“Sugar Mountain” (** out of four) was a hollow melodrama about two brothers (Drew Roy and Shane Coffey) who are down on their luck and fake a disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness. Upon returning home, they sell their survival story to the press but the hard-nosed town officer (Cary Elwes) investigates leading to duplicity and lies and (eventually) murder. Handsomely shot with lots of beautiful Alaskan scenery but story becomes more contrived and unbelievable until it falls apart. Nice to see that Elwes hasn’t aged much in the near-30 years since “The Princess Bride”. Rich music score by Alies Sluiter.