Some things I liked some I did not.

Brilliant and touching

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Giving 7 star just because Tom.. this movie is kind creepy

This film tells the story of two sons who go on a winter fishing holiday with their biological father that they hardly know. As their holiday progresses, the two sons are in increasing danger from the elements and from the people they are with.Despite having an eventful story, I struggle to find the story engaging. It is nice to see a very young Tom Holland, but there is little else to captivate me. Events that normally induce thrill and fear do not induce such emotions in this film. Maybe the story telling needs a little more working on.

A recently fired ne'er do well loser of a Dad has his two teenage sons dropped off at his place by his ex and her new husband who are departing on a cruise. The older boy is a sullen, whiny klutz, and the younger one is a scatterbrained brat (in other words, typical teenagers). None of them being very bright, the Dad decides to teach his kids how to shoot a rifle, and they drive up to a remote woods way out in the boondocks, even though a blizzard is coming on. The kids slowly drive their father insane (actually, he surely had some serious mental problems to begin with), a succession of calamities occur, the Dad has a psychotic break, and horror ensues.Actually, not too bad a movie. It slowly draws you in, and you begin to understand the characters, who are fumblingly trying to connect with each other, and form a bond. The father-son & brotherly relationships are awkward but sincere. The ending comes quite suddenly and unexpectedly, and it isn't very pretty. The problems aren't resolved and there are a lot of loose ends, just as there always are in life. We all just have to keep on, and do the best we can.

There is a very revealing moment early in "Edge of Winter" when the character Elliot Baker explains to his two young sons is that the reason he is wearing a cast on his right arm is that he assaulted his work supervisor. That experience undoubtedly led to his dismissal from the company. Elliot now has a lot of time on his hands, and he agrees with his ex to care for his two sons when she and her new husband go off on a cruise vacation.It turns out the the experience will not be a vacation for the two boys. Their dad takes them deep into a Canadian forest for lessons in gun shooting male bonding. But when the unstable father learns that his two boys will soon be moving to London, due to their stepfather's promotion, Elliot makes the conscious decision to kidnap the boys and keep them permanently with him in an out-of-the-way cabin.The boys begin to recognized the degree to which their father has become unhinged. After the father kills an innocent and well-meaning hunter, the boys hatch a plan to escape from the clutches of their demented dad.There are no redeeming elements to this unpleasant film that lacked credibility from start to finish. The ending was especially disappointing that offered no closure on the situation of the deadbeat dad. If we are to believe the opening segment, the father continues with life in the woods, never having been charged with kidnapping, child endangerment, and murder.