Don't get me wrong, this is a horrid "movie" but it's cheesy enough to be worth a watch, though not so cheesy that it flows into greatness like some movies of this ilk. Probably gonna be a fair share of spoilers in this review, so be warned.
This is the story of the State College Grizzlies, on their way to Japan to play the first ever Bowl Game in that country. Now, when I say football team, there appear to be about 12 people on the plane, a bunch of which are women, trainers and such, so yeah.
The first glorious moment of the film is when we're introduced to the star Quarterback, a Mr. Peyton Elway. Yes.
Ok, so the plane flies into a storm over the Himalayas and of course it crashes, leaving a group of about 10 people alive. A couple of whom are selected to trek back and look for the planes tail section which holds the radio and communication equipment. The 2 unlucky fellas run into the snow demon, or yeti, or whatever the fuck it's supposed to be. It looks like what I imagine Lance Henriksen will look like about 5 years after he's dead. For whatever reason the film makers decide to intersperse live action shots of the Yeti running, with really bad animation of him running. I mean, animating it serves no purpose at all, it just makes it look super cheesy. They don't even animate him doing anything they don't already have live action shots of him doing, it's just awesomely stupid. Anyhoo, the fat dude gets caught between 2 rocks and as his teammate tries to pull him to safety his arm comes off. Later, when that same teammate breaks his leg trying to climb out of a cave, he uses his buddies dismembered arm as a splint. Awesome.
Back at camp there's a lot of bickering between the few remaining people alive, but of course Peyton Elway does his best to rally the troops and keep spirits up. A few guys wanna try and hike out, and a few wanna stay and wait for rescue. What they don't count on however is the Yeti that appears to be dragging off dead bodies in the night.
A rescue "team" that consists of Peter Deluise, looking dashing, and a foreign chick who's pretty hot, set out to find the downed plane. You'd think that the confirmed crash of a plane carrying an entire college football team would garner more of a rescue effort but that wouldn't be nearly as much fun.
After like 11 days in the snow the group decides that they gotta eat their dead friends, so Peyton goes out, cuts up some flesh and returns with 6 perfectly cubed pieces of meat that look like little steaks. Yummy.
While it's obviously stupid and much of the dialog is tediously repetitive, such as the same 2 people having the same argument in about 7 scenes, there's a lot to love/hate. For whatever reason the Yeti can jump like a frog, clearing great distances in what is again, horrid animation. The injured coach continues to coach Peyton on how to be a leader, treating the situation like a football game in great spurts of hideously fun dialog. As with any movie like this there's some abysmal framing and awful cut shots, people appear to be about 10 feet away and it's treated as if they're miles away.
There's a final showdown with the Yetis between the players and the rescue team, some die, some survive and it's all fun.
Not the best horrible movie ever, but horrible enough to be some fun.
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