Avalanche (1999)

Director:

Steve Kroschel

Writer:

Steve Kroschel (writer)

Release Date:

2 October 1999 (Taiwan)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Hell hath no fury like Mother Nature scorned.

Plot:

A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency...

Plot Keywords:

Corporation | Avalanche | Oil | Tundra | Environmental

Cast

Thomas Ian Griffith	...	Neal Meekin
Caroleen Feeney	...	Dr. Lia Freeman
R. Lee Ermey	...	Gary
C. Thomas Howell	...	Jack
John Ashton	...	Kemp
Geoffrey Lower	...	Jay Weston
Hilary Shepard	...	Annie (as Hilary Shepard-Turner)
Gary Kasper	...	Tiny
Bill Bacon	...	Larry
John Jabaley	...	Donahue
Brett Baker	...	Peter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Babcock	...	Pump Station Engineer
Eva Barrington	...	Secretary
Douglas Fesler	...	Rescue Captain
Jerry Harper	...	Tom
Thomas Jacobs	...	Harry
Josh Johnson	...	Helicopter Pilot
Richard Reichman	...	Minister
Paul Schweigert	...	Ross
Aaron Wiseman	...	Oil Worker #1

Also Known As:

Escape from Alaska (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disaster-related action and peril.

Runtime:

96 min | Brazil:106 min | Argentina:109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Palmer, Alaska, USA

Company:

Ian Page Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the movie when the airplane with Neal and Lia is crashing, the first shot of it sliding down the mountain clearly shows the tail broken off, and we also see someone outside/above the cockpit waving their arms, but in the following shots the plane is shown with the fuselage still intact (minus wings only) sliding down the mountain and the cockpit is also still intact with both people inside and in their seats. This is also the way the plane ends up in the crevice.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Ice Queen (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

TOW THE LINE

Good Movie, No Budget, Good Actors, Bad Script

I would have to say based on Hollow Point, Black Point, TimeCop 3 and Ulterior Motives, OF COURSE Griffith would do a movie like this. It's practically perfect for him. I'm not saying he's a bad actor or that the movie was particularly good. I think maybe his performance made the movie worth watching.

The story line is a bit too simple but it does have a plot and that is after all what it takes to keep most movie fans in the zone. The budget was clearly too small because there was way to much green screen. But the stunts were rather good, the lines were pretty realistic and most important of all, the acting was good. It's wasn't great but no where near bad.