Hit by a blizzard, a grief-stricken loner (Emma Thompson) gets lost among backroads near a Minnesotan lake and stops for help at a remote cabin in the woods.
Here she discovers a young woman (Laurel Marsden) kidnapped by a desperate couple (Judy Greer and Marc Menchaca). Isolated and without phone service, this unlikely hero realizes she is the woman's only hope of survival.
The film has old-school barnstorming brashness, some edge-of-the-seat tension, a streak of sentimentality, a dash of broad humour and a flourish of the macabre.
Emma Thompson is once again as reliable an actress as you could have wished, thoroughly believable as the lovable Barb, a graceful grieving widow capable of heroic actions.
- ELEANOR WITCOMB
Eleanor Witcomb who does such an amazing job in our box office and with our volunteers, apparently does an even better job at choosing this season’s Staff Pick - Ang Lee’s modern cult classic featuring a deft mix of amazing martial arts battles, magnificently beautiful cinematography and tasteful drama.