Diagonaldi Very well executed

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Royalcourtier The advertising for this appalling movie claimed that "Millions of years ago, a thriving planet earth was engulfed by a sudden freeze so extreme that it wiped out all forms of life. Plants withered and died, dinosaurs faded into extinction, oceans froze - this was known as the Ice Age and it is on the verge of coming back." The Ice Age was not a single event, did not happen suddenly, was not the cause of the extinction of dinosaurs - and apparently ALL other life on earth - oceans did not freeze, and it was not a state of absolute zero temperatures. They couldn't have been more wrong if they had tried. Ironic that in the movie someone says that science is never wrong.If there was to be a new ice age it would not start in Florida! Perhaps they would have been closer to the truth if they suggested that the big freeze started in the brains of Hollywood directors.

whisperhog I can't tell you how amusing it was to see downtown Vancouver being passed off as Miami, Florida. As Fred Ewanuick (of "Corner Gas" fame) put it: "This place is starting to look like Canada." To be honest, there were too many ridiculous errors to count. Obviously, this "film" was slapped together with a minimum of funding, even less background research, and NO talent. Hard to imagine what they were thinking when they put this grotesque farce on celluloid.Of course, the stock news footage of winter in Canada was a big help; No need for special effects there.The background paintings on the sound stages were positively amateurish, looking for all the world like something you might see on the wall of a Days Inn motel room.Bad acting, bad plot, bad special effects... Well, this movie is just plain bad.I think that this cinematique train wreck is aptly dubbed a disaster movie, coz it sure as heck is one big disaster.Besides, Miami could never freeze over because of all the hot air generated by the Cubans.'Nuff said...

sddavis63 To start with the obvious - the science portrayed in this movie is absolute nonsense. Now that in itself doesn't mean the movie will be a disaster. "The Day After Tomorrow" (which is probably as close as there is to a movie that resembles this, although those responsible for TDAT wouldn't appreciate the comparison!) also had nonsensical science, but it also had an otherwise decent story, characters to root for and some pretty good performances. This movie, unfortunately, had a dreadful and uninteresting story, characters nobody could possibly care about and lousy performances. The story - such as it is - revolves around a sudden and unexpected reversal in the earth's magnetic field. Now I know that every few hundred thousand years the earth's magnetic field reverses, and I also know that some scientists believe that we're at the beginning of another shift. But it doesn't happen in a day or a few hours or whatever the timeline here was. And while I can see that a shift in the earth's magnetic field might cause havoc with the climate, I didn't really understand why the areas affected (which was the equatorial region and specifically Miami, where the movie was set) would see the temperatures drop to absolute zero (yes - 0 Kelvin or -273.15 Celsius or -459.67 Fahrenheit or whatever other scale you want to use.) Why "absolute zero?" Why not just "really, really cold?" That would have worked just as well.But I guess that's the problem. Even though it might have worked just as well, this movie wouldn't work, no matter what you did. It was just downright awful. I have to give the producers credit for honesty, though, even though the "honesty" was certainly unintentional. This is one of the very few movies I've come across where the title actually sums up the merit of the movie. Unfortunately, the title doesn't reflect a possible vote on this website. (1/10)

Amy Adler David Koch (Jeff Fahey), a climatologist working for Miami-based Inter-Sci, is suddenly sent to Antarctica to investigate a change in climate. Some scientists on the icy continent were killed when there was an abrupt spike in temperature, resulting in shifting ice flows that sent them into the icy waters below. When David arrives down under, the remaining crew tell him that a "cave" has appeared, one that was not noticeable before, and which may have answers to the current phenomena. David leads a group to the cavern but, despite finding prehistoric "cave paintings" that suggest the climate on Antarctica was once warmer, the unstable weather creates death traps. Only David makes it out alive, natch. Back in Miami, David hooks up with a science colleague and his wife, Bryn (Erika Eleniak) who run data and come to the startling conclusion that the earth's "poles" are shifting and that Miami will become the new Antarctice in less than 4 days. Of course, the scummy, money-grubbing leader of Inter-Sci locks horns with David and insists to the United States military that the change in climate will evolve more slowly and that, in any case, the company has it covered. Ho ho, what fun is ahead! David, it turns out, is correct and soon folks sunning by the posh hotels' pools are being pelted with snow and sleet. With only a limited time to get everyone evacuated from Miami and into "warmer" New York and other upper regions, what will be the result? Actually, as far as "B" movies go, I thought this one was pretty entertaining. The cast is not stellar by any means, with Fahey and Eleniak, longtime B stars, looking older and tired and the others not doing Oscar work either. Then, too, the script veers off into silliness from time to time, as it tries to recount a long ago love affair between David and Bryn. But, when it gets down to science and special effects, the film fares much better. The whole premise is fairly interesting and the "chilling" of Miami is fun to watch. Yes, it takes a few pages from The Day After Tomorrow, with its rolling deep freeze frames. But, what the heck, if you love science fiction and chaotic weather situations, you would probably get a kick out of this one, especially on sweltering summer nights when re-runs are the only other options. Go for it.