The Last Winter (2006)

The Last Winter: Directed by Larry Fessenden. With Ron Perlman, James Le Gros, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford. Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew’s chief, who wants to get the job done.

“I was engaged for the whole movie. The sense of being out in the snow, building tension and sense of dread was totally captured. The characters were very well scripted and portrayed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf anything, the underlying threat could have been totally left to the imagination without a reveal. Having said that, the total impact of the movie was nevertheless not spoiled.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe snow scenes and landscape were captured with a bleak and beautiful starkness. The action scenes were done with incredible realism and not overdone.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRon Perlman did a great job of portraying the rough and tough oil man, yet was able to shift as the plot unfolded. All the actors and characters were totally believable, and sustained their correct arcs through the movie.”