Robert (Dylan McDermott) wakes up in a freezer in the very first scene. The Russian mafia has him held there and they want their money. Robert claims he is a mechanic and offers his wallet, which is missing, and to take them to an ATM. The Russians are not amused. He has their money, the Russians don't make mistakes.

Robert is very chipper for a guy facing death. He is beat up and cold tortured, but nothing overly severe. You can figure out the first twist, and there are more to follow, none were really unexpected. Just as the film slows up, it introduces another character or twist keeping you engaged, but not overly entertained.

It isn't bad for a movie where 99% is filmed in one room as one might expect. The action/thriller aspect is more old school action/drama/thriller. Normally this is something I would love, except the characters didn't give me a convincing performance, nor was Robert a decent protagonist whose character we got to know late...i.e. it failed to hook me.

Makes for a rental.

Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity.

While this Low-Budget Movie Suffers from Multiple Problems it isn't a Complete Waste and is Worth a Watch as a Time Waster. These Types of Films, those set in Virtually One Location are Obvious from the Start Announcing Not Much Money and the Project can't Help but be Cursed with that most Basic of Restrictive Residue, Movies are Supposed to Move.

While it can be Novel the Premise Tends to be Boring and Redundant. It is Noticed here that Basically the Same Thing happens Over and Over again. The Wisecracking Protagonist does His best to keep Things Lively with Sarcastic Quips, even the best of them Wear Thin and get Irritating over the course of a Full Length Film and are better left to the Stand-Ups.

Not the Worst Production Culled from Limited Resources, this One Remains Mediocre and Rather Flat after all is Said and not much is Done.

Dylan McDermott delivers a tour-de-force performance in "Freezer," an imaginative, single-setting saga about an automobile mechanic imprisoned in an industrial freezer. "Hard Rain" helmer Mikael Salomon, "8 Million Dollars" scenarist Tom Doganoglu, and freshman scribe Shane Weisfeld maintain interest and momentum as they peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding our hero during the film's 90 minutes. The ordeal that our hero, Robert Saunders, endures in a walk-in freezer where two grim Russians thugs have confined him is unrelenting from fade-in to fade-out. They want to know where $ 8-million dollars is located. McDermott grows increasingly colder as the action crosses the midway point, and the villains are treating him like a punching bag. McDermott does everything that he can do to escape. Along the way, he picks up a cell phone and finds himself talking to a police detective. Later, he finds some other things and strikes up a brief relationship with a woman who works with the thugs. Salomon stages the close-quarters, hand-to-hand, combat scenes with finesse. The ending comes as a surprise. McDermott holds the entire movie together and you wonder if everything is a case of mistaken identity or if he really does know something about the missing eight million.