Two best friends, Dan and Joe, and Dan's girlfriend, Parker, hit the slopes for a weekend of fun at a scenic New England ski resort. Joe (Shawn Ashmore) is a bit sour at Dan (Kevin Zegers) for making Parker (Emma Bell) tag along on their boys' weekend, but the trio decide to make the best of it and enjoy the day skiing and snowboarding. As nightfall approaches, they decide to get one last run in before closing - against the chair-lift operator's better judgement. When the employee leaves for a break, Dan, Parker, and Joe are mistakenly left dangling in mid-air as the resort shuts down, with no one scheduled to return for days. Will the three friends manage to survive the extreme cold long enough to find help? This intense thriller, directed by Adam Green (who also directed the low-budget, mediocre slasher film, "Hatchet"), is about as taut and suspenseful as they come. With elements of horror thrown in, the story unfolds with one terrifying predicament after another as Dan, Parker, and Joe struggle to stay alive and escape from their frozen deathtrap at any cost. The actors are a bit stiff and generic in the opening scenes of the movie, but become more believable once the real action begins. The plot is a little far-fetched, of course - how negligent are these resort employees, anyway? Law suit, anyone? - but all that is quickly forgotten as you watch these unfortunate college kids stranded with no one to hear their cries for help, facing certain death, completely and utterly scared and alone. "Frozen" delivers on the spine-tingling chills and thrills and will keep you petrified until the last scene. Just be forewarned... you'll never want to go skiing again.
4 out of 5 stars
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