Icebreaker (2000)

At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster to save the day... and his fiancé.

Director:

David Giancola

Writer:

David Giancola (story)

Stars:

Sean Astin, Bruce Campbell, Stacy Keach

Cast

Credited cast:
Sean Astin	...	Matt Foster
Bruce Campbell	...	Carl Greig
Stacy Keach	...	Bill Foster
Suzanne Turner	...	Meg Foster
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sandra J. Abatiell	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
George Adair	...	Baselodge employee
John D. Alexander	...	Sondra's Man #3
Jayson Argento	...	Ski Lodge Employee
Erick J. Barbic	...	Summit Waiter
Nancy Berry	...	Base Lodge Clerk
Steve Berry	...	Base Lodge Clerk
Scott Bigalow	...	SWAT Team
Lauren Bond	...	Summit Restaurant Patron
Steve Breakstone	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron
Patrick Burgeron	...	Fancy Restaurant Patron

Storyline

Matt Foster, son of a cleaner, realizes his fiancée Meg's wealthy father Bill considers him, a 'Ski Patrol Bum' in the Killington resort, far beneath their social status. Matt gets an unexpected change to prove himself when hey finally planned to announce their wedding plans after nasty criminal Timmy disgusts his hijacked pilot so much that he chooses to crash there. Timmy's boss, medically terminal terrorist Carl Greig, kills him after learning his load, radio active material stolen from Russia, is intact, and has his lieutenant Frantz send in a team to retrieve it. There is also an FBI team on his trail, lead by agent Will Langley, but Matt and a forester are the ones who accidentally face the extremely violent fiends...

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Plot Keywords:

terrorist | ski resort | hostage | wedding | fbi | 

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for action violence

Details

Official Sites:

Edgewood Studios' history and films.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Caçada no Gelo

Filming Locations:

Killington Ski Resort - 4763 Killington Road, Killington, Vermont, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edgewood Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

The logo of Matt's ski jacket is backwards when he is climbing onto the gondola.

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Connections

Referenced in Addicted to Fame (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor"
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Megatrax Music/Mazur Media

User Reviews

Campbell steals the show again!

This is basically a low-budget version of Die Hard and similar action movies, although the setting this time is a ski resort and the hero is Sean Astin, in a part similar to the one he played in Toy Soldiers. It's very low-budget, so the special f/x aren't the best in the business, but they get the job done. This one would definitely fall under the "guilty pleasures" category, thanks to some entertaining scenes (especially a nice chase scene involving snowboards, machine guns, a gondola, and of course a trigger to a nuclear bomb). The other thing that makes Icebreaker a fun little watch is an entertaining performance by Bruce Campbell, as the Alan Rickman-like villain, although the character seems to have no motivation for his actions other than the fact that he's dying (of what we never find out), and he wants to take a lot of people out with him. Why it is that his henchmen go along with this is unclear, since they clearly value their lives. However, Campbell gets some funny lines and, as always, is fun to watch. The downside: a lot of the supporting characters (Astin's boss, a forest ranger/ sidekick) are supposed to be quirky, but often just get on your nerves. And the movie's damsel in distress (i.e., Astin's fiance) has one of the most annoying smiles I've ever seen. But overall, it's an entertaining, late-night-cable kind of movie, as long as you take everything with a grain of salt.