This is another in a long run of shark films to appear on SyFy. I had watched Planet of the Sharks the previous day and I have to say that this film is better than that one; however, that is not exactly high praise as that film did not set the bar very high at all. This one the sharks look a bit better and the premise and story actually unfolded in a promising way. Then it took a turn for the completely insane and became more like Deep Blue Sea than a film about sharks that are in the arctic.
The story has a group of scientist checking the effects of global warming and such in an arctic base. At least, I think it was the arctic because at times they made it seem like they were in the south pole instead. Anyways, super aggressive sharks have appeared and begun killing Eskimos. One guy goes out to check on a monitor, a guy and gal go out to investigate the disappearance of a hunter. Well, the unfortunate sole who investigates the monitor gets his leg bitten off and it is rather gruesome, but he seems to have a number of vital organs in his leg as I've never seen organs come out of a leg like that. The other two get attacked, the guy gets pulled into the water and somehow survives the shark and hypothermia...though the ability to stave off hypothermia seems a trait shared by all in this film. Soon the sharks, cut the ice with their fins and send the station the scientists drifting out to sea, which I thought was a pretty neat idea, then the throw propane at the sharks and the facility then sinks into the water and somehow a facility not made to go underwater hits the bottom only springs a few leaks that are quickly welded shut and remains operable. What the heck!?! At one point one of the guys says they only have so much oxygen because the facility wasn't meant to be underwater which should mean the thing is not airtight either! If it was, then there would be no air on land either! At this point they must figure a way to raise the thing losing nearly all members except the two you just know are going to survive.
When this was first starting, I thought it was going to be cheesy, but it was sort of an interesting premise. Then the facility sunk and it became just so utterly insane and like other shark movies I've seen the whole ice shark premise out the window. I would have preferred the facility to stay afloat and slowly being chipped away by the highly aggressive sharks instead of a low budget Deep Blue Sea. The movie was better than a few other shark films on the channel, but once again, the bar is not very high at all.
The story has a group of scientist checking the effects of global warming and such in an arctic base. At least, I think it was the arctic because at times they made it seem like they were in the south pole instead. Anyways, super aggressive sharks have appeared and begun killing Eskimos. One guy goes out to check on a monitor, a guy and gal go out to investigate the disappearance of a hunter. Well, the unfortunate sole who investigates the monitor gets his leg bitten off and it is rather gruesome, but he seems to have a number of vital organs in his leg as I've never seen organs come out of a leg like that. The other two get attacked, the guy gets pulled into the water and somehow survives the shark and hypothermia...though the ability to stave off hypothermia seems a trait shared by all in this film. Soon the sharks, cut the ice with their fins and send the station the scientists drifting out to sea, which I thought was a pretty neat idea, then the throw propane at the sharks and the facility then sinks into the water and somehow a facility not made to go underwater hits the bottom only springs a few leaks that are quickly welded shut and remains operable. What the heck!?! At one point one of the guys says they only have so much oxygen because the facility wasn't meant to be underwater which should mean the thing is not airtight either! If it was, then there would be no air on land either! At this point they must figure a way to raise the thing losing nearly all members except the two you just know are going to survive.
When this was first starting, I thought it was going to be cheesy, but it was sort of an interesting premise. Then the facility sunk and it became just so utterly insane and like other shark movies I've seen the whole ice shark premise out the window. I would have preferred the facility to stay afloat and slowly being chipped away by the highly aggressive sharks instead of a low budget Deep Blue Sea. The movie was better than a few other shark films on the channel, but once again, the bar is not very high at all.