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Arctic Blast (2010)
Mindless but slightly entertaining
I am a lover of cheesy and I will admit trashy disaster movies, so when I heard about this one, I was ALL over it, imagine my surprise when the opening shot was of MY home town of Hobart, Tasmania.
I had heard nothing about this film being filmed here, and after watching it, I am not surprised that the actors would rather keep quiet about being in it.
Leaving aside the very very dodgy science, it's a play-by-numbers plot, you have your usual Scientist/specialist that no one understands, his opinions get ignored, etc etc, your usual doomsday affair.
The acting is wooden for the most part, not surprisingly since the vast majority of supporting actors are ex-soapie or current soapie actors (i.e Home and Away, Neighbours) Sad to say that usually excellent Alexandra Davies and Robert Mammone were below par in this offering. Bruce Davison turned in his usual solid acting performance, the man could phone these roles in.
What to me was the most thrilling was watching local landmarks appear on screen getting frozen in the most unconvincing way and looking to see if I recognised anybody in the extras as they lay scattered about dying of the cold.
The local Bunnings gets a look in as people scramble for supplies, I wonder if people in California feel the same way as I did, since California seems to end up being destroyed in most disaster movies.
All in all mindless and slightly irritating fun, if you can REALLY suspend your disbelief, it's a way to waste 90 minutes.