You know how some movies don't work so well even at the very start of it? This is one of them. I loved the graphic novel, though I haven't completed it, for the art and story telling. Since I could compare snow bound movies like The Thing, 30 Days of Night and Smilla's Sense of Snow, I knew what to expect at the opening scene.
The casting was a little weak and so was the music score. I will always remember John Carpenter's theme in The Thing which brings in the horror and mystery that surrounds the research station. I could feel the dreadful sunless winter in 30 Days of Night. And in Smilla's Sense of Snow Julia Ormond gave us a thrilling mystery that was served as cold as ice.
For Whiteout I couldn't feel the intrigue and clock ticking tension. Although Kate Beckinsale is one of my favorite stars she seemed out of place in the Antartica. Two years in the bitter cold wilderness would have made her a stronger and tougher woman, not this pretty girl with such a sweet smile and sensuous body which is flaunted with pride. The mystery is not as wicked as it could have been and doesn't draw you in as the clues are gradually unraveled. I would have loved to see a better movie than this but I guess this will do for now.
Other snow bound movies I liked are The Shining, Fargo, Misery, Storm of the Century and one that I've yet to see: Let the right one in.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365929/
5/10
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