The movie “Against The Ice” is a true story, based on the story of Ejnar Mikkelsen’s book “Two Against the Ice“. This non fiction book published in 1957 and later translated in English Language.
If you are a fan of the survival genre and you like to watch adventure movies then this movie is a must watch for you. In 2022 This movie released on Netflix. Then it was in second position of top ten.
Against The Ice Cast
Directed by Peter Flinth, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars in this movie. You may find this name unknown but if you have watched Game of Thrones then you must know Jaime Lannister. Yes he is in this movie as Captain Enjar Mikkelsen. Joe Cole who played Shelbi in Peaky Blinders also stars in Against The Ice as Iver P. Iversen. These two actors played the prime role in this movie. You must know how much they are in this era of Hollywood.
Also, I want to assure you that, if you sit down to watch this movie, hyped by these two great actors, you won’t be disappointed at all. If I talk about the film making and the cinematography, It’s not that great. I personally think that not much effort has been put into making Against The Ice. Most importantly this movie is based on a true story, and that was the crux for me to enjoy the film thoroughly.
True Story of Against The Ice
Let’s talk about the true story of Against The Ice. Back in 1909, Captain Ejler started his journey to Shanon Island to Denmark Fjord. The United States said that Greenland is divided into two parts back in time.
Now, to prove this statement wrong, Ejnar and his crew start the journey of 2500 miles roundtrip in the snowy Greenland. They tried several times, but failed each time and this made the other members lose hope. But the captain is not reluctant and refuses to lose hope. When all the members went against the decision of the captain and refused to follow him, an engineer named Iver Iverson wishes to join him.
Finally, Iver and Ejnar start their mission, and tell the crew members to wait for them until summer and they will return within the time with the proof.
The rest of the journey is full of risk and extreme weather. They use sledge cars of snow dogs during the journey. Their dogs were starving to death as the food ran out. Then they must shoot the dog to free him or they shoot the dog for food for himself, that’s not a question anymore. Also, when they were starving for days, they started hallucinating. Iver left his rifle so that he might not shoot Caption out of hunger and unstable mental condition.
In the movie, at last they find the proof and complete the journey. After starvation, sickness, and fighting with the polar bears they come back to their ship and find it covered with snow and abandoned. They fear how to go back home.
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