Whiteout (2009)


Whiteout (2009)

Whiteout (2009)

Whiteout (2009)

Whiteout (2009)

Whiteout (2009)

Whiteout (2009)

Whiteout (2009)

Whiteout (2009)


Whiteout (2009)


Director: Dominic Sena


Cast: Kate Beckinsale as Carrie Stetko, Gabriel Macht as Robert Pryce, Tom Skerritt as Dr. John Fury, Columbus Short as Delfy, Alex O'Loughlin as Russell Haden, Shawn Doyle as Sam Murphy, Joel S. Keller as Jack (as Joel Keller), Jesse Todd as Rubin, Arthur Holden as McGuire, Erin Hickock as Rhonda (as Erin Hicock), Bashar Rahal as Russian Pilot, Julian Cain as Russian Co-pilot, Dennis Keiffer as Russian Guard #1, Andrei Runtso as Russian Guard #2, Roman Varshavsky as Russian Guard #3



Lots of snow covers a fairly old style whodunnit mystery.

When it comes to a murder mystery, there are only so many new avenues
film-makers can explore to make the whole affair original. The most
predictable way to make it fresh is to make the setting fairly
interesting, and Whiteout certainly goes for that.

Kate Beckinsale stars as Carrie Stetko (with an impeccable American
accent I should add), a US Marshall with a 'troubled' past, assigned to
Antarctica. Apparently she volunteered for this post, and the story
joins her as a body is found near her base, and thereby the murder
mystery begins.

It should be immediately pointed out that this is not exactly high-brow
intellectual entertainment - it is a yarn and not to be taken very
seriously. The snow-based setting including vicious blizzards give it a
reasonably intriguing and scenic feel so much that the setting is in
itself a bit of a character.

I do recall in my review of Vacancy, also starring Beckinsale, that her
visual appeal was ridiculously underused, and she looked almost grubby.
I couldn't understand why she'd be cast in that role - well the guys
behind Whiteout seem to have taken that criticism quite seriously.
While she is covered head to toe in winter clothes for 99% of the
movie, there is one gratuitous semi/fully nude scene, which is
completely unnecessary and is purely there because she's hot enough to
carry it off. I'm not really objecting! Getting back on track, Whiteout
is a decent enough thriller, pretty well made and well directed that it
feels fairly short and fast moving while being pretty entertaining.
It's not going to win any awards, but don't take it too seriously and
you'll get a kick out of it.

Pretty good.

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