A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
Acting
Olivia Wilde's wounded vulnerability — finally given material worthy of her.
Cinematography
Relentless Michigan snow becomes another character, beautiful and hostile.
Practical Effects
Brutal, intimate violence that feels messy and real, not choreographed.
Director
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Stefan Ruzowitzky won an Oscar for The Counterfeiters (2007), making this his English-language debut — and possibly why the European sensibility clashes weirdly with the Michigan setting.
The film was shot in actual blizzard conditions, with temperatures hitting -20°F. Olivia Wilde later said she couldn't feel her face for key emotional scenes, which accidentally worked for her character's dissociative state.
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