gary to save his dogs. Animals' life are as important as human beings you know coz we co exist in this earth.

i think this is the first time i shed so much tears watching a movie in cinema. By the time i was out of the theatre, my eyes were red and swollen. Am i being too emotional here? ha ha .... after watching the show, i was very confident that i will not keep a pet especially a dog after my fish pass on eventually. i still cannot handle losing the emotional attachment with the pet. It's the same as losing my loved ones. just too painful to bear.