Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Whiteout
It’s high tension on the frozen tundra as U.S. Marshall Kate Beckinsale (yeah, Alien doesn’t believe it either) races against time to find the ice axe killer before 6 months of winter sets in. The film starts out with a 1957 cargo plane mishap over Antarctica and then quickly jumps to the present with Kate stripping off layers of cold weather gear and jumping into a hot steamy shower (way too obvious). That was probably the main reason for starring Kate in a role that would usually be filled by a rugged male. Next, the increasing body count forces the only lawman south of Terra del Fuego to unlock her gun cabinet again and again. In the end, it is only a mediocre mystery script. Ironically, maybe the screenwriter should have applied more whiteout to fix it.
Alien gives it 2 "frostbitten" stars out of 4.
It’s high tension on the frozen tundra as U.S. Marshall Kate Beckinsale (yeah, Alien doesn’t believe it either) races against time to find the ice axe killer before 6 months of winter sets in. The film starts out with a 1957 cargo plane mishap over Antarctica and then quickly jumps to the present with Kate stripping off layers of cold weather gear and jumping into a hot steamy shower (way too obvious). That was probably the main reason for starring Kate in a role that would usually be filled by a rugged male. Next, the increasing body count forces the only lawman south of Terra del Fuego to unlock her gun cabinet again and again. In the end, it is only a mediocre mystery script. Ironically, maybe the screenwriter should have applied more whiteout to fix it.
Alien gives it 2 "frostbitten" stars out of 4.
Comments:
What a disappointment this movie was. I enjoy watch Kate Beckinsale dukes it out in Van Helsing and Underworld. I was hoping for the same excitement, but this movie is just a basic slasher thriller with not much to thrill about. I guess economic downturn is not in Hollywood's dictionary as they just wasted a good $40 million dollars.
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