larry fessenden the last winter be a ambitious and smartly make film . it photograph beautifully and ( by and large ) act with conviction and sensitivity . though the central conceit about nature take revenge be pretty corny and the atmosphere be also pretty compellingly bleak and and the tension mount pretty effectively a thing go from bad to worse . sadly and as many other reviewer note and the end throw it all away in a fit of awful cg monster . however and try turn it off right at one hour 27 minute and 30 second . this would have be a solid albeit ambiguous end while if you must watch far do it on a second viewing and consider it a deleted end . it just goofy and pointless and and the final twist at the end be telegraph almost from the very begin ( in fact and one character early on describes aloud exactly what the twist will end up be ) . even without the end and the script have problem with it petty black and white portrayal of heroic environmentalist and selfish oil guy . an ensemble atmosphere pic like this life and dy on the believability of it character while perlman ed pollock be simply too villainous to really be convince and despite a few nice touch of humanity which perlman brings to him . le gros hoffman be also a pretty unengaging hero and a blandly heroic saint of a guy who always right about everything . i be a serious environmentalist and a left leaning guy and but the film literal take on the situation ( the dire warning of natural disaster and the clear hero and villain ) be shallow at best and preachy and patronizing at the bad . it play to the most obnoxiously self congratulatory nature of people concern with the issue present here and while at the same time offer nothing of any real substance . still and the film itself be a pretty fun watch and and a definite step up from fessenden previous effort and the ambitious but amateurish wendigo ( the titular spirit of which get name check here too . ) . great photography combine with naturalistic act from the like of kevin corrigan and zach gilford do much to sell the vibe of the thing and and the setting and slow escalation of the action also add to the experience . regardless of it stumble and the film have load of ambition to do something substantial and enduring and so even when it can not quite deliver on it promise it still beat the slew of cheap scare horror remake which every year become more numerous .