Modern Warfare: Frozen Crossing
Made in a couple of parts, this fan-film perhaps didn't get the money or the story support that the makers of Find Makarov did when they recently made Operation Kingfish, but for me personally the Frozen Crossing films are better than those two. A big part of it is that the film doesn't try to ape the Modern Warfare games but rather they take their inspiration from it to make their own fan film independently. This allows them to get their reference points in the look of the characters and the gruff dialogue but not to get trapped competing with the blockbuster game in terms of acting or setting.The story here is that Spectre (Ghost to all intents and purposes) and Dust are on a mission to rescue a captured CIA agent, when it all goes wrong. It is a solid little story but for me what made it really great was the manner it which they did it. With other fan-films I found that they missed the intensity and action of the games but here they manage to do it really well. A big reason is the way it is directed; the slow motion breach in part 2 is great but even the chase in the snow in the first part is exciting and well filmed. Visually the best part of the Frozen Crossing films is the short snippet (part 2a I guess) that they did of a free-frame battle sequence that the camera is able to move around inside – it has no story but it is really impressive.The Find Makarov film (and sequel) may have gotten more attention because it wasn't sure if it was official or not, but for me the Frozen Crossing fan-films are much better. The direction and the atmosphere are both better and as a result the films are more engaging and fun in the way the games are.
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