Age of Ice

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What do people expect with a film like this ? Thought ? Consistency ? It is a fun film, and when I watched it I had Chronic Sinusitis. I felt terrible and this film made me realise I was not the only one who suffers. I will not give away any spoilers because frankly the plot looked a mess, but it was a mess I enjoyed. Cars hurtling into ice, planes sucked into ice etc. What more do you want from a third rate popcorn munching film ? Way, way back when the 1950's churned out films like ' It Conquered the World ' and ' Invasion of the Hell Creatures ' the audience came and went and never imagined anyone would want to criticize the films on a public forum. These films were fun and stupid and no one expected any back story or great special effects. They saw the experience as fun/ bad and no colour was expected and the ice would have looked like - well, anything but ice. Remember anybody ' The Thing from Another World ' ? It is a cult film now, and it had lots of peril and ice, all studio bound. This looked REAL in comparison. Underground rivers, characters whirled away into a vortex of whirling ice, and all I see here is 0 or 1 ? I give it 8 because it helped my sinus problem and made me laugh with enjoyment.

Awful is not enough to describe this bad film. The impossible storyline, the casting with their abysmal performances, the sheer paranoia of producing such a monstrosity proves that the whole thing must be a plot! This way every film after a.o.i. will be better by definition! I thought I've seen everything in filming but this film is the flagship of bad films. We should refer to other bad films as "Did you pull an a.o.i." ? or " Was it as bad as a.o.i." ? because face it... If you don't have a point of reference the scale is not complete!!! P.S. If the kid had stayed on the train the film would have been a short one and I would have gained the sixty minutes most idiotically spent during my lifetime!

This is one of those rare opportunities that i'm faced with watching a really bad movie that somehow keeps me glued throughout. You enjoy it because it is hilariously bad! The director of this movie, who has come from a visual supervising background, i'm not sure if they were joking with the visual effects in this movie? It sure looks like it. The CGI.. I mean, wow! A couple of things I really found funny: 1. The CGI of the people (or dots) sliding down the side of a pyramid and quickly standing up, unscathed and completely dry. 2. The car crashing and flipping over in slow motion, showing the passengers floating like some kind of space movie.. and then cutting to CGI cars which looked like they were made for a PS1 game. 3. The abseiling down the side of a mountain, which is dry on close up then snowy on the long shot. Then the car falling off the mountain killing two people.. The family then walks off not bothered about what happened, even though they were saved by them. 4.The dam cracking and the family quickly teleporting up the hill out of danger, whilst the probability of a dam exploding with the amount of water would easily kill everyone instantly? surely? 5. The sliding down a watery cave to safety and a happy ending for the surviving family. Oh wait a minute, they are in dry clothes (again).. weren't they just submerged in water a second ago? What an annoying movie which you would think would be good in concept, I mean with all the earthquakes and global warming etc. Looking at the cover led me to believe this was going to be a good disaster movie but it's just plain awful, the plot, the CGI, the crappy acting, the predictability and mostly odd moments like the guy joking to cut open the camels to keep warm like Empire Strikes Back. Amazingly BAD, it gave me a laugh though.

*Spoiler Alert* The Age of Ice is so bad I was frozen to my seat from sheer incredulity. The CGI/special effects that are expected to drive this stinker were absolutely terrible, considering the Director has a background in visual effects, it just goes to show its not talent that gets you work in this business. The only other main problem was the script, and the direction, and the acting, oh yeah and the premise of this detritus. The train scene is particularly telling. The contrived drama of a women, previously able to walk, seemingly unable to step onto a slow moving train. coupled with a boy who then fell off the train whilst standing on the rear carriage platform (presumably he had found standing still impossible at this point and lost the use of his legs.) Then each of the other key players in this unique piece of dramatic slush jumping onto the tracks (why not to the side of the tracks, like a normal person?) The continuity of the weather conditions in this set was hilarious, from total white out, everything covered in show, to train tracks appearing cleared of snow in the blink of and eye. To the final shot of the hapless actors watching the CGI loco its way out of the shot, but magically the white out stopped, the skies were clear and the clear train tracks, which should have receded behind them had totally disappeared. I gave this 1 star because its a movie, technically fitting the description in the advertising blurb. Its time for the director to seek further employment, perhaps serving lunch to the actors..

I really loved the film. I would say it was a comedy. I've never seen a movie that was so funny. I couldn't stop laughing. If you have a bad day, watch this.. It will make you feel better, trust me. haha The acting could be better, the graphics were awful, the storyline was I don't know.. It didn't make any sense.. I loved the way that people were flying around and I loved all the editing. Luckily for these people the 'age of ice' was just a 'long day of ice'. Most people who died, didn't even had to die.. The intro didn't had to do anything with the rest of the movie. But really, you should watch it, it's funny and you won't regret it. Sorry for my English

Before getting into the actual review, the numerous reviewers repeatedly subjected to "The WORST film ever!"' against their will, much like Mike & the gang of MST3K might benefit greatly from this simple flowchart, presented in list form: 1. Does the film's title imply or define an epic natural disaster of some sort? 2. Do the words "The Asylum" appear anywhere? (Hint, they are usually the first words of the opening credit sequence.) 3. Have you ever watched a film by The Asylum? If No, proceed to item 5. 4. If yes, did you enjoy the film? If No, proceed to item 6. 5. If you are on this step, Welcome to The Asylum. Get some buddies together, preferably with booze, & be prepared to create drinking games as the so-called plot unveils. After viewing, return to item 4. 6. If you are here, you have seen at least one film by The Asylum which you did not enjoy. You do not need to ever view another such film as you most certainly will not enjoy it either. Though the films do differ and can be reviewed in relation to one another, they cannot be reviewed outside of the universe in which they exist, AKA The Asylum Films brand. That helpful tidbit provided, as a card-carrying member of The Asylum Fan Club, we now proceed to the review of this film, as it relates to other Asylum productions. I only rated this a six as it was indeed missing a few critical elements from the standard The Asylum brand recipe. Most notable is the lack of an actor known only for his or work on a SyFy Channel TV show. Also left out was the required presence of the disgraced scientist whose mission in life has been to warn the Powers That Be (TPTB) of the impending disaster. Without said scientist, we are also missing the ex- spouse, (the divorce being caused in part by the scientists discredit), who works for or with TPTB and has the ability to persuade such, if only he/she listened to scientist in the first place. There are often bonus points for extras such as the child with a life threatening illness which only activates during seismic events, family pets which try to warn of such events and the sullen teenager whose rebellious actions puts everyone else's lives in peril. Missing all of these characters truly does cause this film to be rather flat or one dimensional. On the plus side however, we are still treated to some great lines and disaster sequences. In summary, it's not the best of The Asylum, but it is by no means "the worst film ever made". Some reviewers commented as to if there is some inside joke to the existence of this film, to which the answer is a resounding yes. The Asylum is the joke, and it's a really great one I encourage all to experience & enjoy..

I just have a few words and that's it. I seriously don't know what to say here and just don't know what to say I am speechless. My concern is not with the actors at all at this point but my question is directly to the directors REALLY??? WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING??? and how come you even got budget for this much as well? For crying out loud guys even with such low budget you could have made a much decent movie. You took such a HUGE concept for your plot but made blunders while making it. Didn't even keep up the flow of the story from any angle. People just came in and went without any reason or story whatsoever. Did you just started taking cinema classes and wanted to do an experiment? even that is much much better.

A visionary science fiction epic about catastrophic climate change and the birth of a new ice age. Written and Directed by the gifted Emile Edwin Smith, this is a truly riveting film of incredible suspense and epic in scope. The vast vistas of a frozen Arabia, snow covered pyramids, and an ice encrusted Sphynx are stunning. Smith also incorporates very human, personal stories that give the audience real people to care about as they fight for survival against the horrific natural phenomenon. Barton Bund, Bailey Spry, and Jules Hartley give superb performances as individuals faced with unbelievable terror and overwhelming circumstance that challenge them to their very limits. A special mention should be made of the beautifully realized cinematography as it is supremely effective in capturing the hellish environment in realistic panoramas that are simply staggering.

It is definitely the worst movie I ever watched. I see better actors in the streets of Cape town trying to sell flowers than this lot. My TV games are more realistic. If I must say one thing positive about this, it's that the young lady in the movie that plays the daughter is the best actor in the movie. I think she has talent, but is actually sad that she acted in this crappy film. There is not much more to say about it. The father is clueless, the mother is stupid, the son is a creation from the devil and the daughter is just there to fill the gaps of stupidity. The rest of the actors is support for this family with no real purpose. Its too unbelievable to be funny. I have never made a film review or any review, but I had to search for a way to warn people against this film. It is really super bad. To sum it all up I would say its the worst film of all time.