Whiteout, should have been a Blackout

This weekend was a double feature of movies that I wanted to see so I decided since I have nothing better to do I would go watch both. Wow what a waste of time with the first movie. See I went to the theater to watch "9" but it wasnt playing again for around 3 hours, so I started trying to figure out how to waste some time before I could go see it. I had seen the previews for "Whiteout" and figured I would go see it, especially since Kate Beckinsale is hot.

I wander into the theater a few minutes before the movie started and should have known right then that the film was going to suck. The film wrapped while running through the trailers and stopped for about 5 minutes. I should have looked at this as a sign to leave, but saw it as a opportunity to get a few movie pass for "9". Once the movie started back up and we got to the feature thats when the crap started.

From the previews you see for this movie it appears to be a thriller/sci-fi movie that takes place in Antarctica. There is hints at a big twist or some unknown type of thing that is killing people off. Well niether of these is the case. The killer turns out to be someone that you realize is the bad guy within 10 minutes of the film starting. The whole time I was thinking "OK we are just being baited into thinking he is the killer and some huge twist will come along and prove us wrong"...NOPE. In the end I was sitting there thinking that this was a massive waste of time and annoyed that I had sat there for that long.

Lets talk about the special effects. The gory factor of the movie is ok with some decent cosmetic effects. The title of the movie is Whiteout so you expect some huge snow storm that adds to the story. Well there is a snow storm, the problem with it is that it doesn't add to the film it detracts from it heavily. The snow storm takes place during a big action sequence in the movie and due to the whiteout you cant see a damn thing that is going on.

My opinion is to stay away from this movie in any way that you can. Don't go see it or rent it. Hell even the "shower" scene with Kate Beckinsale in this movie was a huge disappointment. What a waste of my time, almost didn't write a review of it I was that annoyed with it.