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The Last Winter

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Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman (James Le Gros) clashes with the drilling crew's chief (Ron Perlman), who wants to get the job done. Strange events begin to plague the crew, and they are soon cut off from the outside world. Hoffman and the crew feel the full force of Mother Nature's wrath, and there is no visible escape.

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The Last Winter creatively and effectively uses horror tactics -- fear, tension, anticipation, and just enough gore -- to shock, but never repulse, its audience.

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David Fear Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Oct 18, 2008 Full Review John Monaghan Detroit Free Press Fessenden, who directed, produced, cowrote, edited and even has a part in the film rightly values mood at least as much as he does delivering more abominable snow monsters. Rated: 3/4 Oct 12, 2007 Full Review Cheryl Eddy io9.com It may at times come across a bit heavy-handed, but its message is still a timely and valuable one, showing a microcosm driven to total collapse by a planet that’s ready to kick humans out of the ecosystem for good. Sep 14, 2022 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Shot on location in Iceland and unfortunately hobbled by a bit of third act CGI that compromises the rather compelling ecological message. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 20, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's a pro-environmental apocalyptic shocker that works as a thinking man's ghost story pic. Rated: B+ Nov 3, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Thom G The Last Winter" begins with a brilliant idea and a crucial social message. Unfortunately, the film merely revolves around these ideas and messages without sufficiently developing or elaborating on them. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/24 Full Review Tim V Original great plot just needs to tweak everything into one pot! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/09/23 Full Review Audience Member The creative team seems far more concerned about advancing global warming alarmism than advancing a suspenseful or even coherent plot.. Sadly, the characters are about as real as Al Gore’s most irrational climate threats. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/07/21 Full Review Audience Member The audience score doesn't make much sense. I'm guessing it's from people who saw it as global warming environmentalist propaganda OR they made the mistake of not viewing it during the winter while in a cold weather climate. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The last winter 12.2.21 5.6/0. Well, don't know what to say about that. I like Ron Perlmam. Think I've seen it before but still, not sure it answers any questions! D.B. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A fascinating intermingling of environmental crisis and the myth––and Algernon Blackwood short story––of the terrible spirit of the northern wilderness, the Wendigo. From the Wikipedia article: "In some Indigenous communities, environmental destruction and insatiable greed are also seen as a manifestation of Wendigo psychosis." In this movie human greed for petroleum and indifference to resulting environmental destruction unleashes a terrible force that begins to spread across the land. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman (James Le Gros) clashes with the drilling crew's chief (Ron Perlman), who wants to get the job done. Strange events begin to plague the crew, and they are soon cut off from the outside world. Hoffman and the crew feel the full force of Mother Nature's wrath, and there is no visible escape.
Director
Larry Fessenden
Producer
Larry Fessenden, Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Screenwriter
Larry Fessenden, Robert Leaver
Production Co
Glass Eye Pix, Antidote Films
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Sep 19, 2007
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$32.9K
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Dolby
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