Review of Ice Station Zebra (1968) by Mike L — 27 Jul 2012

A movie known more for it's title than the actual movie itself. If you want to ramp up the suspense, artificial or not, two easy ways to do that are by confining the space and remoteness so a submarine in the arctic qualifies for both. Add in the cold-war, espionage, and treason and this should be a no-brainer but that is not always the case.

The cast is solid with Hudson leading the way and doing a good job in a dramatic role, Borgnine's accent seemed to go in and out.

There is always a problem with submarine sabotage just in the logistics of it and sorry when the sub is that deep and that close to the arctic the water temp would of caused hypothermia making this scene unrealistic.

Granted this is the late 60's but some of the special effects seemed odd, especially anything to do with ice.

Still the story and for the most part the acting keep this at a steady stream of suspense to make it watchable.