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.
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.