Whiteout is a 2009 feature film based on the 1998 comic book of the same name by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber.  For US Marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) things are about to get even more dangerous,  Stetko has been stationed at Antarctica’s South Pole research base for two years and now after turning in her resignation she’s looking forward to finally going home.  There´s just one problem she is the only  US Marshal assigned to the US base in Antarctica and must investigate a murder there within three days before the Antarctic winter begins.  She crosses paths with a UN operative as Robert Pryce  (Gabriel Macht) also investigating the possible murder.  The last plane out leaves in just three days and just after that Antarctica will not see the sun again for another 24 weeks.  In the deadly Antarctic whiteout she won’t see him till he’s a breath away.   As Stetko races to find the killer she is attacked by the killer and left for dead in a storm but she manages to save herself but loses two fingers due to severe frost bite.   Little does Carrie realize that she’s has suddenly been thrust into a mystery over 60 old and that the killer is ready to strike again in order to protect a grim secret.  Now as the death toll starts to rise, loyalties shift and a massive series of whiteouts blow bitter winds across the frozen landscape.  Stetko who wanted nothing more than to escape the cold must work around the clock to catch a killer before the blinding white snow gives way to the deadly darkness of winter. more…