Cold Meat (film)

Cold Meat is a 2024 thriller film directed by Sébastien Drouin. It was released exclusively on Netflix on February 26, 2024.

Cold Meat
Directed by	Sébastien Drouin
Written by	Sébastien Drouin James Kermack Andrew Desmond
Starring	Allen Leech Nina Bergman
Music by	Cyril Morin
Production companies	Featuristic Films; WTFilms
Release date	February 26, 2024 (2024-02-26)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Canada France
Language	English

Plot

David Petersen (Allen Leech) is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress, Ana (Nina Bergman) from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again through a dangerous snow blizzard with the now kidnapped waitress in the trunk of the car. After a car chase with the ex-husband, David manages to elude him but one false move behind the wheel has him crashing into a snowbank, in the eye of the storm. Ana manages to get herself out of the trunk and takes him hostage. Then starts a psychological showdown between the two before an unexpected 'guest' drops in. Who will survive?

Production

Production of the film began in early 2023. It is Drouin's filmmaking debut. It was filmed in only thirteen days, in Prince George, British Columbia.^[1] It is Paris-based WTFilms' second collaboration with UK production company Featuristic Films, after working together on James Kermack's action thriller Knuckledust in 2020.^[2] The film was previewed at the FrightFest Film Festival in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2023.

Reception

Cold Meat has a rating of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and became a global hit.^[3] Particularly, it was praised for its tension between the two lead characters, acting, and the "uneasy element to everything (David) says that makes the film tick."^[4] At the Portuguese film festival Fantasporto in 2024, Sébastien Drouin won an award for best screenplay for his work on the film.^[5]