stevepat99
I was tempted to abort this movie but plowed ahead just to see how these OK actors were dealing with a mostly nonsensical script. Best example: Lead scientist Jim (Schneider) tells everyone 'I'll take the snow mobile to the ranger station to get help'(the trip would be hugely dangerous). As he leaves he turns and says, 'meanwhile call the ranger station and tell them I'm coming.' I'm scratching my head... why go when you can call and ask for the rangers to send help?See Beastley's review...spot on! The group stares at great video, from their remote cameras, clearly showing a yetti or Abominable Snowman prancing around. Clear as day. It takes five minutes of like, what can that be? A bear standing up? Yada yada.... till Rob finally says...looks like a Yetti to which Jim says.... naw they're in the Himalayas. As if this scientist is clueless of hundreds of sightings in North America. Emmy goes out alone to photograph the beast, knowing it has killed people, taking a tranquilizer gun and promptly leaves the gun on her car seat.Father and daughter doing high fives minutes after major tragedy has occurred. No explanation of why their beastly videos did not survive. Next, a hugely tall powerful beast that is too weak to break down a door. Rob stares at a huge pool of blood and does not mention it to Jim who is several feet away. Two men go out to find Emmy and take no weapons of any kind.I have rarely seen such a defective script. It left me rooting for the beast.
gavin6942
People disappear every year out in the Canadian wilderness -- however, this year is different. This year something is increasing the body count...Jason London is the reason I wanted to watch this film. And sadly, he was probably the best actor in the movie. (And without the weird personal baggage of his brother Jeremy... though I prefer Jeremy.) Too bad his role is so small.The father is bit melodramatic and has an acting style that would probably work better on the ABC Family channel than in a cheesy horror film.I have to give credit to the special effects, because there really are not any. And that makes me happy, because I would rather see a cheesy suit than a cheesy computer effect. And, even better, the suit is on screen a minimum amount of time.
tomkrieps
Sometimes bad movies are fun to watch as there is unwanted comedy in them. Not in this one though. Why i do not know but it fails to be anything but BAD. not funny not scary not even ridiculous, just bad. The actors seem lost, the scenery seems to come from acquired footage from the Tourist Information bureau of a ski resort. So bad actually they decided that it should be in Canada, probably to escape the shame of being in the US. No storyline, no logic, nothing. A monster runs around, but nobody informs the authorities. The actors are so bad that you get the feeling they hired them straight from the slopes of a Ski Resort! "hey guys, anyone interested in playing in a horror movie?" the two Canadian Park Rangers are so dumb they only qualify as monster food. The women fall down and twist an ankle, the truck does not start, the key does not fit the ignition.I could go on and on. I only wonder who pays for such a crap. these films remind me of the cars that the industry produces for the rental companies, nobody really wants them but they are there. go on and rent them, you morons!
viligeidiot
Wow was this ever bad. From terrible acting to the recycled beast face from The Fifth Element (a GOOD movie) stuck onto a shag carpet man-suit to the insanely moronic behaviour of the characters that I can only assume had to do the things they did because they were in the script as nobody could even imagine being that stupid.Stupidity in no particular order.... snowmobile gets trashed by some 'big hairy thing' but we'll check it in the morning, not leave... record film of giant hairy beast CLEARLY from multiple angles via remote cameras but no one can tell what it is 'it's a thing'... have run in with beast and get away back to cottage but we'll leave in the morning even though we're scared senseless... one person awakes really early before they take off so they can go look for Beast, leaves tranq gun in car because, well, why not?... bring bait to distract Beast but instead of a bag, drag it on a garbage can lid on a rope for miles... and on and on.At one point in the movie, you can see the opening the 'actor' uses to get into the suit... they didn't even try to hide it, just let it look like a really bad stripe down is carpeted back.Avoid like it as if it WERE a Beast trying to hunt you down!! unless you're going to make it a drinking game where you have one every time someone does something stupid or the daughter pouts... you should be plastered by the end.
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