Icefall is a stark and tense survival thriller released in 2025 that places human desperation against the overwhelming power of nature. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, the film attempts to combine crime drama, wilderness survival, and character-driven tension into a single frozen narrative. While it does not fully escape familiar genre patterns, Icefall succeeds in creating a cold atmospheric experience that is often gripping and occasionally haunting even when its storytelling falters. The story centers on Harlan, a Native American game warden played by Joel Kinnaman, who arrests a notorious poacher during a routine patrol in a remote frozen region. What initially appears to be a simple law enforcement encounter quickly spirals into something much more dangerous when Harlan learns that the poacher knows the location of a sunken plane filled with millions of dollars beneath the ice of a frozen lake. This revelation draws criminal interests into the area and forces uneasy alliances to fo...