I'm usually fairly stingy when giving my star ratings, so my 7 star rating here is meant as a high rating when coming from me. I felt the events were mostly realistically portrayed which I appreciated since it's based on a true story. I think Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has a characteristic of likability that makes you root for him even if the characters he plays might normally be hard to side with (similar to Bryan Cranston), and that's helpful in this case. If you like exploration and survival stories this is definitely worth watching.
Against the Ice
2022
Action / Adventure / Drama / History
Against the Ice
2022
Action / Adventure / Drama / History
57% - Critics
48% - Audience
6.5
Plot summary
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.
March 02, 2022 at 11:10 AM
Director
Peter Flinth
Top cast
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Ejnar Mikkelsen
Charles Dance as Neergaard
Heida Reed as Naja
Joe Cole as Iver Iversen
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB 950.99 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 43 min
P/S 10 / 95
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Greenland explained in Iceland.
"Against The Ice" is a movie that explains why Greenland belongs to Denmark and part of it was contested by the Americans. This is the plot and storyline, very simple. Ejnar (played by Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Iver (played by Joe Cole) were real people who embarked on a grim expedition in 1909 to follow up on a previous Danish expedition in 1907. The movie is slow paced but thanks to the cinematography it did not bother me at al. Don´t look forward to great dialogues because the most sound you will hear, will come from the wind howling. The acting performances from Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Joe Cole were very convincing as opposed to the unconvincing CGI polar bears. If you´re a history buff or nature fan, you will definitely like this movie.
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Ignore the children leaving reviews
It's not an "easy" watch which probably explains most of the low ratings. Ignore them. Watch a well made film with real characters experiencing overwhelming hardships to an ending that . . .
Watch it.
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Im am Outdoor buff and I can easily understand the Hardships this movienhasnto offer. Survival is the key. We can lick up good things here andnuse it in Realtime Life now.
A little slow at times but well acted and directed. Two thumbs up 8/10
Thank you for this movie
@shane101 - I'd like to request that movie about the idiot who thought STEALING movies for free - is somehow going to support one country over another.
I came back to rate this. GREAT MOVIE, that mechanic IVER was good man.. great movie for human adventure and history.. 7/10
The mechanic is a good lad
Great movie, well done actors and crew. I rate it 6/10
De-throne the dimbulb!!!!
Plok!
@PrinceHarry No, that's your area of expertise, judging from what you wrote, including total inability to provide any arguments. Now go search for the movie "1984" the kind of society you love.
Un film bun. V? sf?tuiesc s? desc?rca?i acest film ?i s? îl viziona?i cu încredere. Se merit?.8/10
@PrinceHarry since you want culture including cinema to be weaponized against society and people, as they did with sports, information etc you deserve to live as a slave to a totalitarian regime.
shanes101 what a stupid request.
TV "news"...I turned that circus show nonsense off for good 5 years ago and have not looked back. Keep putting up Russian films because no need to punish the people at the bottom as a result of the rich man's game.
@shanes101 don't come here if you talked about Ukraine-Russia war. Watch tv news!
We are not tokin about war here plz this is a movies site k....
YIFY to show support for Ukraine can you stop putting Russian Films up and take down the 1s you have already put on your site
SPIDER MAN. thanks a lot
no way home please
6/10 good , a few things added in there of course but largely stuck to truth
Thanks YTS
Pretty cool movie.. give it 6.5
Thank you!
No need to Request Subs, there's a TON of them included. Thanks Freeman