10 million
WHITEOUT
106 Min • Thriller • USA • R • Warner Brothers • 9/11/2009
expected
Didn’t hear anything anywhere about this movie until I saw it online for rent. I noticed that Kate Bekinsale was the lead role, and the plot sounded like it could be an alright movie.
delivered
Whiteout was a bit bland but an ok watch.
It was a who done it serial killer thriller, that “did” keep you guessing, and created a bit of suspense. Whiteout falls short in being scarey or even startling though, and certainly didn’t keep me on the edge of my seat. In fact, there was a lot of “viewer” ad lib and giggling going on during this movie. The production value and subject matter pull this one up enough to make it interesting.
Whiteout also didn’t capture the cold isolation and danger of the environment as well as “The Thing”, which is a mentionable shortcoming as that certainly was the focus of the movie.
Wearing my “bitch and moan” hat, I also call bullshit on some of the movies physics - the depiction of how they use the transfer ropes under gale force winds, and come to think of it, how easy it was to chop someone with an axe under a 100MPH wind blowing against you - wouldn’t that be like hitting someone in slow motion? (to play devils advocate - I guess you could also be chopping WITH the wind, which would make it near effortless)…
I thought the flashback clips were not done well - the choppy nature in which they revealed the backstory didn’t really compliment the current plot at all…
It was really weird to see Kate Beckinsale with no accent.
And on a final note for all you boys out there (and some girls), there is a completely gratuitous shower scene where Kate strips down to her panties and bra - and strikes a pose stuffing all her lovely womanhood right into the camera…
Again, this is all clothed, but it leaves little to the imagination…
Honestly, I can’t say I had any problems with this scene what so ever, but my girlfriend watching with me at the time let out a big catcall. Seriously guys, if I had been watching alone it called for getting off the couch and rewinding a bit for a second hello and how do you do…
Oh wait - one more mention - This movie has one of the dumbest endings ever. It’s so dumb though you will probably get a laugh out of it… (and while it’s dumb - it doesn’t ruin the movie).
