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The Ice Road on Netflix - Don't bother.
June 27, 2021, 04:39 AM
PHPaulThe Ice Road on Netflix - Don't bother.
1. Liam Neeson.
2. Hackneyed, entirely predictable plot.
3. A long list of physically impossible "solutions" to an unending series of "challenges".
It is a serious measure of just how pitiful viewing choices are that I watched the whole thing. 90 minutes I'll never get back.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
June 27, 2021, 06:46 AM
whododatThanks for the heads up. I was going to watch it.
Because son, it is what you are supposed to do.
June 27, 2021, 08:56 AM
YooperSigsNeesons career seems to be taking the same path that Nicholas Cage is on.
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June 27, 2021, 02:38 PM
JohnCourageImagine Liam Neeson as a truck driver who listens to country music and chews on a toothpick. Yeah, it's bad.
JC
June 27, 2021, 09:04 PM
nickmurYeah, wife and I watched it this afternoon. Two thumbs down for sure.
Nick
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June 28, 2021, 09:49 AM
chongosuerteI’ve watched worse.
But I went in with low expectations.
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June 28, 2021, 08:04 PM
Jimbo JonesHis same character from "Next of Kin" 30 yrs later?
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Originally posted by JohnCourage:
Imagine Liam Neeson as a truck driver who listens to country music and chews on a toothpick. Yeah, it's bad.
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June 28, 2021, 08:50 PM
dave7378It was Michael Caine who said "I've made an awful lot of films. In fact, I've made a lot of awful films. But I made a lot of money"
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June 29, 2021, 06:21 PM
smschulzquote:
Originally posted by chongosuerte:
I’ve watched worse.
But I went in with low expectations.
Yeah, I agree.
Not so terrible that I can call it a WOT.
Now days the pickin' is thin on movies so I'm not complaining.
June 29, 2021, 06:29 PM
dan03833That movie just plain ducked. About as complicated plot of a Threes Company episode.
June 29, 2021, 08:42 PM
bubbatimeI saw the trailer and said yeah this looks bad. Real bad. Enter me being very sick and basically on bed rest for a week. Let’s watch this terrible movie. And terrible it was.
Liam needs to freaking retire. Fight scenes were as expected with an 80 year old fragile man that thinks he can act as a tough guy. The fight scenes were some of the worst I have ever seen. Heck, they brought comedic relief and a snicker from me. Movie might be worth watching just for that alone.
And let’s not even mention that it would be impossible to flip a semi and trailer over on the ice without a very large rotator wrecker. But they got it done , all alone, out there on the ice (with the rotator clearly out of picture but the lines still visible. Uh huh….
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June 30, 2021, 06:06 AM
PHPaulYeah, the trailer flipping scene had my bullshit meter smoking. Just for the hell of it, let's say they COULD manage to right the trailer. What's gonna happen when all that weight comes slamming down on the ice?
I particularly liked the "drill a hole in the ice and use a piece of pipe as an anchor" approach.
Sooooo much bullshit...
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July 02, 2021, 01:24 PM
sig229-SASWish I had clicked on this thread earlier. I agree, piss poor, just not worth watching.
July 02, 2021, 05:13 PM
0-0Is this a remake of the old french - excellent - movie The Wages of Fear (le salaire de la peur)?
If i remember correctly, a couple of truckers needed to transport nitroglicerine to stop a fire... saw it 40 years ago, at least.
Agreed that Neeson needs to stop doing what he's doing. It has become painful to watch.
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July 02, 2021, 05:32 PM
hberttmankquote:
Originally posted by 0-0:
Is this a remake of the old french - excellent - movie The Wages of Fear (le salaire de la peur)?
If i remember correctly, a couple of truckers needed to transport nitroglicerine to stop a fire... saw it 40 years ago, at least.
Agreed that Neeson needs to stop doing what he's doing. It has become painful to watch.
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0-0, I have not seen Wages of Fear but the remake was the 1977 film Sorcerer. It was a good flick with a great soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076740/?ref_=tt_pg
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nshumwayI kept thinking did they intentionally make it this bad? I mean its like 1980s made for TV movie bad.
July 02, 2021, 06:17 PM
0-0quote:
Originally posted by hberttmank:
quote:
Originally posted by 0-0:
Is this a remake of the old french - excellent - movie The Wages of Fear (le salaire de la peur)?
If i remember correctly, a couple of truckers needed to transport nitroglicerine to stop a fire... saw it 40 years ago, at least.
Agreed that Neeson needs to stop doing what he's doing. It has become painful to watch.
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0-0, I have not seen Wages of Fear but the remake was the 1977 film Sorcerer. It was a good flick with a great soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076740/?ref_=tt_pg
Thank you.
Come to think of it, i do remember the album cover with the bridge and the creepy truck, i think. Completely forgotten the movie tittle
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