IN BRIEF: A movie too slick and too dumb to be believed.
JIM'S REVIEW: (NOT RECOMMENDED) Please take this mini-quiz before seeing Liam Neeson in his latest action thriller to decide if you wish to see it:
1. Liam Neeson once again: A. Plays a man fighting bad guys, this time generically named Mike McCann.
B. continues to waste his acting talents on silly dreck.
C. sounds gruff, nasty, and always means business.
D. All of the above
2. The plot for The Ice Road is: A. About a treacherous rescue mission by ice road truckers to save trapped miners.
B. Neeson fighting villains and some trucks moving across cracking ice.
C. truly implausible and totally inane.
D. All of the above.
3. Liam Neeson's character actually says: A. "Those b****rds, they caused the cave-in and now they're trying to cover it up?" B. "It's not about the money now. This is personal!" C. "Kiss my Irish a**!" D. All of the above
4. Director Jonathan Hensleigh has made:: A. A heavy-handed mess of a movie.
B. an epic parable of good vs. Evil, corporate greed, and heroism.
C. a laughable rescue movie in need of its own rescue.
D. All of the above, except B.
(GRADE: C-)
JIM'S REVIEW: (NOT RECOMMENDED) Please take this mini-quiz before seeing Liam Neeson in his latest action thriller to decide if you wish to see it:
1. Liam Neeson once again: A. Plays a man fighting bad guys, this time generically named Mike McCann.
B. continues to waste his acting talents on silly dreck.
C. sounds gruff, nasty, and always means business.
D. All of the above
2. The plot for The Ice Road is: A. About a treacherous rescue mission by ice road truckers to save trapped miners.
B. Neeson fighting villains and some trucks moving across cracking ice.
C. truly implausible and totally inane.
D. All of the above.
3. Liam Neeson's character actually says: A. "Those b****rds, they caused the cave-in and now they're trying to cover it up?" B. "It's not about the money now. This is personal!" C. "Kiss my Irish a**!" D. All of the above
4. Director Jonathan Hensleigh has made:: A. A heavy-handed mess of a movie.
B. an epic parable of good vs. Evil, corporate greed, and heroism.
C. a laughable rescue movie in need of its own rescue.
D. All of the above, except B.
(GRADE: C-)