Ice (1998)
Directed by Jean de Segonzac
Genres - Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Disaster Film |
Release Date - Jul 21, 1998 (USA), Nov 29, 1998 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - Germany, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The made-for-TV disaster flick Ice first aired on German television under the title Eis: wehn die Welt erfriert on November 29, 1998. Thanks to a precipitous temperature drop on the sun, a second ice age hits Los Angeles, resulting in unseasonable 70-degrees-below-zero weather and a general breakdown of society. L.A. cop Robert Drake (Grant Show) joins forces with his girlfriend (Eva La Rue), his ex-wife (Audie England), and a black convict (Flex) who thinks that the recent cold snap is a government plot against African-Americans, the better to commandeer a submarine and head to the (temporarily) warmer climes of the Equator. Beyond its usual apocalypse-flick trappings, the film nearly collapses under the weight of visual symbolism. American viewers first saw Ice when it was telecast by ABC on July 22, 2000.