''Ice'' is a 1998 television disaster film starring

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and Eva La Rue. The film has a premise similar to ''

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'', a

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disaster film released six years later. Although completely in English, it first premiered in Germany in 1998 before being aired on

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in the United States in 2000.

Plot

An increase in

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activity causes disastrous, long-term consequences for the Earth.

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is, just as the rest of the world, covered with a layer of ice and snow. The government has collapsed and everyone is on their own. Chaos and crime prevails. Together with scientist Dr. Kistler - who is certain that this is the onset of a new Ice Age and that these conditions will not pass for another decade - and a small group of survivors, LAPD officer Robert Drake leaves in the direction of Long Beach Harbor to meet with a government ship which will take them to

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, where it is warmer. On the way, Kistler’s car freezes over and then a police car accidentally hits him. Then the journey becomes a highly dangerous one. Moreover, what the treacherous Kistler has not told them is that the ship is only coming to pick him up.

Cast

as Robert Drake *

as Dr. Norman Kistler *

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as Alison *

as Kelvin *

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as Julie *

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as Greg * Kyle Fairlie as Max *

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as US President *

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as Zapata *

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as Jessica *

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as soldier * John Bourgeois as Dr. Golding * Elias Zarou as Dr. Tyson * Peter Virgile as Chief of Staff * J.C. Kenny as Newscaster

no Production

Reception

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0160393, Ice *
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