When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n Credit: Vertical<\/p>\n Ah, Liam Neeson. What a lad. He’s so very good at playing, well, Liam Neeson. But don’t get me wrong here: I love a Neeson movie. There have been some great ones on the best streaming services<\/a>, too, such as The Marksman<\/a>.<\/p>\n But I couldn’t say the same about 2021’s The Ice Road, which I really didn’t enjoy. And now, as if out of nowhere, the sequel has appeared on Amazon Prime Video, where it’s been available to stream since 3 September.<\/p>\n Ice Road: Vengeance doesn’t have quite so much actual ice to deal with from the off, given that it’s based in Nepal. What’s certainly been frosty, however, is its reception: with a Rotten Tomatoes score that’s a paltry 18%<\/a>.<\/p>\n As you can see from the trailer, embedded above, Vengeance’s apparent Nepal setting never looks quite real, with odd visual effects that don’t look right on a phone, let alone one of the best TVs<\/a> at a larger scale.<\/p>\n Even more peculiar is that The Ice Road original featured on Netflix. Its sequel made an immediate transplant to video-on-demand and now it’s on Amazon Prime instead. As if nobody really ever wanted this movie. Oh dear.<\/p>\n “‘Ice Road: Vengeance’ features zero ice roads. In fact, writer-director Jonathan Hensleigh\u2019s follow-up barely stands apart from any of the other baker\u2019s dozen punch-em-ups Neeson has led in the last decade,” reads one critics review on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Image 1 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n Ice Road: Vengeance<\/p>\n Image 2 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n Ice Road: Vengeance<\/p>\n Image 3 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n Ice Road: Vengeance<\/p>\n Image 4 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n Ice Road: Vengeance<\/p>\n Image 5 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n Ice Road: Vengeance<\/p>\n Image 6 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n Ice Road: Vengeance<\/p>\n Image 7 of 7<\/span><\/p>\n Ice Road: Vengeance<\/p>\n As I say, no disrespect to Neeson, who’s a veteran in this game. But, given The Ice Road, was so poorly received \u2013 with its 30% audience rating<\/a> \u2013 it’s not as though an unnecessary sequel was likely to reset people’s viewpoint.<\/p>\n Amazon Prime Video has been doing some questionable things of late, too, such as increasing the volume of ads its serving to its paying customers<\/a>. It’s decreased how much I use the service, and with low-quality additions being added, I continue to turn to Paramount+<\/a> and others.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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