This is a case of a potentially epic tale being pruned and diced to the point where its underlying ideas are reduced to trite cliches.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
2 Sep 2008
rotten:
With his face like a squashed doughnut, and physique like the tyres of a huge truck, Diesel just doesn't inhabit the same planet as Rampling or even Kassovitz himself.
– Ruth Hessey,
MovieTime, ABC Radio National,
3 Oct 2008
rotten:
I unfortunately had a seat that faced the screen and I have two hours of my life that I will never get back.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
7 Nov 2008
rotten:
Skip it aggressively.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
7 Nov 2008
rotten:
The movie has a nice look -- gray, rusted metal exposed to Siberian and Bering Strait snow. What it lacks is coherence and a compelling reason for us to take this often-abrupt journey with Aurora, Toorop and Sister Rebeka.