An interesting premise--is the pipeline an oil company is building in the mountains above an Alaskan town in danger of causing an avalanche that could destroy the town?--is ruined by a poor script, a limp "romance" between the lead actors and special effects that are shoddy even for a PM Entertainment picture. Stars Thomas Ian Griffith and Caroleen Feeney have no chemistry at all, making their budding "romance" completely unbelievable. C. Thomas Howell is his usual annoying self, but thankfully he isn't in the picture all that long. R. Lee Ermey is a bit more interesting as a crusty oil-company employee, and there is some well-integrated stock footage of some terrifying actual avalanches, but the "climactic" avalanche at the end is marred by patently phony-looking miniatures and inept CGI effects. Some of the aerial shots of the Alaskan tundra and mountains are pretty, but overall the film has a lot more minuses than it does pluses. It might be worth a rental if you want to see what Alaska looks like, but otherwise don't expect much from this picture, because you won't get it.
