“The Frozen Ground” got me burning mad. Nicolas Cage as cop. John Cusack
as serial killer. Shot and chopped up young women. Alaska. True story. 1980s.
The whole murky grisly movie works OT to condemn violence against and the
objectification of women ... And yet writer/director Scott Walker’s camera
stares nose close at Disney Princess Vanessa Hudgen’s stripper ass as she stage
grinds. Because one can’t make a film about strippers and hookers being
slaughtered by a loser kook without a little T&A stage action. At least if
everyone behind the camera is male. Maybe only women should make films about
cruel ways men treat women. Especially talking fact. Plot: Cusack’s
Robert Hansen has 20 girls in the grave, but Hudgens’ (“Spring Breakers”)
prostitute/stripper has escaped and can ID him. Her lone hero is Cage’s cop,
who works so hard on the job, his family is neglected. Nothing on screen
differs from an episode of “Law & Order: SVU,” so we only have stunt
casting to cheer. Cusack underplays. So
does Cage. The less said about 50 Cent’s pimp, the better. Recalling the victims to pop music: Ugly bad move. D+
Monday, June 9, 2014
The Frozen Ground (2013)
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Vanessa Hudgens,
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