a5c7b9f00b U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months. U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko is three days from the end of her tour at an international research station in Antarctica after which she'll resign. An incident from her past haunts her. The continent's first winter storm is coming when a body, wearing no gear, is discovered in the tundra. She investigates, soon finds more bodies, and must find a motive and a murderer before the storm and her departure. A U.N. agent, Robert Pryce, appears, seemingly out of nowhere, to help. An aging physician about to retire, a nervous mission chief, a downed Soviet plane, and the weather's deadly elements add to the story. Can Carrie trust Pryce and does she still have what it takes? first i never like Kate Beckinsale as an actor .she is to week in act even in underworld it just act not give felling on act.and that was very clear in The Aviator she was awful While Cate Blanchett was at top.so she didn't do any thing new. she show us her body naked that was nice.and there was flash back and with no reason .cut finger also with no reason. the story is too week .with bad acting .and there is no Connection Between that movie and the great movie the thing.so if you like to see Kate Beckinsale body naked so that is the move but if you look for (Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller ) nothing of this is in that movie so don't Waste your time. This movie was totally unacceptable. Several good things, Kate Beckinsale is a beautiful woman, which they make clear in the first five minutes with a pointless undressing/shower scene, as if to remind us; yes, everyone is bundled up, but the female lead still has it where it counts, and we're not wasting any time in making that clear. I have given this film three stars in honor of Kate's salient features.<br/><br/>After that, leave the theater, go to the video store, and rent John Carpenter's 'The Thing'. As far as I am concerned, The Thing wrote the book on isolated creepy horror thrillers in arctic conditions. It is so much better, you will probably cry.<br/><br/>Second good thing, the initial Russian plane scene is great, stay for both of these valuable scenes- Great Russian plane shoot out, Kate Beckinsale shower scene. Done.<br/><br/>Complaints- Where to start? you have what you assume is an isolated science station situation, yet with random character introduction as if they arrived from JFK in a cab. The film tries to both emphasize how isolated these people are, and at the time time randomly introduce unknown characters in the weirdest places. The film would also have you believe it is 40 below, and yet the characters are at both ends of the spectrum with worrying about this murderous threat at the same time as applying some extra lip gloss and going for a stroll. My understanding is that if your EYES are exposed for a second, they will almost instantly freeze. The characters treat it like it was maybe about 40 degrees F. Next, there are such ham handed plot developments that you want to kill yourself. The whole POINT of the movie is annoying. For shame Tom Skerritt.<br/><br/>Waste of time. Rent The Thing if you want to see isolation, cold, murder, horror, and actually be scared and care about the characters. After two years stationed at Antarctica's South Pole research base, lone U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (<a href="/name/nm0000295/">Kate Beckinsale</a>) is as anxious as anyone to be going home. She's turned in her resignation and is counting the hours and minutes to the last plane out. But three days before departure, a body turns up on the ice, and Carrie is immediately thrust into Antarctica's first murder investigation. As the death toll mounts, the mystery deepens with shifting loyalties, deadly whiteouts, and a relentless killer who will stop at nothing to protect a secret buried for over 60 years. Now with everyone around her packing up and getting out, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into six months of darkness and she is stranded with the killer on a land where nothing comes in and no one gets out. Whiteout is adapted from a 4-issue comic-book miniseries written by Greg Rucka with art by Steve Lieber, published by Oni Press in 1998. The story was collected as a graphic novel in 2001. Much of the work at the station revolves around analysing core samples of ice. The Antarctic ice pack has been accumulating for millennia. As it accumulates, gas from the atmosphere is trapped in the ice. By drilling down into the ice and removing core samples, scientists can measure the composition of the atmosphere when the ice first formed. By examining other details of the ice, they can make judgements about temperature levels. Because the ice has been compressed under tons of more ice for millennia, the gas trapped in the ice is extremely compressed. If you put the ice in room temperature water or liquor, this compressed gas escapes, making it look like it is boiling.