KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

ThiefHott Too much of everything

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

christopherbarton26 This movie has just started on the Horror Channel. It seemed familiar and it was. I suffered the pain of this dark (lighting) bleak (Plot and script) a couple of years ago and I am still wearing the plasters. The three stars are Michael Rooker who was ever reliable but what he was doing in this cheap drivel? I will never know. New furniture?? The icy desolate waste is probably a metaphor or the commissioning suits minds although adequate for the movie.I cannot go too far into all the performances but the supporting cast were keen if nothing else. I have also have seen some pretty cheap effects when watching Z rated creature features, and some are very good, but this one really had me in stitches. Spend £20 and make it look like £9. Someone is missing a wet suit and flippers.Even for hard core horror fans (we have watched some rubbish) give it a wide one unless you want to chuckle at the rubber beastie.

jlthornb51 Beautifully filmed on location in New York state, this is a tremendous film that expertly captures the long, tension-filled hours of ice fishing and the innate potential for agony, terror and tragedy involved with the vocation. Michael Rooker gives a superb performance as the veteran ice fisherman who encounters an unknown horror and faces it with courage and wisdom. The supporting cast also does good work but it is Rooker who shines. The script is unique in that it has a highly detailed accuracy regarding ice fishing and the dangers those who engage in it face each time they head out on a frozen lake.The direction is taut and achieves a suspense heretofore absent in other ice fishing films. However, it is the attention to detail that ultimately makes this movie such a resounding success and abundant technical advisement combined with extensive research were obviously incorporated in the production. Here is an unusually insightful look into the minds of the ice fishermen, their psychology, and the selfless motivation that drives them. It is difficult to have such a profound glimpse at that and not be deeply moved. Inspiring as well as horrifying and at times downright powerful, this is much more than science fiction. It serves as testament and tribute to the brave, obsessed souls who sacrifice so much and risk their very lives to challenge the utterly hostile natural environment encompassing ice fishing.The mother's speech at the climax breaks one's heart as we come to understand the heroic nature of such exceptional yet unheralded individuals. It shows clearly how stoic the women are as they stand in support of there magnificent men, sharing in the glory at the end of the day.Kudos to the cinematographer who captured the scope of that majestic, frozen landscape with such passion and skill. No one who views this will ever forget those awe inspiring vistas, those stunning skies, the stark white desolation, and the resounding courage of they who go down to the ice to fish.

SonOfSalem I watched this movie because of Micheal Rooker. He's the kind of actor who always brings integrity to his roles, no matter how weak the material might be sometimes. He's a professional and I admire him. Hypothermia had the makings of a great horror feature. I found the acting to be adequate by most of the cast, and some of the dialogue was interesting and I soon found myself carried along and kind of enjoying it. Also, the fleeting glimpses of the creature through the ice, ratcheted up the tension nicely. Then this guy shows up in his truck. His character is the cardboard incarnate of every bad character that ever existed in ass-hole form, and after a few minutes his true obnoxious role in the movie became apparent... he was there simply to hold together a rapidly disintegrating plot.When his son, Stevie Cote Jr, is pulled through the ice and mauled by the creature, he develops a kind of telepathic connection with it; or more accurately, it with him. But this is not fleshed out properly and all it serves is to confuse the viewer, especially since the understanding of the ending hinges on this connection. And even though the actors tried, they could not save themselves or the movie from what was to emerge from beneath the ice... when it made it's appearance, I laughed so hard I thought I'd either dislodge a tooth or pass out; truth be told, at the time, I really wasn't sure which might come first, because I was too busy trying to stifle a nose bleed as one third of my blood volume tried to escape through the follicles in my head.Just imagine for a moment, every single crappy creature you have ever seen. I know you've seen a few. Now, I want you to completely discount any misgivings you may have had about any or all of those creatures because, compared to this creature, they were masterpieces born of such creative genius as to be simply visually profound. The "Monster" in this movie is so bad, it would make the creature from the black lagoon look like the "Alien" in Ridley Scotts masterpiece. It will forever be, branded into the deep dark recesses of my Amygdala; and may very well haunt me, until the day I die.

Michael 'Hallows Eve' Smillie This movie wasn't that bad really. It had the potential to be a really good little film but even though it had some good bloody scenes the actual "beast" itself was not the best. In fact, for me it was what let the film down a bit. But in saying that it was not the worst creature film I've seen. Michael Rooker was not bad in this and he was the reason I wanted to see this movie. But I thought this film could have been much better if only they spent more time on the effects and the story as it was only 70 minutes long. Again, I liked this movie but it wasn't ground breaking, but it's the kind of film you would watch on a chilly weekend when there's not much else to see. So I give it a 7 out of 10.