FILM · 2021 · USA
The Ice Road
8 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
Netflix reportedly paid 18 million US dollars for the film's US distribution rights.
- #002
The ice road in Canada's Northwest Territories that inspired the film covers a 400-kilometre stretch over 64 frozen lakes and is about 50 metres wide on the ice. Truck drivers make the 14- to 16-hour journey at a maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour.
- #003
Amber Midthunder, who plays Tantoo, had appeared in Liam Neeson's previous film The Marksman (2021). She played the Gas Station Clerk who gives him the road map for free.
- #004
This is the first film Jonathan Hensleigh directed after a 10-year gap. His previous feature was Kill the Irishman (2011).
- #005
Liam Neeson and Benjamin Walker also appeared together in Kinsey (2004), Walker's first film. Walker was 19 when he played opposite Neeson's character Alfred Kinsey.
- #006
The soundtrack consists mostly of country and Americana songs, but it also includes The L. A. Rats' cover of "I've Been Everywhere," the first recording by the hard rock "supergroup" made up of Rob Zombie, Nikki Sixx, John 5 and Tommy Clufetos.
- #007
In the chase scene where Varnay (Benjamin Walker) tries to hit Mike (Liam Neeson), Mike's truck is in the traditional colours of Optimus Prime, a red tractor with a grey trailer. Varney's truck is a completely black tractor with no trailer, the traditional colour of Nemesis Prime, whose sole purpose is to destroy Optimus.
- #008
Lawrence Fishburne has a supporting role in "Predators" (2010). Amber Midthunder is the protagonist of "Prey" (2022), the prequel to the Predator series.
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