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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 64The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe thrills here are both cheap and oddly, comfortingly captivating. Of course nothing can ever kill Liam Neeson, but it is a whole lot of no-brain-necessary fun to watch everyone and everything try.
- 58The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloEven at its dumbest, The Ice Road holds your attention; a climactic fight/chase scene even acknowledges that it’s hard to look badass on a slippery surface.
- 50VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyJust about every possible peril turns up to thwart their mission en route, making for an increasingly implausible action movie that will entertain most viewers, but also perhaps make them feel a bit played for fools.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaThe film lacks slam-bang, signature action sequences that would make it more memorable.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreNeeson is in solid form, villains do their villainy and the sassy lady driver copes with anti-Native racism with her smart mouth and her fists, to fun effect. But that over-the-top third act, topping even the odd operating-on-ice physics of The Ice Road, tends to take the air right out of the Jonathan Hensleigh film’s tires.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUnfortunately, this effort, clearly inspired by the French classic The Wages of Fear (and its terrific American remake, Sorcerer), isn’t even as entertaining as a typical episode of the History Channel’s Ice Road Truckers.
- 40CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian LowrySimply put, Neeson has been in a bit of a rut, one that Ice Road exemplifies almost literally, since at several points in the movie the challenge involves extricating big trucks from slushy situations.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAs any Neeson watcher will tell you, you don’t mess with his action characters once their dander is up. Sadly, Neeson’s dander is no match for a hackneyed plot, poorly visualized stunts and characters whose behavior can defy common sense.
- 25Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezThe film is a muddle of clichés and unremarkable action sequences that bleed together into a cacophony.
- 20TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeThe Ice Road is so often inept and heavy-handed that not even the reliable presence of Liam Neeson can rescue it.