Even though the movie as a whole isn’t really awesomely smashing in any way, the first thing that really struck me is how well done and thought out it all is.
It features realistic portrayals of human behavior all the way through; from phobias, realistic explanations of how they came to the conclusions they did, to a person using a multimeter and electrical tape to actually fix something ike a real person might.
The Thaw offers more suspense than it does horror, though there are some jumpy and/or gory moments.
The CGI bugs are just convincing enough, and the other effects are good.
While the plot revolves largely around Kilmer’s character, he doesn’t get very much screen time.
However the other actors were engaging enough that we didn’t find myself missing him all that much.
The story starts with Kilmer and his team, beginning the movie’s more mysterious element.
It then switches to the students for their rather straightforward horror-genre struggle against the bugs.
The Kilmer part of the story is revisited in the end, to wrap up the mystery with a twist.
Having the mystery lingering in the background was a nice touch, as it added some extra intrigue to carry the movie.
At a remote Arctic research station, four ecology students discover the real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what’s frozen within it.
A prehistoric parasite is released from the carcass of a Woolly Mammoth upon the unsuspecting students who are forced to quarantine and make necessary sacrifices, or risk infecting the rest of the world.
super! 
magic
