I’ve heard many scintillating reviews about this picture, mostly from professional critics, but I was less than impressed. Since the entire movie was set in the Arctic, it’s impossible to not compare it to John Carpenter’s horrifying “The Thing” and a brilliant season one episode of “The X-Files” called “Ice.” Those two are probably five or six times better than “The Last Winter” directed by Larry Fessenden. I’m not saying that I didn’t see any talent or moments of brilliance in this picture. It’s just that those truly chilling scenes were immediately followed by blase dialogue and trite scenes that have nothing to do with the bigger picture. I say get rid of the romance angle between two (or three!) characters and focus more on the idea of wendigo, hallucinations, and isolation in the Ar... |
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2/4 |
