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After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a 'big-rig' ice road driver (Liam Neeson) must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners. Contending with thawing waters and a massive storm, they discover the real threat is one they never saw coming.

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Liam Neeson remains a top-tier action hero; unfortunately, like a number of his recent genre outings, The Ice Road is a downhill trundle paved with predictability.

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Even with Liam Neeson at the wheel, the predictable Ice Road doesn't lead anywhere worth going.

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The Ice Road | Rotten Tomatoes (1) David Fear Rolling Stone The ratio of exposition-heavy dialogue to things-a-real-person-would-say lines is roughly 20 to 1. Any bit of visual wit that manages to slip through feels accidental. Rated: 1/5 Aug 2, 2021 Full Review The Ice Road | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News The setup has potential, with trapped miners needing saving but icy roads making rescue efforts difficult. But it hits the skids and ends up formulaic and cliched. Rated: 1.5/4 Jul 1, 2021 Full Review The Ice Road | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Robert Levin Newsday Piles cliches atop cliches with an end result of mush - not content to be the story of a dramatic rescue, it's also a conspiracy movie and a revenge thriller. Rated: 1/4 Jul 1, 2021 Full Review The Ice Road | Rotten Tomatoes (4) David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...almost inherently compelling subject matter that’s slowly-but-surely squandered by filmmaker Hensleigh... Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 22, 2024 Full Review The Ice Road | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle The action itself is, technically speaking, good. But the stakes of the action are contrived, with cartoonish insurance agency antagonists who may as well have stepped out of a children’s movie like Sonic the Hedgehog or Detective Pikachu. Jul 19, 2024 Full Review The Ice Road | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Aaron Phillips But Why Tho? A Geek Community The Ice Road all the right variables for an interesting film, layered with tension and suspense which is only aided by the casting...Ultimately though, the film’s dialogue is very poor, the performances aren’t great...It’s safe to skip this one. Rated: 5/10 Jan 16, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ben H I created an account on here just to say this is probably the worst film I have ever seen. It made me laugh but in all the wrong ways. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review Empire K 15 minutes in they start talking about protesting and social justice. Not surprised, movie was made in 2021. Aside from that, the acting is pretty bad, and overall, it's boring. Turned off after about 25 minutes. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/24 Full Review Jeffrey P If you like movies that don’t include characters talking excessively about their feelings, but instead have solid suspense and tension then you’ll probably enjoy this enough. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/27/24 Full Review Alex S Unfortunately typical of 90% of films these days where Netflix/Amazon etc are more interested in quantity not quality and budgets and scripts reflect this. The stars must hate that most scripts on offer these days make them sell outHow do we get back to the cinema days? Stop paying subscriptions....but I am still sucked in by their clever "addiction series" like Stranger Things....Damn it! Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/08/24 Full Review June M I’m from the UK but have lived in Canada for over 20 years,so I know the weather and the cold. I felt the cast and crew did a pretty good job getting that across. The ice roads are vital but scary as hell and anyone who works on them has my respect,so many people rely on them for a lot. The film was gritty in places, I loved the bond between the brothers, shame one of them had to die. But it was well worth a watch and I’d like to watch it again, which says a lot from me.a film has to be pretty good for me to say that. My advice is read up a bit about ice truckers, grab a blankie and some snacks and just sit back and be entertained. Liam Neeson although older now still has my respect.He pulled it off, it was really worth watching!. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/13/24 Full Review Grant L This film is action paked with quite a lot of sadness please ignore all the other reviews that say 1 star because that is simply not true i think they are just hatters. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jonathan Hensleigh Director Liam Neeson Mike Benjamin Walker Varnay Laurence Fishburne Goldenrod Amber Midthunder Tantoo Marcus Thomas Gurty
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Synopsis After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, a 'big-rig' ice road driver (Liam Neeson) must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save the trapped miners. Contending with thawing waters and a massive storm, they discover the real threat is one they never saw coming.

Director
Jonathan Hensleigh

Producer
David Buelow, Al Corley, Lee Nelson, Shivani Rawat, Bart Rosenblatt, David Tish

Screenwriter
Jonathan Hensleigh

Production Co
ShivHans Pictures, Code Entertainment, Envision Media Arts, Aperture Media Partners, Solution Entertainment Group

Rating
PG-13 (Strong Language|Sequences of Action & Violence)

Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller

Original Language
English

Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 25, 2021

Runtime
1h 49m

Sound Mix
Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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