Whiteout (2009)
Nothing was scheduled to be at the house from Netflix today so I made a stop at Blockbuster. I like having a Blockbuster handy, it’s nice to be able to go in and browse the movies and make a choice and bring it home right away. I hope they can stay in business, we need them.
Anyway, off the soap box, I looked through the aisles and settled on a fairly new release called Whiteout with Kate Beckinsale, Tom Skerritt, and Gabriel Macht. It’s based on an “acclaimed graphic novel” also not a bad sign. It’s about an outpost in the antarctic where a murderer is loose.
The scenes of ice and snow were great, it did look cold and frozen. The broken cup freezing quickly in -65F was neat! (FYI, this was filmed in Canada in May and June). There are some gruesome parts as well.
Ok. That’s about all the good things I can say about this. It wasn’t very tense. The plot wasn’t so hot (no pun intended) and it just wasn’t very fun. So much for a Friday night. I see the reviews on this on Netflix now, and Rotten Tomatoes, where it only got a 7%! Next time I need to read more reviews…! I almost got Tell Tale, wishing now I maybe did. Tomorrow will be here soon – and it surely has to hold a better one!
PS – It isn’t a horrid movie, it is ok, it just isn’t really memorable enough to have much to say about it or recommend it very highly. You could do worse. At last the guys in the mid-Atlantic tonight could go outside and see their own whiteout… 
Rated R. 101 minutes (1 hour 41 minutes). Violence, male nudity and tempting Kate almost nudity – shucks!
