Konterr Brilliant and touching

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

loomis78-815-989034 Ray (Rooker) and Helen (Baker) have planned a day ice fishing with their son David (Forster) and his girlfriend Gina (Amy Chang) on a frozen lake. The family is interrupted by a loudmouth father Steve (Wood) and his son Stevie Jr. (Greg Finley) who make noise and scare the fish away. A confrontation is avoided when Ray accepts the invite for beers at their portable trailer that they have parked on the ice. Stevie Jr. is pulled into the water and is bit by a creature that no one sees. Ray and Helen urge the father to gets his son to a doctor but he refuses. The families soon realize they are up against a creature that is below the ice that is looking at them as prey. Writer/Director James Felix McKenney sets up this story well with Rooker as a good guy for once and then lets us down completely when the monster under the ice is revealed. The only way to describe the man in the wet suit with some fake looking teeth and googly eyes would be to say this is 1958 and this was all the filmmakers could come up with. The problem is its 2011, and all though no one wants to see another crappy CGI monster wrecking another movie, someone should have said 'no' when this was decided on. The movie manages to have some fun anyway benefiting from the decent set up, and one well timed jolt that comes when David is killed. Everything is taken seriously and then the stupid looking creature shows up and ruins everything.

suite92 Ray, his wife Helen, their son David, and daughter-in-law Gina are setup in a cabin by a frozen lake. Ray scouts the lake in the twilight for a good fishing spot for the next morning. He spies a dead coyote, and goes to investigate. Something goes bump in the evening, and Ray falls through the ice. Ray is a man of considerable strength and stamina; he is able to pull himself out in the dark with no tools, but the effort leaves him flat on top of the ice. The rest of the family soon think he's been out too long. David finds him and walks him back to the cabin. They are still going ahead with the next day's fishing; they will just have to be more careful about weak spots in the ice.The setup for fishing goes without a hitch. On the other hand, there are no fish. Another family drives a truck and a trailer out onto the ice. The Pelletiers are a bit skeptical of all that weight even further out on the ice. Later they drive the truck away in a rush, leaving the trailer behind on the ice. The idiots return on ice-mobiles of some sort. The large whatever moves through and catches all of their hooks, but they do not bring it in.The new people are Steve Cote and Steve Jr, who are intent on catching the big whatever. The initial guess is that it might be a sturgeon of some sort. Steve Jr. gets pulled in, and the monster cuts him. Steve cleans him up, and lets him sleep. He offers the Pelletiers steak dinners. During the meal, Steve Junior starts feeling some sort of effects from his cut. Definitely an infection, but it looks like an infestation as well. The Pelletiers think Steve Jr needs to go to the hospital; Steve insists not.Steve and Ray go out to catch the beast. Steve starts a generator to charge batteries, provide light, and hopefully attract the beast. Steve Jr. gets up instead of resting; the beast comes back, and drags Steve Jr. away. Steve Sr. takes a shot at the beast, misses, but manages to fall into the drink. The beast manages to cut Steve Sr, not as deep, but a long laceration. Steve Sr also gets an infection. Steve Sr is determined that something is going to die before the night is over. He gets his wish.The Pelletiers wait for the dawn to go back to their cabin. Unfortunately, the monster gains partial access through the capped fishing holes in the trailer; David gets a fatal cut on the neck.-------Scores---------Cinematography: 6/10 Several of the long shots were rather poor: fuzzy, low contrast, too dim. There was a fair amount of camera shake on the closeups in the interiors.Sound: 7/10 Pretty good.Acting: 5/10 Michael Rooker, Blanche Baker, and Amy Chang were fine. Don Wood, Greg Finley, and Benjamin Forster I could have done without.Screenplay: 2/10 The story has a beginning, a middle, and an end, and the exposition from one to the next is not that bad. However, there were so many opportunities for the fate of the family members to come out much better. The case for all decisions to be bad ones was rather weak. The ending sucked rocks and made no sense at all.SFX: 0/10 The monster is the only SFX, and it looks really cheesy. This was a major detriment to the film. Its silly appearance shut down the suspense.

bookwormteri I NEVER write reviews of movies, however, I felt compelled to. I really enjoyed this movie, good characters, good plot line, beautiful scenery, horrible monster. If the monster hadn't of been so bad this movie would have rated much higher. The monster looked like a man in a gimp suit with a monster fish head on top. Surprisingly, this didn't make me turn off the movie, and instead, I just laughed every time the monster came on screen. A good movie, if you can ignore the horrible monster costume. I recommend picking up (or watching on Netflix) if you are in the mood for a good campy "monster" movie. I REALLY wish the monster had been better done.

bjjnedan This movie is about a family on an ice fishing vacation. On a lake where something supernatural, prehistoric, or just plain stupid, is the top predator.Yeah, this movie is bad. I don't really remember too many details because I lost interest the very first time I caught a glimpse of the tall, lanky retard in the sh**ty, cheap Halloween costume. The acting is bad. Hell, there were a few occurrences where the same person was called 3 different characters names. In one scene, the son is called David (I think that was the characters name), Stevie (a completely different character in the same scene), and Cody I think. Then 30 seconds later, they call the dad all the same things. Hell, the hot little Asian chick refers to Mr. Pelletier (Michael Rooker) as Mr. Cote on more than one occasion. Cote was the father and son they meet on the lake. The effects were miserable. The creature effects, the special effects, any effect in this p.o.s. was just embarrassing. Seriously, the monster in this looked like either a terrible costume or a cheap bondage (whatever it's called). This movie is bad. Avoid this at all costs. Seriously, if it comes down to it, sell your kid into slavery just to not have to watch this crap.