Cold Meat 4K 2023

Cold Meat is one of those thrillers that you don't expect much from, but end up enjoying much more than the hyped-up films. The story begins rapidly—in a roadside café before the start of an ice storm, a random visitor with glasses decides to protect a waitress who is being threatened by her abusive husband. The humiliated husband decides to get even with the upstart, which causes many things to “go wrong” as the characters had planned. And now two people find themselves locked in a broken car in the middle of nowhere, without cell phone reception and without much hope of rescue...

I won't spoil it, but the film masterfully manages to confuse the viewer, promising a movie in the spirit of “Duel” in the snow, but 20 minutes into the film, it turns the viewer's expectations upside down. Some of the characters reveal unexpected sides of themselves... and the frost grows stronger.

The characters spend most of the film stuck in a car - after a turbulent start, the pace slows down sharply, but interest is maintained by the complex relationships between the characters, their secrets, confessions, and flashbacks. What I found unnecessary was the attempt to add a pinch of mysticism to this icy dish (the original title of the film is Cold Meat) - according to legend, a monster from Native American legends roams these forests. Considering how many human vices the audience has already seen by this point, no Indian monster can scare them anymore—people are much scarier. And was there even a monster?

In short, watch this film before the spoilers and enjoy the plot twists - which, as usual, always turn ‘the wrong way’...