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Ice Road Terror

  • TV Movie
  • 20112011
  • RR
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
860
YOUR RATING
Ice Road Terror (2011)
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
Two truckers driving across frozen Alaskan rivers to deliver equipment to a remote diamond mine, encounter a long-dormant prehistoric creature on the frozen ice.Two truckers driving across frozen Alaskan rivers to deliver equipment to a remote diamond mine, encounter a long-dormant prehistoric creature on the frozen ice.Two truckers driving across frozen Alaskan rivers to deliver equipment to a remote diamond mine, encounter a long-dormant prehistoric creature on the frozen ice.
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
860
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Terry Ingram
  • Writer
    • Keith Shaw
  • Stars
    • Brea Grant
    • Ty Olsson
    • Dylan Neal
Top credits
  • Director
    • Terry Ingram
  • Writer
    • Keith Shaw
  • Stars
    • Brea Grant
    • Ty Olsson
    • Dylan Neal
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    • 17User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Merrilyn Gann and Brea Grant in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Merrilyn Gann and Brea Grant in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Brea Grant in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Michael Balfry, Brian Davie, Merrilyn Gann, Stu Goldberg, Michael Hogan, Terry Ingram, David Lyle, Dylan Neal, Ty Olsson, Jim Shield, Malcolm Stewart, Don Thompson, Sean Owen Roberts, Garry M.B. Smith, Donavon Stinson, William Belleau, Keith Shaw, and Brea Grant in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Ty Olsson in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Dylan Neal and Brea Grant in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Dylan Neal, Ty Olsson, and Brea Grant in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Brea Grant in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Dylan Neal and Brea Grant in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Dylan Neal in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Ty Olsson in Ice Road Terror (2011)
    Ty Olsson in Ice Road Terror (2011)

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    Brea Grant
    Brea Grant
    • Rachel Harrisas Rachel Harris
    Ty Olsson
    Ty Olsson
    • Jack Simmonsas Jack Simmons
    Dylan Neal
    Dylan Neal
    • Neil Conroyas Neil Conroy
    Malcolm Stewart
    Malcolm Stewart
    • Karl Krugeras Karl Kruger
    Michael Hogan
    Michael Hogan
    • Terry Lowmanas Terry Lowman
    Merrilyn Gann
    Merrilyn Gann
    • Beryl Lowmanas Beryl Lowman
    David Lyle
    David Lyle
    • Tanneras Tanner
    William Belleau
    William Belleau
    • Tyeeas Tyee
    Jim Shield
    Jim Shield
    • Heath Reidas Heath Reid
    Don Thompson
    Don Thompson
    • Dan Sparkmanas Dan Sparkman
    Sean Owen Roberts
    Sean Owen Roberts
    • Kremas Krem
    • (as Sean O. Roberts)
    Donavon Stinson
    Donavon Stinson
    • Truckeras Trucker
    • Director
      • Terry Ingram
    • Writer
      • Keith Shaw
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The filming has trouble with flocks of ducks flying in the shots. The crew would periodically set off fire works to keep them away.
    • Goofs
      The Hazardous Material Placards on the trailers with explosives change during the drive to the mining site.
    • Connections
      References Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

    User reviews17

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    7/10
    ICE ROAD TERROR Entertains!!
    Do ya think the SyFy Channel is even aware that all it's original flicks have pretty much ... scratch that ... have exactly the same plots and characters and simply plug in some new creature into the formula? I think they're fully aware of this and they embrace it. This way they can keep the budgets of all their Saturday night originals roughly the same (in the $1.5- $2mil range). With ICE ROAD TERROR we get the same plot and characters we've come to expect and we even get another prehistoric creature freed from the ice (more on this in a minute). But what makes ICE ROAD TERROR stand out from the pack is the fact that it's fun ... really fun. I found myself having more fun with this one than I have with a SyFy flick in a really long time. Let's find out why.

    While blasting in the arctic for diamonds some prehistoric creature was released that lived under the ice and snow. The creature is angry and really hungry ... really hungry. As the creature tears its way through the workers at the site, we flash over to two ice truckers Jack (Ty Olsson; who was in TV's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA & the SyFy Original BEHEMOTH) and Neil (Dylan Neal; from DAWSON'S CREEK) who're loading up to haul a huge batch of explosives to the diamond mine site -- a site that is at the end of a very long ice road. Tagging along is a large-chested scientist-environmentalist Rachel (Brea Grant; who was in Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 & 16 episodes of TV's HEROES). I mean come on; ya gotta have the female love interest for one of these rugged truckers who has a heart of gold!!

    There's some harrowing moments as we watch the trucks struggle on the ice road and wonder if they're gonna make it (yeah right). But the real fun begins once they get to the diamond mine site. Mostly everyone is dead and our threesome of heroes quickly find out there's a huge creature chomping on limbs and tearing apart bodies. So they high tail it out of there and the creature, which is some mythical Inuit legend, follows them for hundreds of miles to a cabin in the woods. Here the trio, as well as the couple who live at the cabin, make their last stand against the creature. There's sympathetic characters who die; heroic characters who sacrifice themselves for the others; and the standard last man/woman standing who finally get so angry they kill the creature. There's nothing new here ...

    ... except I found myself having a really fun time!! The film moves at a great pace and gives us lots of action. We wait all of five minutes before we see the creature (which as far as I can make out is called a "Wangchoke;" seriously) and it starts tearing apart the cast just as quickly. Plus writer Keith Shaw (who also wrote the very fun MALIBU SHARK ATTACK) and director Terry Ingram weren't afraid to show off a little blood, guts, and gore. The camera doesn't turn away as the creature rips people apart and throws around body parts and I was pleasantly surprised by the gore content. Of course this is no DEAD ALIVE, but for a SyFy Original we get some pretty fun gory moments.

    Most noticeable here is the pacing. We don't get the typical "let's meet the characters for a while" scenes. We meet the characters and get to know them while they're fighting for their lives. The scenes on the ice road are pretty good (in a silly way) as the creature dives and re- surfaces in and out of the ice like some frigid version of the beasts from TREMORS. And of course there's some stuff that just doesn't follow. Example: You'd think Jack, who's an experienced ice trucker, would spend more than five minutes and use more than a bungee cord to secure the explosives in his truck!! His truck catches on fire and he and Rachel must jump into the cab of Neil's truck while they're still driving. After making them jump from one moving truck to another, Neil then decides he needs to stop to check something out. So why didn't he just stop and let them walk to the truck in the first place??!!

    But the real fun comes when they make their way to one of Jack's old friends who luckily has the only cabin in about a 500 mile radius!! There they make their stand against the Wangchoke (I swear that's what it's called). Another stand out element in ICE ROAD TERROR is the acting. Everyone involved does a great job and they all look like they're having a really fun time. This energy was infectious and you'll feel it!! The Wangchoke is of course 100% CGI, but it looks way better than the typical SyFy Original. Not since the giant spiders in ICE SPIDERS have I been impressed by a CGI creation. The Wangchoke has realistic movements and has a lot of details in it's design.

    For all intents and purposes I should be writing my typical "skip it" review for ICE ROAD TERROR. But due to solid performances, a good looking and scary CGI monster, a really fast pace, and lots of spraying blood and gory, meaty looking body parts being thrown around, ICE ROAD TERROR is a really fun "giant creature attacks" flick. Nice job guys and keep 'em coming like this one!!

    Please note that I've given ICE ROAD TERROR, a SyFy Original, a higher rating that SUPER 8. Shame on you J.J. Abrams!!

    Reviewed by Scott Shoyer
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    • Jun 21, 2011

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    • Release date
      • June 11, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La criatura del hielo
    • Filming locations
      • Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • ARO Entertainment
      • Hybrid
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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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