Bone Cold

A couple of hot shot snipers are sent to Ukraine to take out a particular anarchist after being short changed on their leave time, which can really suck if you've just been deployed and were looking for some much needed R&R time with your family, only to be sent back out on a so called "simple" mission. Things get rather crazy as one of the snipers Jonathan Stoddard (John Bryant) hears shrieks and a strange shadow out in the woods. The tension builds as the "thing" stalks them both. Very creepy stuff and can be a bit scary at times. You cannot really tell if everything they are seeing is truly real or not, or tricks of the mind, the mission objectives are well choreographed as are the fight scenes, a few holes though as you do not know why the enemy girl sniper sees the "thing" and refuses to take the shot on John Bryant, it's as if she knows what it is and refuses to tangle with it, like it's a legend of the forest kind of thing, and she knows something we never know. A bit odd, but I went with it. An "OK" watch, some gore and extreme violence is portrayed. No nudity or questionable stuff a few foul words, other than that it's an interesting story on deep stress. Enjoy.

Holy @&$! What a complete waste of time!!

Ukraine // Russian border - ok

Secret Ops - ok

Alien Creature - scary as F and very confusing.

The acting is fine but the story line // plot is not-- WTF??? I get the point of the secret operations and that kind of stuff--what we don't understand is the alien creature and how that fits into the narrative- why oh why did the producer include that sub-plot?? We are still scratching our heads-

I will admit that the alien sub-plot held our interest, though. Beware of the creepy alien and the sounds of the forest- not for the faint of heart (or lungs, intestines, or guts)...

This movie already has a low rating but after starting it it seemed to not be totally low budget bad. However about 25 minutes in the two main characters were trying to identify a target, only had a few basic descriptions, I had to go back and check. At the mission debrief they had a picture of the guy they were sent after. Seriously they were presented with a picture of their target. Then on site they can't verify the dude? Come on guys, this just made the movie implausibly dumb I gotta question every aspect. Like not using proper weather protection despite what are sub freezing temps, not caring about footprints in snow, etc.

Bone Cold executes its premise flawlessly. It's a character study, written in blood and biting snow. Soldiers are asked to pledge everything for a cause, and the toll is always more than just physical. This movie takes that theme, infuses it with a healthy dose of matinee creature feature, but never loses sight of its poignancy. When you get to the climax, which I will not spoil, everything is placed in sharp relief. Family, loyalty, patriotism, love. Bone Cold is a movie about the things that matter most. As a sidenote, the logistics of filming so much of this movie in the snow-covered forest are quite impressive here. Highly recommend a watch.

Terrible!!!

Any Amazon subscribers reading this and other reviews, please don't get sucked in by the start. This becomes a very weird movie.

The acting seemed okay, the start looked promising, the storyline was plausible momentarily.

Both spotter and sniper were to be infiltrated into Ukraine via Nothern Russia?

The dreams and hallucinations, shape shifting gouls, people supposedly being shot and getting up again. Wait for the final explanation, it's still weak and doesn't make sense.

1 hour 40 minutes seemed like 3 hours.

The colonel has a lot to answer for.

The CIA didn't need to be there, he didn't add anything.