Unnatural (2015)

Aka Maneater 

Brooking, an arrogant photographer, brings his assistant and two models to a remote lodge in Alaska to do a photo shoot. There’s only four hours of sunlight a day so he’s got limited time to shoot. The girls are wearing bikini’s and fur hats while they pose in the freezing cold.

Lodge owner Martin and his staff try their best to deal with Brookings horrible personality, rude demeanor, and unreasonable demands.  But with him insulting everyone and making racist remarks about the locals, they’re just waiting for the day the group leaves.

Unfortunately they are on a collision course with a rogue polar bear from a genetic testing laboratory.  The bear has escaped the secret lab in the wilderness after killing two scientists. Doctor Hanna escaped and is wandering through the woods after her truck broke down.

Things start to go wrong for the visitors when the bear drags one of the models into a hole in the ice while on a shoot.  Later Martin finds Hanna in the woods and brings her back to the lodge.  She feeds Martin some garbage about why she was out there, but he doesn’t trust her narrative.  

As the massive polar bear tracks down anyone who goes outside, you’d think it would get more exciting. But about sixty minutes in, I just wanted it to be over.  Even with actors like James Remar, Graham Greene, Ray Wise, and Sherilynn Fenn it couldn’t keep my interest.  Also surprisingly there is twelve minutes of credits at the end of the film.

Also note that when Brookings looks through his photos, we find out he’s not very good. He spent $10,000 to fly two models to remote wilderness, travels by snow mobile to a lake, and is taking close ups of Ella’s face which could be done without leaving his home.

The polar bear in the hallway

He could have taken this shot in his backyard.