Ice Station Zebra
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Movie Reviews of Ice Station Zebra
Movie Review: OK, But The Book Was Better, And Made More Sense
Summary: 3 Stars
This film was adopted from Alistair MacLean's novel of the same name, but the novel had the advantage in that it made sense. The film has some good scenes but is infected by Hollywood's view that the two super powers were morally equal. And although both Patrick McGoohan and Ernest Borgnine are fine actors, they are given some stupid lines. The character of Jim Brown isn't in the book (that I recall). I'd recommend the film despite its flaws but, since it's Hollywood, don't expect a logical plot. (Oh, and in the book, the good guys get the material, the Soviet lose. In the film, it's a draw)Movie Review: Just OK
Summary: 3 Stars
"Ice Station Zebra" is just OK -- it is a dated "brink of World War III" Cold War-relic. Most notably, it is overlong and suffers from a wooden performance by Rock Hudson, who is stiffer than the ice floes at the North Pole. Shoddy special effects and sets also detract. On the positive side, performances by Patrick McGoohan and Ernest Borgnine were well worth watching. One comes away wishing McGoohan, best known for his television work as "The Prisoner" and "Secret Agent" (AKA "Danger Man"), had been in more films.Movie Review: Fun movie to watch
Summary: 3 Stars
I enjoy this movie and watch it once or twice a year. Great cast, great plot a nice easy movie to enjoy. The special effects aren't up to todays standards but are quite good for the period. On a cold winters day with the wind blowing I just sit back and relax and enjoy watching someone else brave the cold.Movie Review: 5 stars until the last 5 minutes
Summary: 3 Stars
If you have read the book, then watch the movie until the 140th minute and stop. You will thank me for it.
Until then, the movie is a taut thriller, and Rock Hudson really towers and carries the movie thru.
Movie Review: Mediocre quality & bad plot changes
Summary: 2 Stars
I enjoyed and admired the book _Ice Station Zebra_. Wish I could say the same for the movie.
One quibble is with the acting. Rock Hudson acquitted himself well as the submarine commander, but Patrick McGoohan alternated strangely between mystery and buffoonery; Ernest Borgnine was a bad parody of a Russian; and Jim Brown looked like a football player trying to act.
The weird musical interruptions at the start and at "Intermission" time were a jarring note. So were the bad special effects trying to show Soviet jet fighters zooming around.
Worst of all, though, was the desecration of Alistair Maclean's original plot. That one had long sequences of mysterious action, intelligence operations, and the good and bad guys trying to stay a step ahead of each other. The movie plot introduces two new goofy major characters (played by Borgnine & Brown), as well as an unrealistic confrontation between US/British and Soviet forces.
Some other film versions of Maclean thrillers, such as _The Guns of Navarone_ and _Where Eagles Dare_, are well worth watching. The film version of _Ice Station Zebra_ left me, in a word, cold.