Freezer

Plot synopsis:
Robert Saunders (Dylan McDermott) wakes up to find himself bound and locked inside a meat locker. After he is able to cut himself loose, two Russian mobsters Kiril and Stepan enter the freezer to question him. It becomes apparent that neither understand English, but before they leave they tell a confused Robert they want "money". Left alone, Robert finds a ventilation duct in the top of the ceiling that appears to lead to the fans inside the locker. Just then, he finds a ringing cell phone on the floor and speaks with Detective Al Dorian, who first addresses him as "Sam". Robert explains that he was having dinner in a restaurant with his girlfriend for his birthday before being knocked unconscious and thrown into the freezer. Before Dorian can complete a trace, the mobsters return and destroy the phone. They are accompanied this time by the bi-lingual Alisa (Yuliya Snigir), who accuses Robert of having stolen $8 million from them and demands its return; otherwise, he will freeze to death within four hours. He tries to convince them that he is innocent and this is a case of mistaken identity, but the Russians are undeterred and take his shoes before leaving.
After finding bags to wrap his bare feet, Robert tries to keep his body temperature up by exercising. While running around the room, he knocks over some boxes revealing a seriously wounded Detective Sam Gurov lying in a shelf. Sam tells Robert that he will not be allowed to leave the locker alive regardless if he is able to convince the mobsters he is innocent. Before passing out, he confesses that he was an undercover cop trying to bring down the mobsters' boss, Oleg. Robert hides Sam again and begins attempting to stop the fans by beating them with a fire extinguisher.
The Russians return and again Alisa demands to know where the money is. Robert maintains his ignorance of the matter and evades her questions, but a groan from Sam alerts Kiril. Robert takes advantage of the situation by grabbing Alisa as Kiril threatens to kill Sam. Sam shatters Robert's innocence by telling them Robert took the money despite his protests. Robert deduces that Alisa was supposed to be in charge of the lost money and she begs Robert to confess if not to save himself, then to save her. After the Russians leave again, Sam explains that after a failed hit, Oleg began moving his vast fortune around for protection; during the shuffle, the $8 million was lost. Sam volunteers to change clothes with Robert and pose as him in order to allow Robert a chance at escape. The plan fails, and Robert, in a bid to save Sam's life, confesses that the money is hidden in the restaurant where he was abducted. Despite this, he is knocked out and Sam is killed.
Upon waking up, Robert makes Alisa believe that Stepan is the real thief and Robert is being framed, since Stepan was responsible for both the death of Sam's informant and identifying Robert as the thief. Robert kills Kiril with a meat hook, but is incapacitated by Stepan before he can escape. Alisa, now clearly shaken, tells Stepan that Robert accused him of taking the money. Enraged by Kiril's death, Stepan drags Alisa out of the freezer and locks Robert inside once again. After he puts on Kiril's clothes, he continues to search for but fails to find any way out of the meat locker. When Stepan and Alisa return, Robert convinces them to let him contact Detective Dorian because, as Sam's partner, he will know where the money is. Stepan impatiently ends the call and throws a bucket of water on Robert before leaving.
With hypothermia setting in, Robert again tries the disconnect to fan wires in the ventilation shaft, but is unable due to his state. At that time, a well-dressed and bound Russian man is thrown into the room with Robert. The man, introducing himself as Danil, offers to help Robert escape in exchange for a portion of the money. Robert instructs Danil to cut the electrical wires in the shaft, but when the mobsters enter the room, Danil is electrocuted to death. Alisa reveals that Danil was merely a plant to get the truth from Robert and was in fact Vadim, Oleg's son.
When Oleg arrives, he finds Robert and identifies him as the assassin who previously failed to kill him. Once Robert drops his claimed innocence and acknowledges the truth, he and Oleg fight as Alisa and Stepan look on. Due to his weakened state, Oleg gains the upper hand but is killed by Alisa before he can finish off Robert. Alisa is in fact Robert's girlfriend and had been working on the inside for him. A wounded Stepan escapes and locks the two inside. Robert uses the severed electrical wires to cause the metal meat rack to give off enough heat to warm their hands. At this time, Detective Dorian arrives and demands to know where the money is after instructing the two to bind their hands to the rack. Alisa confesses that the money has been inside the meat locker the entire time, hidden inside the boxes of cuts. While Dorian is distracted with this, Alisa and Robert escape by burning through the zip ties binding their wrists together on the heated rack.
Robert and Alisa use a semi-truck to hook up to the freezer with the money and Dorian inside. After traveling to a port, they load the container onto a cargo ship. Alisa gives Robert a "birthday present" from Oleg, a box of cuts holding a large amount of money. They drive off planning a warm vacation, but not before knocking an injured Stepan into the bay.

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Review:
Robert (Dylan McDermott) wakes up in a walk-in freezer with hands and feet bound.
There will be some big twist at the end so I decided to hang for a while or until Robert dies from hypothermia.
Hmmmm..Two Russian heavies come in and demand to know where the money is and, of course, Robert has no way of knowing what they are talking about.
Later, more Russians come in but this time Alisa (Yulia Snigir) is with them and she, too, is asking for the money.
The Russians want their money: $8-million.
The Russians come and they go and the beatings continue and they take his shoes (oh, no, not that!).
So this is how it goes and Robert is getting closer to freezing to death, but keeps looking for a way out or to stop the freezing .
) Let's review: Robert in a freezer, gets beat up many times by the Russians, the woman seems softer and may be able to help, but she makes Robert take his clothes off – so no help there, many fights break out with Robert getting the worst of them.
Then the big crime boss comes into the freezer to get his money and wait a minute: did I hear Robert speak Russian?
I have to admit that for a limited space in the freezer I was kept in suspense and Robert's quips may have saved him at times, but the Russians need him alive to find the money.
Great acting performances from McDermott and the supporting cast and great dialogues and some things we are not told until the very end.
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Yes..
This movie was so bad it actually began to hurt to watch it.
Twenty minutes into this action/thriller we were all laughing at its stupidity.The directing looked like it was a made for TV movie and the writing was pure adolescent.
Don't waste your time and, more importantly, don't waste any money on this...um...waste.Then again, if you are intellectually challenged and don't quite understand the meaning behind the story of the 3 pigs, then...
I'd bet my life on it." Robert (McDermott) wakes up in a freezer with his wrists and ankles cuffed together and no idea why.
When a gang of Russians come in they tell him he owes them 8 million dollars and won't let him go until they are repaid.
The main difference is that this one has people coming in and out and more things happen but that is still the best way to describe it.
The twist is both unexpected and predictable, when you watch it you will see what I mean.
A less horrific Saw type movie.
A less horrific Saw type movie.
If you want to watch a movie that seems to go nowhere until the last scenes then this is one you might enjoy.
Yuliya Snigir gave a good performance.
If you watch the movie to the half way point, then you might as well go the whole route.
There is nothing better than to see a movie end right..
Wrong place, wrong time, who hasn't been in that situation?For a limited location movie, and a limited cast movie, this was a hit in my eyes.
I put this in the category of phone booth and man on a ledge, both of which much better than Freezer, it would of been more suited to a TV show rather than a full movie!
The movie left me cold..
The movie left me cold..
I prefer sitting in that freezer than having to watch this garbage again..
A couple of days ago I saw a beautiful movie so I guess to put everything back in balance my time for an awful movie had to come.
It's been a long time ago that I did watch a movie with such a bad script.
Watch it and I can guarantee you that every time Dylan McDermott opens his mouth something completely stupid comes out.
He knows his going to die and apparently he thinks this is the time to have an opportunity to flirt a little bit.
What strikes me the most is that some people did like this movie.
And the extremely bad acting of Dylan McDermott is my limit.
Next time I'd rather go sit in a freezer for the entire movie than having to watch this one again..
While this Low-Budget Movie Suffers from Multiple Problems it isn't a Complete Waste and is Worth a Watch as a Time Waster.
These Types of Films, those set in Virtually One Location are Obvious from the Start Announcing Not Much Money and the Project can't Help but be Cursed with that most Basic of Restrictive Residue, Movies are Supposed to Move.While it can be Novel the Premise Tends to be Boring and Redundant.
The Wisecracking Protagonist does His best to keep Things Lively with Sarcastic Quips, even the best of them Wear Thin and get Irritating over the course of a Full Length Film and are better left to the Stand-Ups.Not the Worst Production Culled from Limited Resources, this One Remains Mediocre and Rather Flat after all is Said and not much is Done..
"May contain spoilers?"I watched this movie just to see how bad it was going to be from a technical stance.
Great for a similar movie that you'd see on ordinary television.
No real climax, but throughout the movie a good flow of entertainment.
The movie starts and finishes in a freezer so the name actually ties in well ( I have seen titles that don't) throughout the movie I encourage to watch for the good guys and bad ones for an easy game to stay active.
There were only 4 main people in the movie so fairly easy to follow characters and associated attributes..
What keeps this movie from being a cold chill flop is it's ability to keep the level of suspense and mystery at full speed from start to finish.No I didn't believe Robert could last as long as he did in the freezer.
etc.But what kept my attention was the constant twist and turns Robert pulled in psychological tricks on the Russian mob members.
And the suspense in guessing what his next move would be in his quest to save himself.The story is worth it just for that reason.
I did get a bit confused at the finish because you never actually see what was in the box Alisa gives Robert.You decide..
In this confusing mess of a movie, Dylan McDermott stars as Robert Saunders (why he's even in this film is the first good question to ask).
At the beginning of the film Robert finds his hands and feet bound, and that he's locked into a meat freezer, where the average survival time is 3-4 hours before hypothermia kicks in.He's soon visited by two Russian mobsters, and we slowly learn that $8 million of the Russian mob's money is missing, and they think Robert knows where it is.
What's amazing is that no matter how perilous and dire Robert's situation gets, he's always able to come up with a Cagney or Bogart-like wise-crack, like you'd see in a 1940's B-movie.
Since this is kept up the entire film, it can quite annoying after a while.Various characters will enter and depart from the freezer, including an undercover NYPD Narcotics Detective (Peter Facinelli), who's clinging to life under a box of meat.
Also, another NYPD Detective (David McNally) who manages to get a call through to Robert but mysteriously doesn't seem in any hurry to help him.Of course, we must have a beautiful Russian woman come onto the scene, as that would be Alisa (Yuliya Snigir) who apparently was the "mule" that brought the $8 million up from Miami and is also the girlfriend of the son of the Russian mob boss Oleg.As the story continues, the various twists and surprises get more and more ridiculous and convoluted.
I would suggest that you don't try and figure them out or your brain cells may freeze-up from "Freezer"..
This is a good one room suspense sorta thriller kinda movie.
It has been McDermott's year over all, and this movie is just a very formulaic example of why.
The rest of the cast are basically just stereotypes meant only as props for McDermott to bounce around, or flirt with.
I Enjoyed the story, and was kept off my toes long enough to Enjoy the ride as well so I would recommend this one for an evening in, and can safely say you will have a fun time in the Freezer the Movie..
There is a major twist in this movie which is never actually revealed other than being obvious to anyone with half a brain.He's not in a walk in freezer, he's in a walk in fridge.The clues.
He hits some hanging meat which was surprisingly bouncy in texture, therefore not frozen, I guess it could have just gone in but no, this is another clue that its not a freezer.3.
There are some jars of some kind of liquid, like sauces, they are still liquid, yeah OK, could be alcohol but then what are they doing in a fridge/freezer?
There are quite a few items in there which shouldn't even be in a fridge, such as tins of tomatoes, but in a freezer that's just crazy.7.
There are some more boxes which state to be stored at 33-37 degrees F, this is a fridge temperature, not a freezer.There is one point where he takes an icicle to get water for the cop.
This is the only icicle in the place and certainly wouldn't have formed at those temperatures.The movie was pretty bad but to be honest I was entertained as my mind was totally preoccupied with the "spot things that prove its not a freezer" game.Personally I'm looking forward to the sequel "Bakers Oven", where Dylan is trapped in a Sauna full of raw bread dough for an hour and a half..
The arrival of the 3 Russians really signals the end of the film for me.
The crazy one with the gun, the beauty with the tragic accent, the bodyguard with the acting skills of a hamster and the lead himself, bantering inanely trying to save his life.The conclusion is predicable, the acting in general stilted and unless you get this movie free, then just re-watch several of the other films available in this genre, then you won't feel you've lost 90 Min's of your life..
Robert (Dylan McDermott) wakes up in a freezer in the very first scene.
The Russian mafia has him held there and they want their money.
He has their money, the Russians don't make mistakes.Robert is very chipper for a guy facing death.
Just as the film slows up, it introduces another character or twist keeping you engaged, but not overly entertained.It isn't bad for a movie where 99% is filmed in one room as one might expect.
Normally this is something I would love, except the characters didn't give me a convincing performance, nor was Robert a decent protagonist whose character we got to know late...i.e. it failed to hook me.Makes for a rental.Parental Guide: F-bombs.
No sex or nudity..
They referred to this film as a "lukewarm" freezer.
Freezer has some potential certainly, and it is entertaining at times, twisted and well acted.
I am personally constantly impressed when a film maker can make a movie even remotely interesting set entirely in one location.
This film is set in the now tried and true genre of Buried, Brake, Saw (to a lesser extent) and Phone Booth.
Freezer is fortunate to have a decent sized star at the front of the cast who turns in a very good performance.
One of the best things about this type of genre is the "big reveal" at the end.
Most times it is the opportunity to truly shock the audience like Buried or Saw truly did in my opinion.
The big reveal at the end of Freezer is average at best and just feels really anti-climatic.
It isn't that I saw it coming, its just that it felt forced and like they ran out of ideas so its a bit of a let down.I very much enjoy Dylan McDermott.
I think he saves this film from being completely mediocre.
McDermott shows an intensity and really does put everything into the performance.
Yuliya Snigir is average in her role as the mysterious woman overseeing McDermott's torture.
Peter Facinelli is also decent in an unfortunately small role as a Detective in a similar situation as McDermott.The film is good, the story is good, the performances are good but it definitely doesn't go beyond just good.
It tries very hard but unfortunately that came come across as more desperation to be entertaining than creative.
There is nothing wrong with that, he's been involved in some strong Television credits but Freezer feels like it wants to be a TV episode rather than a full film.
When all is said and done Freezer will entertain you but I understand those that found it disappointing.
Mercifully the movie was less that 90 minutes.
My summary-You just won't care-is an actual line used in the movie when Alisa (Yuliya Snigir) tells Robert (Dylan McDermott) that he will get so cold (he's trapped in a freezer-hence the title) that "you will crawl into a cold, dark corner and wait for death.
And the worst thing will be, you just won't care." At the end of this movie, it summed up how I felt: I just didn't care.
The most charitable things I can say are Dylan McDermott looks good for his age (52) and Yuliya Snigir is very pretty.
I will say some of Robert's cheeky lines did help to lift the movie up a little.
Next time I watch "Frozen" again with my 2 kids .....
"Happy f*ckin' birthday" "Freezer" is like a refrigerator at someones home who suffers from bulimia.
You only get a few glimpses of other locations in the beginning of the film and in the end.
But that's the last thing I will tell you, otherwise there's nothing left from this unlikely,far-fetched thin story.When a complete movie takes place in one specific area, then it can only be successful by using a surprising twist in a clever put together story that takes you by surprise.
A movie like "Devil", which is almost exclusively set in an elevator, was equipped with such an original story.
Robert (Dylan McDermott) is the unfortunate mechanic who awakes in a cooling room, with a plastic bag over his head and his hands and feet tied with straps.
After a while two sturdy guys come in who start beating him up.
The Russian tough guys know only one English word: "Money." Apparently they are seeking for 8 million dollars they've lost.
And they claim that Robert has pinched this considerable sum of money.What follows is a fairly monotonous routine in which the two Russian mobsters disappear and reappear.
Soon after they are also accompanied by a Russian tough lady called Alisa (Yuliya Snigir), who seemed to be quite superior at first, but after wards appeared to be just another third-rate accomplice.
Between these interludes Robert tries to save himself out of this situation and starts to search for a possible escape route.
If I were him, I would have emptied the fire extinguisher unceremoniously in the face of the gangsters at the time they walked into the freezer and subsequently crush the empty fire extinguisher on their Russian heads.
I guess the cold hindered the ability to think.The story itself is already wafer-thin.
But that didn't save the movie.
An admirable performance in a meaningless movie.
And after removing his shoes, Robert had difficulties to stand on his feet because of the so called freezing cold.
And how you can make a glowing stove with only two electrical wires and an iron rack, remains a mystery to me.If I ever want to watch a movie again with frost in it, I'll look for the umpteenth time "Frozen" again together with my two kids.
There's more story, tension and content in this wonderful Walt Disney movie than in this would-be thriller ...More reviews at http://opinion-as-a-moviefreak.blogspot.be/.
Even if you can freeze time, it still will be a waste of 90 minutes.
A man wakes up in a freezer after he was celebrating his birthday in a restaurant and while he was at the restroom some Russian mobsters have kidnapped him and put him in a freezer and threats that they will leave him there and freeze to death if he doesn't tell them where he has hided an important amount of cash.
Just like other movies that the action takes place in one location for almost the entire duration and here we remind of Buried or Brake this one has a few moments when it can be boring in fact at some point it gets very frustrating watching that gangsters entering and exiting through the door.
Also they are so amateur leaving a man who believe he stoled so much money untied with a lot of sharp object near him like meat hooks or a cutter.
It's just an ordinary kidnapped hostage money recovery type of movie but with an ending far more stupid.
Dylan McDermott delivers a tour-de-force performance in "Freezer," an imaginative, single-setting saga about an automobile mechanic imprisoned in an industrial freezer.
The ordeal that our hero, Robert Saunders, endures in a walk-in freezer where two grim Russians thugs have confined him is unrelenting from fade-in to fade-out.
They want to know where $ 8-million dollars is located.
McDermott grows increasingly colder as the action crosses the midway point, and the villains are treating him like a punching bag.
The ending comes as a surprise.
McDermott holds the entire movie together and you wonder if everything is a case of mistaken identity or if he really does know something about the missing eight million.