This was a dreadful film. From the title I was expecting a disaster movie, but what I got was some dull drama about a pair of competitive skiers who decide to tackle one of the most dangerous slopes in the world. Aside from the Alaskan locales, this has very few elements of interest, and at least half the running time seems to be padded out with stock shots of repetitive skiing footage.If the director and writers were trying to put across the magic and excitement of the sport then they didn't do a very good job because this is sleep-inducing. A few old and tired faces prop up the cast, including a here-and-there Michael Madsen, a lazy Robert Carradine, and an unusually charismatic Luke Goss. Eric Lively is a block of wood as the lead, and the only one worse than him is his co-star Kellan Lutz, later to star in the likes of THE EXPENDABLES 3 and THE LEGEND OF HERCULES.

I just saw this piece of crap on TV. I would recommend you watch Touching the Void instead. This movie has nothing to do with what it promises. There's no suspense. No danger. Nothing. It's just a fake straight-to-DVD waste of time. I cant even believe that I am commenting on it on IMDb, or that it got 4.3 points. It's really one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. Yesterday I saw the brilliant master-piece Hellraiser (1987). Now, there's a movie! This "movie", shall we say, is not even a movie at all. It didn't have any plot or anything. It really made me sick to watch all that stupid crap. Michael Madsen is quite good in the movie actually, and Alaska is a great place, but there is really nothing to work with because the sport-element in the movie is so poor and non-existent.

This movie is AWESOME!! I didn't expect it to have have a good plot, but it did! The skiing was mind blowing. I have no idea how they got some of these shots, it's incredible. The hot guy Emmett from "Twilight" is even in it! Michael Madsen is a total classic. He adds a lot of depth to the movie. The soundtrack is great too! The Citizen Cope song was made for "Deep Winter". I can't imagine anyone NOT being totally blown away by this movie. I show my friends and they can't believe what they are seeing. They show all of their friends and so on and so on. But EVERYONE says how amazing it is. I'm totally psyched to see the whole movie. When can I get my hands on it? I want it and I want it NOW!!!!!

So nice to watch something so well done, breath taking scenery, a great cast and a story line that has not been flogged to death.Some awesome snowboarding and a great sound track.Great story of mate-ship and although the cast is not well known as such, I feel they have done a great job.I am not a movie critic, but do believe that it is good to see some movies that are a little more original, I know there have been other skiing movies, but it is nice to see something other that the blood and guts actions and the same old comediesDefinitely worth the watch.