An indifferent thriller with the twist that it’s set in Antarctica … and, like the much better Fargo of several years ago, leaves you with a chill.

Back-from-the-dead rookie cop Danny Colt (Macht) fights crime in the mean streets where arch-enemy the Octopus (Jackson) is bent on his evil all-conquering schemes.

HOLLYWOOD rolled out its big guns at the Venice International Film Festival yesterday as John Travolta and Denzel Washington showed off their latest movies.