RLJ Entertainment, Sierra / Affinity, Alcina Pictures,
Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Zegers, Bill Paxton, Charlotte Sullivan, John Tench, Atticus Dean Mitchell, Dru Viergever, Romano Orzari
In the future, the world is frozen over. The remaining humans have all gone underground in order to survive. There are a number of colonies in underground fortresses with severe rules. A message sent from a neighboring colony indicates that the figured a way to clear the weather and have a small patch of sunlight and Briggs (Laurence Fishburne), the leader, determines to put together a party to travel to the location of the broadcast to investigate, but instead they may bring a plague to the fortress that could wipe out everyone.
This a really good science fiction suspense film that is really well done. I was not aware of this film, and boy was I pleasantly surprised. There is a lot of different things going on. While Briggs it out, Bill Paxton’s character takes over and changes all the rules. He plays a really good heavy here who has very little understanding or compassion, but has a strong drive to take over. The story is well written, very suspenseful, and loads of fun to watch. There is a lot of scary moments, plenty of different levels working, and the locations are stunning. One of the interesting facts about this film is that a lot of it was filmed in the closed underground NORAD facility in Canada which was a key facility during the cold war. Fishburne and Paxton are really good in this film, and the story is superior. I was blown away by the suspense and thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I highly recommend it if you enjoy apocalyptic science fiction films. It’s a good one.
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