The Uncut Gems Podcast - Episode 156 (The Ice Road)
The Uncut Gems PodcastThe Uncut Gems Podcast is a show where a bunch of like-minded individuals gather around a virtual table to discuss films that for one reason or another have become forgotten. Tongues pressed firmly in cheek, the team don their film historian top hats and rant from sedentary positions to hopefully conclude whether the film in question deserves to be covered by sands of time or if it is a classic in dire need of attention.
In this episode of the show we are going on a road trip with Liam Neeson while trying not to be left out in the cold, as we talk The Ice Road! Over the course of our conversation you will hear us try to understand what makes this movie work way better than it perhaps should, how important it is to anchor an action movie in the classics of the genre and whether it would have worked even half as well without the film's central character dynamic. Surprisingly enough, in a conversation about a disposable direct-to-streaming actioner we end up talking about 90s blockbusters, The Wages of Fear and even John Steinbeck himself!
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Produced and hosted by Jakub Flasz & Randy Burrows
Edited by Jakub Flasz
