Rating: PG
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 12/28/2004
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 101 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
We first see Asian cave dweller
John Lone as he wanders around what seems to be his natural habitat of some 10,000 years ago. Soon we learn that
Lone is in a controlled environment in a scientific lab--and that his frozen body was recently discovered during an expedition to the North Pole (hence the nickname "Iceman"). Scientists
Lindsay Crouse and
Timothy Hutton hope to learn to communicate with
Lone, and in so doing discover life was truly like for our neanderthal ancestors. The other, less altruistic scientists want to dissect
Lone and analyze his innards. With
Hutton's help,
Lone escapes, but soon both men realize that there's really no place for "the Iceman" in modern society. Though the settings are convincingly arctic,
Iceman was filmed in Manitoba.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide