This movie has so much negatives i dont even know where to begin. Movie was obviously made with a really low budget which explains the unprofessional actors which i tried to ignore as best as i could.The special effects used seem like those green screen effects you can find in a YouTube video for free. They even re-use scenes twice and they do not even try to hide it.The story is your average catastrophe movie following a family that is trying to survive in a catastrophe, it was really boring to follow and forgettable.And at one point the main character calls a plane to get them from a frozen lake with heavy snowstorm and mist. They just throw phones onto the snow with flashlights on and a plane sees the lights from over 200 meters in the air. My favourite scene since it does not make any sense what-so-ever.
... View MoreAt the time of this writing the review score is a 1.8. I read some of the reviews and they were SCATHING, almost mean. I watch a lot of movies. Some deserve such a low rating. This one, however does NOT.The opening scene was very well done, starting off with fighter planes that drew me right in. I immediately got the feeling and flavor of 1990's movie of the week, flavor. This film,obviously, did not have a huge Hollywood budget. And, admittedly, there are some spots where it is lacking the realism of having the money to make the special effects top-notch realistic. (maybe that's why I got the feeling of a 1990's movie) While I noticed the deficiency in a some spots, it was not so bad as to be laughable (like some 1.8 movies) or bad enough to disengage me from the story.By 30 minutes in, the pace and action had me still interested. The acting again, not Oscar level, but done well enough. The camera work and score was done very well. The directing, on the other hand, and the screenplay/story leaves quite a bit to be desired at times. There were scenes that looked and felt so unrealistic that I couldn't help but notice. Disengaging me. But I was able to get back into the movie quickly.This is not a terrible movie. It does have it's flaws, but I have seen so much worse. Since I am a huge fan of catastrophe based movies, I can overlook some flaws if they aren't to huge and to often, and that I suppose, sums up this movie.
... View MoreSome movies are so bad that they're good. This is not one of those movies.We all love a good bad movie. The kind that's hopelessly inept, but at least has a heart, or unintentional comedy, or some vitality or misguided ambition. Or some other redeeming quality. Age of Ice has none of that. It's just bad in every way that it's possible for a movie to be bad. How bad, exactly? It's as bad as your mind will allow you to comprehend. It's so bad that it could kill a horse from a 100m distance. I could enumerate the problems with this movie, but frankly I don't have the vocabulary for it. There are only so many ways you can say "horrible", "atrocious", etc. Just imagine a very long list of things that people often (or even sometimes) like in a movie. And then imagine a movie that does the exact opposite - Every. Single. Sime.If you decide to watch Age of Ice, then may God have mercy on your soul.
... View MoreAt least Plan 9 is funny! "Age of Ice" is excruciating! We were seriously rooting for two of the main characters to die horrible, excruciating deaths!Looking at the end credits I saw that some of the work on this film was committed at Historic Fort Wayne in Detroit. I took my draft physical there back in 1969. I can honestly say that turning my head and coughing was much more enjoyable that watching this movie!Uncredited locations include the scenes shot in some frozen tundra that could have been Saskatchewan in January, and other scenes shot somewhere in the Rocky mountains. These mountains supposedly exist somewhere between the Nile River and the Red Sea. Also present there was a tall dam presumably holding back whatever river connects the Nile Valley with the Red Sea.Finally, I see that some shills have written good reviews of this movie and given it a 10-star ranking. Do not believe them!
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