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Whiteout

4.6

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Original title

Whiteout

Year

2009

Running time

101 min.

Country

United States

Director

Dominic Sena

Screenwriter

Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber, Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes. Comic: Greg Rucka

Cast

Music

John Frizzell

Cinematography

Christopher Soos

Producer

Co-production United States-Canada-France;

Warner Bros., Studiocanal, CPTC, Dark Castle Entertainment, OMDC, McMurdo Productions

Genre

Action. Thriller. Mystery | Based on a Comic. Cold Weather

Synopsis

Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale), the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, is investigating the continent’s first murder, which draws her into a shocking mystery. Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer.

Critics' reviews

"A frozen concoction of red herrings, incongruous plot points and thinly developed characters, will leave auds cold. (...) It's too bad, because on a technical level, 'Whiteout' has its assets."

Lael Loewenstein: Variety
"The film's slick and expensive looking but dumber than a dead penguin."

Cliff Doerksen: Chicago Reader
"The story could be involving but it's clumsily told, veering between simplistic and confusing."

Anna Smith: Metro
"It'll take all day to list all the things that are wrong with Whiteout."

Tirdad Derakhshani: Philadelphia Inquirer
"Even a bad thriller can be entertaining, and this gory murder mystery set in Antarctica has a certain dumb fascination -- up to a point. Then it is defeated by its sheer idiocy."

Stephen Farber: The Hollywood Reporter
"Despite Beckinsale's impeccable features appearing to be rendered in porcelain, her performance is far from lifeless...she does the best with the material. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Jeremy Kay: The Guardian
"A conventionally jam-packed, dutifully ludicrous action thriller."

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
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Whiteout

2009

Dominic Sena

4.6

(3,945)