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Casablanca. Citizen Kane. The Godfather. Yes, we can all agree these are three of the great films of American cinema, but they all hold one glaring flaw in common. They are not Ice Queen.From the beginning of auteur Neil Kinsella's 92-minute epic treatise on the place of frozen antiquities of the past in our present-day, fast-paced culture, we are thrown into one of the greatest action sequences ever printed onto celluloid. The sequence, of course, is a harrowing chase which results in the titular "queen", played with zeal by Ami Veevers, being stolen by rogue mercenaries. With a nod to Huston's timeless classic, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, the rogues turn on each other, with the Ice Queen being taken out of the control of all parties. Kinsella seems to be suggesting the material riches inherent in this valuable find are outweighed by the mental fatigue of having such a treasure in your possession.From this, we are thrust into the world of Johnny, the film's protagonist, played with zeal by Harmon Walsh. We can relate to this "everyman" from the moment we meet him, where he shows up late to his typical dead-end job: setting off avalanches intentionally with a grenade launcher to prevent "real" avalanches from burying a nearby ski lodge. In a downright Bergmanesque move, Kinsella made the bold decision to make Johnny's love interests the mirror reflections of each other, suggesting that there is innate chaos in the world that only an Ice Queen's presence can correct.To give away how these two incredibly different parties come into conflict would be artistic treason of the highest form, but needless to say, as in all the great stories of our time, the forces of good and evil clash in a breathless adventure right out of the bible. Kinsella even finds time to inject winning humor into his masterwork, with memorable plays on the word "snowflake" to suggest that Johnny is both a "flake" and launches granades at the "snow".A great man once told me that when ending an essay on another's great work, it is best to pay homage to that work with a quote from the artist responsible. Baring that in mind, there is nothing I could expunge from the deepest depths of my beating heart, that could better sum up my appreciation for this masterstroke of contemporary cinema better than what has already been said in the film itself. I will leave you now, with a line from the moral center of the film, Dr. Goddard, played with zeal by Daniel Hall Kuhn.Dr. Goddard: "Like cats in the woods, can so sound like human babies crying."