The Ice Road

Liam Neeson can do no wrong for me, and again, I thought this was awesome too!

A decent Liam popcorn movie for an afternoon entertainment at home.

I really enjoyed this. Don't understand all the criticism. Everything looked plausible to me for a casual viewing. Don't need to go into details. It's like saying Star Wars is a bad movie because there is no sound and explosions in space. Consider this a fantasy movie with ice and trucks. Have fun.

My only real big problem with this movie was [spoiler]killing his brother. Like it's the right thing to do. He is only good when he is dead. He has no future. Totally unnecessary and offensive[/spoiler]

So the bad guys are cardboard-characters - doesn't make much difference.

The female protagonist actually lost a round against a male antagonist where we get to ask ourself how she gets out of that (didn't expect that to happen in a movie with A-Listers this day and age) - well done!

Opposed to others I think the pair of brothers works really well - [spoiler] damn I cried when he died. Which was a bit unexpected. I half expected that Mike dies and Tantoo pairs up with Mike buying the Rig he always wanted. [/spoiler]

[spoiler] Gurty's death leaves me a bit shattered, so the character building definitely worked better than in most stuff that comes out these days.
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[spoiler] And yeah, like others pointed out - the mine collapse itself isn't important, thats just background noise, like most NPCs in a videogame: necessary for ambience only. [/spoiler]


In conclusion I give this 8/10, it stirred real feelings and I can count the movies who did that in recent time with my fingers.

I really enjoyed this! Fine acting, decent action with some edge-of-the-seat tension. Congrats to all the crew for filming in those conditions and keeping the atmosphere so well. Your typical story of greed but well told and heart warming in all the right places. I actually cared about the actors and the outcome so was really happy with the result. Solid entertainment and worth watching… 7/10.

I really liked the idea.
The acting was superb.
But this could have been so much better without the endless and boring fight scenes. Unfortunately, the second half got pretty boring.
Overall it is an okay action movie for a one time watch.

There were some really tense moments. I liked it.

So who fixed those mirrors?

We needed Liam Neeson as a Ice road driver again I guess after Cold Pursuit. Though that was more like a wannabe Guy Ritchie movie. This you almost expect them to say it was based on a true story.

This was an OK movie and far above the quality that has been available to watch over the last 12 months. Plot holes by the bucket load and never was there a more insipid villain in the guise of the insurance underwriter.... what did happen to him in the end? Something gruesome I hope; perhaps that was a cut scene.

I feel there was a missed opportunity with the Ice Road itself, more suspense, more drama. Goldenrod was a bit of a twit really wasn't he... supposedly experienced but actually not so much. The best prop has to be the bobbleheads; every vehicle should have one!