![]() Under the Alaskan permafrost organic materials have been rotting for thousands of years. As the permafrost thaws, subterranean rivers of liquid methane and disastrous earthquakes are unleashed, threatening to lead the Earth to a catastrophic end. Set primarily in Alaska, the film follows the members of a family caught amidst a natural disaster. It stars Brendan Fehr, Holly Dignard, Jodelle Ferland, Ryan Grantham and Rob LaBelle. Ice Quake, also called Ice Quake: Nature Unleashed, is a 2010 television action film written by David Ray and directed by Paul Ziller and shown on the Syfy channel. For genre fans only.2010 Canadian TV series or program Ice Quake As a result, it is mildly entertaining but neither dire enough to tackle the worst (or best) nor is its scope big enough to warrant it a huge thumbs up. Ice Quake worryingly straddles the competent but boring side of the genre with the slightly cheesy dialogue and not enough silliness side. That is physically impossible on planet Earth. The science in these films are always funny, but here there’s talk of a flowing river of methane. Also, our family manage to side-step a volcano. It’s not as great as it sounds I’m afraid but it’s certainly a startling opening. ![]() Cue Santa to then get blown up in an ice geyser. The opening of the movie (and first couple of deaths) has a man for no reason at all doing geological research dressed in full Santa gear. Victor Garber is watchable in anything he is in and always comes across as the perfect gentleman – even if his character is a twit Following that Nicholas Carella does a fine job as smiley Ram – quite how he got that name no one will know. I’ll go with Yeti the dog – he’s adorable. One of the very few novel parts of the film is going onboard a couples snowsled down a slope in one of the earthquakes and the camera follows you into the chasm and down the cracks! Complete with screaming. That daughter… every time she needs a slap! Otherwise, it is generally a feel-good family TV movie too with hardly any deaths and no blood at all so if it’s a good one to start off on for the youngsters – although the strangest moment in the film may put you off showing it to real young’uns! Normally you do get the spoilt teen in every movie but this girl pulls it off to a T. Even her voice makes you want to shake her until she hushes. Every scene she is in she moans, groans and decides to be injured. The characters are generally likable except the vile teenage girl. Ice Quake is well paced even if there are no massive set pieces. The cast do their best with what they’ve got Explosions still suffer on TV movies with yellow-ness however. What always looks strange is the movie’s insistence of colouring all frozen people completely blue and the face. The avalanche scene actually looks quite good and while the earthquake effect is used far too many times, it doesn’t look bad at all. The special effects aren’t so bad as they have been for a TV movie. Now we just need to make the typical whiny teen girl shut up a bit and the film would have been more enjoyable! What I will say is that he is the most ineffectual leader in a crisis ever committed to film. The acting, in general, is of a good standard and despite some dodgy science having an actor such as Victor Garber (Titanic) really helps. For that, the film is then able to tightly weave you from problem to problem until it comes to the final section where it moves to a small town for its finale. ![]() The film wisely stays to just a single mountain and has most of its action take place in nondescript locations in the snow. The film bubbles along from one mini problem to another although most quakes look identical. Ice Quake for a TV movie really isn’t that bad. Think an ice volcano with a belly ache and you’re there.Įarthquakes, avalanches, storms, lots of polystyrene and wobbly camera angles and the horror of frozen people wearing blue makeup to show they’re dead. Ice Quake – otherwise known as let’s traipse up and down a mountain is a TV disaster movie that limps along from shaky camera to shaky camera and failed to capture my attention despite a high-profile name and some competent acting.Ī mountain is busy farting with a methane problem and is releasing sub-zero gases via Earthquakes. This both mother has been dragged through so many Sci Fi disaster movies, she deserves awards
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