Review of The Thaw

The Thaw (2009)
5/10
Good eco-premise with poorly chosen cast/attitudes
15 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The initial Val Kilmer tent scene was strong, and I liked the candid "Smoking Man" overpopulation & AGW clips. But the film weakened after the daughter and other visitors arrived in bickering mode with mealy-mouthed dialog and withheld information. Get to the point already!

They seemed poorly cast as educated people in such a remote area, e.g. his daughter having to be told to not do CPR on a clearly contaminated patient. Their general tendency to brush off warning signs like the polar bear "flea" bite was annoying.

I like movies where people use competence, not flakiness, as a plot driver.
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