The Last Winter (2006)

Director:

Larry Fessenden

Writers:

Larry Fessenden (writer)
Robert Leaver (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

What if mankind only had one season left on Earth?

Plot:

The American oil company KIC Corporation is building an ice road to explore the remote Northern Artic...

Plot Keywords:

Weather | Male Nudity | Arctic Region | Death | Fire

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ron Perlman	...	Ed Pollack
James LeGros	...	James Hoffman
Connie Britton	...	Abby Sellers
Zach Gilford	...	Maxwell McKinder
Kevin Corrigan	...	Motor
Jamie Harrold	...	Elliot Jenkins
Pato Hoffmann	...	Lee Means
Joanne Shenandoah	...	Dawn Russell
Larry Fessenden	...	Charles Foster
Oscar Miller	...	Simon Marshowitz
Hálfdán Theodórsson	...	Gary
Eggert Ketilsson	...	Frozen Trucker
Jack Fessenden	...	Young Hoffman
John Speredakos	...	Weatherman
Halfdan Pedersen	...	Doctor Pedersen (as Hálfdan Lárus Pedersen)

Also Known As:

Síðasti veturinn (Iceland)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA | Iceland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Australia:M | Canada:18A | Denmark:15 | UK:15 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Alaska, USA

Company:

Antidote Films (I)

Trivia:

Arist Brahm Revel illustrated a comic book adaptation of this film.

Movie Connections:

Features "60 Minutes" (1968)

Soundtrack:

Running Out of Road

Unfinished concept, half-baked movie

"The Last Winter" has an effective build up. It's not completely, original, mind you. We have seen that kind of setting before, in "The Thing" and a dozen other movies were a crew is isolated in a strange place where weird things start to happen. It's the memory of those far superior movies that make this one watchable at first. However, the story drags on and it all goes downhill soon.

The mysterious ongoings aren't really that intriguing, and they get less intriguing the more they are exposed. On top of that, Ron Perlman's character is annoying and unbelievable. He's just a constant pain in the a.., just for the hell of it. The worst part about "The Last Winter", however, is the resolution or rather the lack thereof. It seems as if director/writer whatshisface hadn't thought the whole thing through and just decided to go ahead with filming because the topic of global warming is so trendy right now.

Well, it's a pity. "The Last Winter" could have been a solid mystery/thriller. Instead it's an unsatisfying waste of your time. There are far too many good movies out there waiting to be watched for you to rent this one.