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The Frozen Ground
2013 105 min Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America R 16+
★5.9
Thriller, Crime
Director: Scott Walker
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Description
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Budget:
$27.22M
Worldwide:
$5.5M
Starring
Nicolas Cage
Actor
Vanessa Hudgens
Actor
John Cusack
Actor
Awards
1 nomination total
Key opinion
The Frozen Ground is generally viewed as a competent but surface-level crime procedural that relies on the established star power of its leads. While the Alaskan setting provides an authentic backdrop, the film struggles with a lack of narrative depth and questionable editorial choices regarding the real-life subject matter.
| Production | The Alaskan location shooting provides a visually striking and atmospheric sense of time and place. | |
| Acting | John Cusack delivers a convincing psychological performance as the serial killer. | |
| Screenplay | The film functions as a standard, serviceable police procedural that demands little from the audience. | |
| Theme | The narrative fails to provide significant thematic depth or proper exploration of the real-life criminal's background. | |
| Acting | Critics are divided on the performances of Vanessa Hudgens, with some praising her empathy-inducing work and others dismissing it as a career-low. | |
| Editing | Opinions on the technical presentation are split, as some find the film poorly edited while others consider the pacing watchable for the genre. |