Review of The Frozen Ground (2013) by The D — 05 Sep 2013

It seems with The Frozen Ground the writers tried to keep as much to the facts and actual events that it was based upon. That in itself is admirable, it does, however, make for very dull viewing. In theory it has all the ingredients of an excellent serial killer nightmare; two strong leading men in Cusack & Cage with decent support from Mitchell, Hudgens and Kevin Dunn. None of these players though is given anything good to work with and sadly they all appear understated.

Cusack plays Hansen a serial killer leaving an unnoticed trail of dead but never found prostitutes until one body is recovered and one working girl escapes his clutches. Sgt Halcombe(Cage) sets in motion an investigation trailing back as far back as thirteen years into the known disappearances. Halcombe tries to work with the escapee Cundy(Hudgens) but she is reluctant to help.

All of these variables put into the mix should have made for a tense battle of wits between Halcombe & Hansen but scriptwise it offers little to inject and suspense or menace, something Cusack must be disappointed with. Cage is actually the most understated of all, he just drifts through as mildly as a family man would. The aforementioned support just seem to be making up the numbers.

So it doesn't build to and kind of climax it just fades into a non event and a sequence of "Where are they now" subtitles about the players.