Believable idea of three young people getting stuck on a chair lift suspended high above the ground ruined by moments that make you go "Really?" In weather that produces frostbite in an hour, the human hand with no glove is able to be left overnight holdig a steel support bar with no ill effects apart from the skin sticking the pole in the same way you see in Dumb and Dumber. Not only is the hand usable, it's grip strength is amazing, still pink from blood flow and that missing skin regenerates within hours. That is just one example. We won't get into the horizontal rope climb with heavy gear and boots without using legs to stablise, even after they specify that the person had little to no muscle strength.

The actors, crew, special effects people, the writers, animal trainers, all, I think, made a good-faith effort. That being said, the movie is lacking in terms of verisimilitude. I wonder how familiar all were with skiing and cold weather. I had a similar experience. Stupidly, for the last run of the the day I went off-piste (trail). I skied in powder up to my waist, fast, dodging boulders and trees. All of a sudden I did a face-plant and was buried. My left hand broke when my pole strap slapped it back. I was lucky. The highest lift was still running, and, thank God, it was visible through the trees. So I waved my pole, and despite heavy snow, I was rescued. If not, I am certain I would have been dead by morning. I put a spoiler alert as one might infer these kids survived. But all I'm saying is, the movie is not realistic re cold. One character stupidly throws her mitten off. One of the guys has a jacket with a hood and he doesn't use it. And they're trapped on a ski lift with no help expected for five days! The girl who threw the mitten got frostbite of course, but she still gets a good bit of use out of her hand. My wife says to mention that their breath isn't freezing. There's another antagonist in the film, but, as far as I'm concerned, the cold would have been enough if they'd played it right. I have just read other reviews and was astounded at the number of positive reviews. Those writers must never gone skiing, but also are not familiar w/cold. The film is SO unrealistic. Not only does the girl throw off one of her mittens, but she sleeps with her exposed hand on the safety rail--I got the latter from other reviews, but I did mention the stupidity of her throwing her mitten away for no reason. It just bothered me that she almost never put her exposed hand in her pocket! Other reviewers have found other really stupid elements. I originally rated this a five 'cause I'm nice guy. But I've gone down to three. If I weren't nice, I'd give it a one. Any avid skier would find this movie totally unrealistic. Again, I'm AMAZED at the number of good reviews. What were they thinking? If this thing can draw positive reviews, hell, I'm going to make movies!

2010 movie, I watched in 2017 now. This movie is realistic spine chilling thriller. No much plot or movement in the story-line, but it has just done well to entertain. I liked the concept and it is bad as real. Cinematography is so good that as much you love icy mountains, so much you will terrify with the same in the night. This movie seems stuck, but important thing is to get into their shoes and understand how difficult it is to get out of the situation. You will live with the character as a lonely person who needs desperate help in the frozen night..

From all the crappy horror movies I've seen this is the first one I actually enjoyed but not in the intended way . First of all the characters were laughably shitty and made me burst out laughing almost every scene . Secondly it never felt as if the deaths were anything but the characters being completely brain dead . And lastly the wolfs . These wolfs are some of the cutest dogs I've ever seen . If anything a friend of mine has a tiny doggy that's scarier than these wolfs . But surprisingly it was very lovely seeing the wolfs giving kisses and it added to the ironic entertainment since they added shitty effects to make it seem like they were killing the characters while in reality the worse they did was slightly bite their clothes . In conclusion, only watch this movie as an ironic comedy