I checked this one out because it was suggested on a podcast I enjoy, which had an episode detailing Robert Hansen and his victims. Seeing the film after hearing that story highlights all the details they left out and just how awful his crimes were. It’s fairly typical of police procedurals—you know who committed the crime from the start, so the tension comes from watching them try to build a case. There's an impress…

The editing is remarkably flawed, and I’ve never witnessed Vanessa Hudgens in such bad form—at least, not that I'm aware of. Her performance in _The Frozen Ground_ is particularly awful. Without giving away plot points, it makes me question whether the actual events this film portrays concluded as they do here, because if so... wow. What a mess. _Final rating:★½: - Dull/unfulfilling. Steer clear if you can._

"The Frozen Ground," which Scott Walker both wrote and directed, arrived in 2013 as a crime thriller drawing from the factual account of Robert Hansen, an Alaskan serial killer who committed rape, torture, and murder against several young women between 1971 and 1983. The film features Vanessa Hudgens portraying a seventeen-year-old sex worker who managed to escape Hansen, portrayed by John Cusack. Nicolas Cage takes …