Icequake - alarm in the Arctic
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Icequake - alarm in the Arctic |
| Original title | Ice Quake |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Ziller |
| script |
David Ray Paul Ziller |
| production | John Prince |
| music | Michael Neilson |
| camera | Anthony C. Metchie |
| cut | Christopher A. Smith |
| occupation | |
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Icequake - Alarm in the Arctic is a disaster film from 2010 by Paul Ziller .
action
After a glacier broke off in Russia, unusual tremors were also registered in Alaska. On Christmas Day, two researchers take measurements on Mount Phaeton and notice a rapid drop in temperature within a very short time. Shortly thereafter, the mountain breaks up and the researchers are killed.
An earthquake puts military geologist Michael Webster, who is on vacation with his wife and two children, on alert. Michael drives to the military base and is informed about what has happened so far. He then picks up his wife and children in town and drives them up Mount Phaeton to cut a tree for Christmas.
A second quake occurs and the mountain splits further. Methane gas flows out of the mountain crevices. Shortly before the quake, the family dog Yeti runs away. Michael and his family escape to the research station outpost. He calls for help on the satellite phone and the military base sends out a helicopter. By wiggling a drinking bottle back and forth, Michael notices that something is wrong and runs to the door. He sees an avalanche rolling towards the outside base and escapes with his family. The avalanche thunders into the valley and the four people can save themselves for the time being. You hike along the mountain and look for a way into the valley.
When the mountain shakes again and the mountain breaks open, Michael and his wife Emily are separated from their two children. Michael shows his children which way to go. Then he goes up the mountain with his wife to get to the other side above the crevice and thus follow his children.
In the meantime, further tremors and splits are becoming visible in the city. The city is then evacuated. The colonel at the base is waiting for satellite images and would like to evaluate them with his team.
On the way to the other side of the column, Webster meets researcher Professor Bruce Worthington and his team. This was dubbed by the military as a "methane man" and labeled as a weirdo. Michael gets him to explain his thesis in more detail and a logical picture emerges for him. The researchers at the base also realize that the professor was right. Bruce Worthington's thesis includes that liquid methane gas from the Ice Age spreads upwards and leads to the earthquakes and splits and not - as previously suspected - that it is volcanic activity.
The helicopter sent out has now reached the subcamp and started looking for Michael. Michael, Emily and Bruce see the helicopter and draw attention to themselves. After a short discussion, Bruce first gets on the helicopter's stretcher and is pulled up. Suddenly the mountain splits up again and the escaping gas freezes the helicopter and crashes. The pilot and Bruce are killed in the process. Michael and Emily can get to safety in time.
The two children have since discovered one of the two killed military researchers who had taken measurements on the mountain, and took a radio with them. A short time later, Michael and Emily meet the two children again. With the help of chewing gum paper, Michael can send a GPS signal over the radio and draw attention to himself in the military base. The family digs in and waits for help. A military rescue team eventually finds them and takes the family to the military base.
Michael is now working with the Colonel and the base staff to develop a plan to stop the spread of methane gas. Emily and the two children leave town with the help of the military, with the son being told in all seriousness by his father to take care of his older sister and mother, while Michael and two of the base employees drive into the mountains to carry out blasting that will Divert methane gas to a fuel store and burn it completely. The plan just works.
In the end, Webster finds the lost dog and comes back to the military base with a Christmas tree, where his wife and children are waiting for him.
publication
The television film first ran on December 11, 2010 in the US on Syfy . In Germany, the film was released directly on DVD in April 2011. The film ran on December 10, 2011 in Germany on RTL II . The film reached 1.26 million viewers when it premiered on RTL 2.
criticism
Haiko's film lexicon called the film “a disaster film, as it is in the book. A disaster film from the drawing board. "
Kino.de wrote: “This is how the Syfy Channel, which is absolutely reliable when it comes to exploitation, presents its version of The Day After Tomorrow : With Brendan Fehr […] prominently cast, the film makes a maximum of effects discount with a minimum of financial possibilities. Embedded in a wonderfully absurd Christmas story, the possibilities of natural disasters are exploited according to every trick in the book. That is hair-raising, but funny. "
Cinema found: “A horrible story, cardboard figures, modest tricks: quite boring even for trash fans. [...] Conclusion: Has not triggered a tremor in the film world. "
Web links
- Icequakes - Alarm in the Arctic in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for ice quakes - alarm in the Arctic . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2011 (PDF; test number: 126 315 V).
- ↑ Primetime check: Saturday, December 10, 2011
- ↑ See haikosfilmlexikon.de
- ↑ See kino.de
- ↑ See cinema.de