Review – The Thaw

Every time this movie started to worm its way into my good graces, it found a way to worm its way right back out again. Prehistoric insects released from frozen captivity by global warming beset a group of scientists. So I liked the environmental message. But then we had to have a dead polar bear as well. The tiny monsters burrow under people’s skin, which led to some delightfully icky effects shots. But we also got a lot of more standard, cheap gore. They did a reasonably good job of borrowing the we-have-to-stay-isolated-to-keep-this-from-spreading theme from The Thing. But then the twist at the end depended on Val Kilmer to pull it off. At least he wasn’t quite as bloated as he was in Conspiracy. E for effort. Mildly amusing