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What you get with "Black Ice" is Michael Ironside, one hot sex scene, and some "Fargo" like weather. What you don't get is a script that could be believed. There is absolutely no police action, although there is at least a bunch of dead bodies. Ironside seems to show up with no logical explanation of how he got there at just the right place, at just the right time. Essentially this is really a road trip to nowhere, since the audience is kept in the dark as to motivation . Michael Nouri is the innocent cab driver who is along for the ride with the long suffering audience. Even for Michael Ironside fans who like his evil bad guy performances, this will test your patience. Also, I was completely underwhelmed by the big reveal ending. - MERK

Considering this is supposed to be something of an intriguing mystery thriller, it raises little in the way of suspense. So, it's a little surprising that the film has the capacity to hold your interest until the end, which is disappointedly bland.

Anyway, the film stars Joanna Pacula as an undercover agent of some sort, who contrives to accidentally kill her target after having sex with him. Hitching a ride in Nick Mancuso's taxi, she arrives at the airport only to find her boss (Michael Ironside) has received orders to kill her, as to leave no trace of the crime.

This TV movie hangs on the fact that Mancuso doesn't know who or what Pacula is until late on, although the viewer knows fairly quickly. Still, performances are more than adequate and Ironside gets to repeat his cold-hearted bad guy routine once again.

I don't understand why people are so harsh on that film. Sure it's not the best film ever but it does have a great lugubrious and cold identity. There is this dark mixture of eroticism and underground crime in it. Combined with the bleak locations and filming makes it quite a good neo-noir.

Good and strong performances from the three leads, holds up a rather weak script. This is certainly no thriller, but more like a chase movie. The fanciful plot, or lack of it, needed a bit more construction on the bones. It just could have been a lot better.

I watched this movie just a little while ago and I found that this movie was terrible! It moved very slowly and was hardly entertaining!

Sorry for all those that liked it.... this is only my opinion!