Whiteout

Very slow to get started, mainly because the setup that takes place in 1957 is completely irrelevant. It adds nothing to story except for removing some of the mystery. The shower scene is unnecessary as well. It all just wastes time instead of getting to the meat of the story. Except for the introduction of the inexplicable killer in the first act, who suddenly disappears from the story for the next hour, there is really no conflict, no tension. Another thing that brings this film down is the constant exposition from the P.A. system, telling us everything we need to know. The volume is of a level to make it sound like background, yet the story relies on it to move forward. The ending is completely anticlimactic.