Sub Zero (2005)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

John (Costas Mandylar) is one of the earth's top mountain climbers. He and a team which includes Kelli (Nia Peeples) love to scale whatever is hardest in the world. Yet, even he is not prepared for the US government to come calling for his help. It seems a Siberian "power cube" has been stolen and its destructive potential is enormous. Entire cities can be leveled by a push of a button. Fortunately, a plane that was carrying the cube out of the Russian wilderness was shot down in the sky. Now, guess what? The glowing golden cube is on top of K2 and its winter in the Himalayas. You guessed it, the USA leaders want John and his team to scale K2 under dangerous conditions and retrieve it before more damage can be done. Already, Havana is dust and rubble. Despite the tremendous danger, the team decides they will risk it for humankind. Will they be successful? Many viewers will probably agree with other critics, that this is a cheesy, low-budget, far-fetched thriller. OK, they are somewhat right. But, I still watched the enthralling climb to get this nasty little cube. Mandylar, Peeples and the others do quite well in somewhat stilted roles. This viewer especially liked Michael Ryan who played a cool, intelligent major. Naturally, the scenery is breathtakingly gorgeous while I found the story and production values more than adequate. Are you an armchair wannabe mountain climber who wouldn't risk the sport in the flesh? Sub Zero has some big vicarious thrills for YOU!

This is the main reason why writers, directors and producers need to consult professionals and the need to hire technical advisors.Is it about pumping out crap for the almighty dollar with no realism? A 10 year old learns enough science and "know how" to shake their heads at the bad direction, realism and science.*EMP - does not blow things up...lol go back to school *Learn military protocol - this is a joke. *The rock climbing techniques demonstrated by the actor demonstrated a willful disregard for accuracy.I am sick and tired of "the powers that be" producing crap just for the sake of a story to put on TV. Put more effort into it-Learn something from Ridley Scott...

SPOILERS: IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE PLOT OF THIS GOD AWFUL FILM THEN DON'T READ.After September 11; Nato sanctioned the secret launch of EMP Laser satellites designed to be used as a weapon (forgot the purpose) but they've malfunctioned and in a short (but unknown cause I'm forgotten) period of time they're all going to go off which will cause the destruction of every electrical device on the planet and sent the world back to the stone age. They can't shoot down the satellites cause they're designed to EMP anything that enters a mile of its orbit. So the only way to stop it is by turning it off at the 'Cube' on K2.Obviously there's terrorists (Russian Terrorsits :O) dodgy Russian's, one of the climbing team has mysteriously been killed so the leader has asked his old climbing friend to join them who is now a monk after him and the leader lost a friend on a climb.It's lame, it's crap but if its on TV beats watching some other crap with adverts every 5 minutes (if in America) or if you come home from 6th Form to find there is nothing on you haven't already seen at least 17 times and your only hope is, I kneel and pray, crap TV Movies on the Sci Fi Channel.

Hard to imagine why a group of people would assemble to produce this. I just watched it on Pay Per View. I was in the mood for a "thriller", and the most skilled artisan involved in this production was the one who made the trailer look like it referenced a passable film. I do occasionally like to watch "rubbish" films, like the random Airline disaster... The ones where someone with the fear of flying lands the airplane with one wing, no wheels and after all the crew die after all drinking coffee spiked by a scorned lover, while callous Corporate overlords cover up the shoddy maintenance schedule of the aircraft.But... not this...Another commenter points out all the flaws relating to mountain climbing. The science is just as daft, the technology even worse and the political scenario's take the biscuit... So the UN sanction the creation of a doomsday satellite network, all controlled by one 4 inch remote control device thats guarded by, maybe 3 guys...I may have seen a worse movie in my life... But I cant think of one, right now.