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Twice as Dead (2009)
Hot and Hotter
I've seen road movies like this before and they always fall apart. This started a little loose -- who are these people? what's with the bickering? -- will they please wise up -- and then instead of falling apart it comes together. The reason for the bickering starts to matter. They grow on you and grow on you and pretty soon you're laughing and looking forward with a groan to the next bonehead move. It's a movie built of "oh-no"s and that's the fun. It deals with human beings and their frailties, the damage failed dreams causes, the suicidal cement of disappointment. I saw it in screener form and don't know its availability but if it becomes available it is a strong recommend.
Ice Spiders (2007)
"Run, they're killing everyone."
This is what somebody runs into the lobby of the dead ski resort and shouts. This is classic stuff. Unfortunately, one doubts that it's intentional. The skiers who ski down the hill and stop in a heap so that the skittery spiders can attack effortlessly are like something from Monty Python. The Olympic team huddled behind the machinery and watching from afar is supremely atrocious. I want to laugh but it's too stupid. It's like laughing at a physically impaired person falling out of his wheelchair. No, Sci-Fi channel is way too cynical to earn any more of my time. This is pure tripe. Have they a single idea in their heads, or must it all be this embarrassing crap...? (Alas, rhetorical question.)