In 1909, Denmark's Alabama Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen was attempting to disprove the United States' claim to North Eastern Greenland, a claim that was rooted in the idea that Greenland was broken up into two different pieces of land. Leaving their crew behind with the ship, Mikkelsen sleds across the ice with his inexperienced crew member, Iver Iversen. The two men succeed in finding the proof that Greenland is one island, but returning to the ship takes longer... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1909, Denmark's Alabama Expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen was attempting to disprove the United States' claim to North Eastern Greenland, a claim that was rooted in the idea that Greenland was broken up into two different pieces of land. Leaving their crew behind with the ship, Mikkelsen sleds across the ice with his inexperienced crew member, Iver Iversen. The two men succeed in finding the proof that Greenland is one island, but returning to the ship takes longer and is much harder than expected. Battling extreme hunger, fatigue and a polar bear attack, they finally arrive to find their ship crushed in the ice and the camp abandoned.
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| RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsAgainst the Ice delivers all the delirious period drama thrills and survival horror angst that you could want from a movie with that title. |
| The GuardianBenjamin LeeAgainst the Ice is a Danish story flattened for a global audience. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakThe unfortunate truth of the matter is that, like this duo’s supplies, returns diminish with every passing day. |
| Paste MagazineAurora AmidonSigh. If only a good cast was enough to salvage a plodding, tedious film from the snowy wreckage. |
| The TelegraphTim RobeyAgainst the Ice is very square, very straight, and just naggingly average in all departments. |
| Screen RantNadir SamaraAgainst the Ice is a searing portrayal of the cost to explore in the early 20th century. |
| Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganA soft-edged, stolid blend of gorgeous geographical authenticity with a global-facing English-speaking cast whose accents range from Joe Cole’s Brit to co-producer, co-writer and leading man Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s mid-Atlantic purr. |
| SlashfilmDanielle RyanIf you're looking for a feel-bad movie with some absolutely stunning cinematography and an appreciation for the tenacity of the human spirit, then Against the Ice was made for you. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreVeteran Danish director Peter Flinth (“Beatles” and “Nobel’s Last Will” were his) delivers a film that feels approved by its co-writer and star in terms of thoroughness, but that lumbers as it passes from one waypoint to the next in the standard “alone in the Arctic” narrative. |
| IndieWireDavid EhrlichForget “The Terror,” here comes “The Tedium.” |
