The Frozen Ground

2013 105 min ★ 6.3 Thriller, Crime

An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.

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Cast

Nicolas Cage

Jack Halcombe

Vanessa Hudgens

Cindy Paulson

John Cusack

Robert Hansen

Radha Mitchell

Allie Halcombe

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Chelle Ringell

Katherine LaNasa

Fran Hansen

Dean Norris

Sgt. Lyle Haugsven

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Pimp Clate Johnson

Gia Mantegna

Debbie Peters

Kevin Dunn

Lt. Bob Jent

Details

Director

Scott Walker

Tagline

"The hunter becomes the hunted"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$27,220,000

Revenue

$5,496,951

Production

Picture Perfect Corporation, Grindstone Entertainment Group, Cheetah Vision, Court Five, Valentina Films, K5 International, Paradox Entertainment, Envision Entertainment, Lionsgate, Voltage Pictures, Knightsbridge Entertainment, Emmett/Furla Films

Reviews

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Wuchak

February 27, 2018

★ 7/10

RELEASED IN 2013 and written & directed by Scott Walker, "The Frozen Ground" is a crime thriller based on the true story of Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen, who raped, tortured and killed numerous young women from 1971-1983. Vanessa Hudgens plays a 17 year-old prostitute who successfully escaped from Hansen (John Cusack). Nicolas Cage plays the trooper who establishes a relationship with her a...

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Gimly

July 26, 2020

★ 3/10

Very poorly edited and features some of the worst examples of Vanessa Hudgens acting to date (if there are good examples, I haven't seen them, but in _The Frozen Ground_ she is especially egregious. No spoilers but I wonder if the real case this was based on wrapped up in the same way/for the same reason that this movie did, because if so... Jesus. What a tit. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disa...

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Rando

March 23, 2021

★ 7/10

Watched this after it was recommended on a Podcast I listen to. One of the episodes was about Robert Hansen and all his victims. Watching the movie after listening o the podcast makes you realize all the things they left out and the horrific way that he killed all these women. Its a pretty standard police movie only you do know the criminal from the beginning the problem is trying to make the evid...