Beautifully filmed but not always exciting.

Rating: Null/10 (30 May 2003)

This film is a remake of a Scandinavian film, set in Lapland, with the same midnight sun problem is in Alaska, apparently. Is this one a better version ? Probably not or not much. I think it's just a good quality action-thriller with more than average acting, although the sleepy face and following downspiral of Al Pacino seemed a bit predictable. After watching the tremendous Alaskan landscapes for more than an hour, it became a bit difficult for me to stay interested in all the juggling with guns and bullets in ventilation holes etc. I couldn't care too much about all Pacino's problems at the homefront, either. The scenes with the angry, questioning Pacino, on the other hand, helped me to stay awake alright. An interesting movie, that could have done with some more mystery and less explaining.
Dries, Belgium