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I saw this movie in the theaters-because-of Alex O'Loughlin. He plays the bad guy and though his role is small he's great. The premise of this movie is typical-bad guy and good cop- but the setting is what sets it apart. Since I am so biased as to any piece Alex does I probably cannot give an unbiased review except to say the obvious-I saw it and then I bought it-so it is definitely worth seeing twice. There is one creepy scene towards the end which I felt was gratitus and unnecessary involving Kate Beckinsale I could have done without. But I liked her in the vampire movies and she is believable in this part. I'd go see it again if it were to play in theaters again.
To say this 90-minute film is plot-less & pointless would be an insult to the terms. I remember there being massive snow, loose plot points & bad Australian accents blowing around. Again, there was Kate Beckinsale showing us how she freshens up without locking her door so the old perverts (Tom Skerrit) can sneak in on her and catch a peek. Really, do we really have to do this B-movie style shower scene just to hold our interest at the South Pole? I don't really think so. A nice romance scene would have been sufficient to flesh out Beckinsale's character. (NOT!) What character. I can't really recall too much else, mainly because in only a short running time, it lapped itself with a blizzard of boredom. The film opens with a Russian transport plane hosting a bewildering gun battle at 10,000 feet in 1957. No one knows what's happening - on the aircraft or in the audience. Soon, though, the scene shifts to the present where U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Beckinsale Van Helsing/The Aviator/Underground Evolution) is held up on a South Pole government outpost after shooting someone in a series of unforgettable flashbacks repeated 3/4 times. For all you people, who are like me and love to see people struggling against the wind in freezing cold deserted tundras of the South pole, I have to say yeah, this was a bone chilling ride, but only for the thrill. No strong plot makes this a candidate for cut down rendition of a 1 hour Fox TV series that could have really been worked out into a longer, more enjoyable film. Let's not mention the terrible dialogue, the confusing final fight sequences (everyone's in heavy parkas, so no one knows WHAT'S going on) and flashbacks. The flashback to scenes which took place 10 seconds before! The film has more than an appropriate title, as well. Some time in the future I'll just watch this while sleeping and save money on my white noise sound machine. After completing the newest mystery/action/thriller "Whiteout", directed by Dominic Sena (Swordfish & Gone in 60 Seconds), I was not only left in the cold, but felt as if I was all alone on an empty, expansive continent with no one to communicate with and certainly no one to explain what I just saw. Carrie and her friend, Dr John Fury (Tom Skerrit "Alien/Top Gun") discover a frozen body near the plane crash site and the investigation begins. Naturally, the picture then becomes a bit of "Alien/Carpenter's The Thing" with a side order of "CSI:Antartica," with a mysterious UN agent, Robert Pryce (Gabriel Macht, "The Good Shepherd/The Spirit"), joining in on the fun. While trying to unravel the secret of just what was aboard that Russian airplane, an annoying Aussie also tries to nose in on the action, while a sub-tropical hurricane comes blowing in just for laughs. All in all, like the location it takes place in, this film is a frozen, bleak, lonely, dark, desolate enterprise, with very little warmth (or chemistry) between the characters. I will say, if it weren't for Tom Skerrit in this film, I may have actually given this film a 1/5,2/5 score. Reese Whitherspoon was rumored to have considered this role, but it might have tanked her career for good. The blood /gore was not over the top, yet nothing really frightened me about this film. As a matter of fact, I fell asleep half way through and had to rewind it because I thought I had missed something important. Come to find out the 30 minutes I had missed was quite a washout (whiteout). Congrats if you finish!Read full review
Kate Beckinsale (Underworld) stars as Marshall Carrie Stetko who is stationed in Antarctica. When the body of a man is discovered on the ice Carrie has to try to solve Antarctica's first murder mystery. She is helped by a UN operative (Gabriel Macht) a pilot (Columbus Short) and a doctor (Tom Skerritt). The plot revolves around a russian plan that crashed in 1957 that was carrying a special cargo. The plane is found by a group looking for Meteor's and problems arise when the group try to get the cargo off Antarctica. The movie is not the greatest crime movie ever made and some of the scenes are a bit of a let down. Beckinsale's character is full of doubt and the movie suffers for it, she could have come off a bit more confident in herself and that would have helped the plot move better. There are no real surprises in the movie as everything happens just as you expect it to. However, it is a good movie and I would recommend it.Read full review
For U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko, things are about to get even more dangerous. The only law enforcement in this unforgiving territory, she has just been sent to investigate a body on the ice. Antarctica's first homicide. A shocking discovery in itself, it will plunge her into an even more bizarre mystery and the revelation of secrets long-buried under the endless ice--secrets that someone believes are still worth killing for. As Stetko races to find the killer before he finds her, winter is already closing in. In the deadly Antarctic whiteout, she won't see him till he's a breath away. The outside shots are beautiful. The whole idea of being on Antarctica was fascinating. I think this movie will give you the kind of intelligent thriller fans of this genre of movies enjoy. This movie is more tasteful than a slasher movie but still just as gut-wrenching.Read full review
Great premise but the villain was painfully obvious. There was no logical reason for the villain to chase down & kill his accomplices with a pick-axe when he could have easily let them die of exposure. Also no reason, given the brutality of the pick-axe murders, to let the U.S. marshall go free. The accomplices could have saved themselves by revealing the villain's identity to the marshall; they were, after all, only guilty of theft, not murder, and they knew they were next on his hit list. The marshall, played by Kate Beckinsale, has a totally unnecessary nude shower scene, prior to which she walks around her room in skimpy underwear. This could have been a great mystery --- think CSI: Antarctica. I kept hoping there would be a surprise ending; but no, the only possible bad guy not only DOES turn out to be the bad guy, but he wimps out and kills himself rather than killing a woman. It's nice to know that, at least in Antarctica, chivalry isn't dead!Read full review