Rating: R
Movie Release Date: September 11, 2009
DVD Release Date: January 19, 2010
Plot 411: The first-ever murder on Antarctica forces a U.S. marshall to confront her past in order to resolve her current problems.
Review: In this thriller, U.S. Marshall Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) must investigate a murder, just days before she is supposed to rotate out of Antarctica, when a scientist is found dead miles away from any kind of research base. One death leads to another and now things are getting serious in the coldest place on Earth. A U.N. rep, played by Gabriel Macht, shows up at a crime scene to investigate, but he has his own secrets that he doesn't share with Stetko. Also in this film are Tom Skerritt (looking extremely old these days), Alex O'Loughlin (complete with his yummy Aussie accent) and Columbus Short. This was a middle-of-the-road thriller because while it had some suspenseful scenes, it was also predictable as hell. There was a fair amount of action, especially considering the setting of minus 55 degrees celsius, being totally isolated and being confined to only a few different sets. One negative was the CGI snow and blizzard. Sometimes it looked fine and other times a child could see it was fake. I don't really know how it works so maybe some parts are harder to animate than others?
Watch It: And marvel at how Beckinsale manages to still look beautiful in the harshest weather conditions ever.
Skip It: Because somehow Beckinsale doesn't manage to pull off the cop role despite trying to be all hardcore. There's something about her that is too fragile for me to believe that she's lived in the ice and snow of Antarctica for a couple years.
Movie Release Date: September 11, 2009
DVD Release Date: January 19, 2010
Plot 411: The first-ever murder on Antarctica forces a U.S. marshall to confront her past in order to resolve her current problems.
Review: In this thriller, U.S. Marshall Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) must investigate a murder, just days before she is supposed to rotate out of Antarctica, when a scientist is found dead miles away from any kind of research base. One death leads to another and now things are getting serious in the coldest place on Earth. A U.N. rep, played by Gabriel Macht, shows up at a crime scene to investigate, but he has his own secrets that he doesn't share with Stetko. Also in this film are Tom Skerritt (looking extremely old these days), Alex O'Loughlin (complete with his yummy Aussie accent) and Columbus Short. This was a middle-of-the-road thriller because while it had some suspenseful scenes, it was also predictable as hell. There was a fair amount of action, especially considering the setting of minus 55 degrees celsius, being totally isolated and being confined to only a few different sets. One negative was the CGI snow and blizzard. Sometimes it looked fine and other times a child could see it was fake. I don't really know how it works so maybe some parts are harder to animate than others?
Watch It: And marvel at how Beckinsale manages to still look beautiful in the harshest weather conditions ever.
Skip It: Because somehow Beckinsale doesn't manage to pull off the cop role despite trying to be all hardcore. There's something about her that is too fragile for me to believe that she's lived in the ice and snow of Antarctica for a couple years.
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