Whiteout
- Score
- 5
A pretty good graphic novel turned into an okay film.
By Tym Stevens
The Thing without the Thing.
This mystery comic mini-series by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber (1998) followed a US Marshall as she investigated a murder at an antarctic base under treacherous circumstances. The isolation, paranoia, boredom, and psychosis is just as chilling as the relentlessly harsh weather conditions, each taking its toll on her. The sequel Whiteout: Melt followed in 2000, with ongoing promises of a third.
The film was made ably enough, but even with a sharp star in Kate Beckinsale and a compelling setting and circumstance, it struggles to be basically good over mediocre. (An interesting variant on this with more success was the 2015 TV mystery series Fortitude.)