Rish Outfield's reviews
I don't normally use big words like ‘ludicrous' and ‘preposterous'(that's tyranist's forte), but in this case, I feel moved to make an exception. It was a lame attempt at horror that wouldn't garner a single positive review. The feel of this film was very much like a syndicated television show (one that would show on UPN Saturday nights), and the plot was similar to one of the first-season "X-Files" episodes. But much more poorly done. So, we're at the bottom of the world somewhere, and there are army guys and a lot of snow and a mine with nasty vapors in it. And at some point, there are demons. But by then, nobody cares.
I don't want to waste any more time talking about this film. It was the above two words, as well as less-intellectual words like ‘lame' and ‘annoying.' This script was horrendous. It had to have been the first draft, with one writer writing the first half and the other doing the second, and they never spoke to each other. It was all so stupid, I could just hear the filmmakers not making an effort, almost like they did it on purpose (well, they won the dare). Avoid it, kids. The ending was very weak, almost as bad as the "Huh?" beginning. One character (played by Max Perlich) who was supposed to be funny (I can just see the idiot writer now saying, ‘This guy is like Bill Paxton in Aliens, people will love it!') but he wasn't . . . I just hated him.
One almost-positive thing I will say, it had a premise (not revealed until five minutes before the ending--seriously) that was pretty good, but it was handled so poorly. Even some of the stupider parts could've worked if they'd tried . . . but hey, they didn't.
"Based on characters created by Stephen King." Okay, but no Stephen King I ever knew.
I'd Recommend It To: Bullies, televangelists, and meter maids, because I hate those people.
Note: Right before writing this, I watched the beginning again to check on a skull and it BLEW. It made no sense, not even in the context of the rest of the film (including the ‘big surprise' at the end).

The tyranist's thoughts
It's a good thing that I didn't expect this to be anything related to Stephen King's work. It's an even better thing that I didn't expect this to be good because I would have been very likely to turn it off within minutes.
It's not that I don't like the whole trapped in the Antarctic storyline. It's been well done in both the X-Files and in The Thing. But devil worshippers in the Antarctic? Come on.
The acting was terrible, the script as pathetic as any soft-core porn flick's except without all the gratuitious nudity. I felt trapped and kept hoping that the mine would cave in so that the movie could end.
Oh, and what's with the mine anyway? What were they digging for? If this was US government subsidized, what was it they thought they'd find. You can't tell me that they approved the project just so a few devil worshippers could uncover an altar.
Well, there are far better movies out there, including at least one in this series. You can take any risk you want, but I wouldn't recommend this at all.