The most surprising thrill ride of the summer, in that it is adequately thrilling and I didn't expect that.
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Whiteout (2009)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:6
Rotten:96
Average Rating:3.4/10
Consensus: Kate Beckinsale is as lovely as ever, and does her best with the material, but moribund pacing and an uninspired plot leave Whiteout in the cold.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Theatrical Release:Sep 11, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $10,235,867
Synopsis: Antarctica... The most isolated landmass on Earth 90° S. latitude, zero E. longitude Six million square miles of ice ... [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short
Director: Dominic Sena
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Reviews for Whiteout
The film is all panicky zooms and badly staged action dotted with random forensic gross-outs. And, just for the fun of it, an amputation scene.
09/11/09
The script for Whiteout is shockingly boring, centering around a mystery that wouldn't pass a writer's meeting for CSI: Antarctica.
09/11/09
The movie then becomes one of those murder mysteries where everyone is a suspect, and the murderer himself is the least likely candidate of all. Dispelling all logic, you should be able to figure out this whodunit in the opening minutes.
09/11/09
Depicts how a woman U.S. marshal at a frigid station in Antarctica is tested on many levels by a murder case.
09/11/09
Its worst offense is assuming the audience is so dumb that it'll be shocked by one of the most telegraphed endings in movie history.
09/11/09
A ham-handed murder mystery.
09/11/09
Those worried this means Beckinsale will be wearing parkas and snowsuits the entire time will be pleased they still figure a way to showcase her in her underwear within the first 5 minutes
09/11/09
Has a perfunctory, by-the-numbers approach to its story and its characters.
09/11/09
Top CriticWe get an irritated Nancy Drew with a flashlight, stomping about in mukluks through a plot with as much clarity as an ice storm at midnight.
09/11/09
...the whole cast delivers numb, almost affect-less performances; the cold must have got to them.
09/11/09
Even in a whiteout, you can see the plot twists coming.
09/11/09
Top CriticA predictable whodunnit set in a cinematographer's paradise.
09/11/09
John Frizzel’s over-worked soundtrack keeps telling us how exciting everything is, but it feels as if we’re frozen in time. Not so much a white-out as wipe-out.
09/11/09
A frozen hellhole.
09/11/09
At least 10% more exciting than correction fluid.
09/11/09
There's wonderful potential for permanently bleached out vistas to embody a metaphorical emptiness. Here it's just a great big blank.
09/11/09
A whodunnit set on a scientific research base in Antarctica that slowly becomes a “Who cares?”
09/11/09
Despite Beckinsale's impeccable features appearing to be rendered in porcelain, her performance is far from lifeless...she does the best with the material. It's just a shame the same can't be said for the film-makers.
09/11/09
The sub-standard work from everyone involved means that Whiteout is very much a missed opportunity that undoubtedly would have been better left on the comic book page.
09/11/09
Latest News for Whiteout
September 10, 2009:
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