Plot
Mike McCann, a seasoned ice-road trucker, is grappling with survivor's guilt following the death of his younger brother, Gurty, who perished in the events of The Ice Road . To honor Gurty's final wish, Mike travels to Nepal to scatter his ashes atop Mount Everest.
In Kodari, a local opposition figure Ganesh Rai opposes a construction of hydroelectric dam in the village, which is proposed by Rudra Yash, who works on behalf of corrupt industrial company. Ganesh's father is killed when one of the Rudra's mercenaries pushes his bus off a cliff. He reports it to the police as an accident. Upon learning, Ganesh's son Vijay realizes that his father will be next and hides him in the isolated cabin in Annapurna Highlands. Arriving in Kathmandu, Mike hires Dhani, a skilled local Everest guide. They join a group of passengers aboard the "Kiwi Express", driven by spirited New Zealand bus driver, Spike, a tour bus navigating the perilous "Road to the Sky," a narrow, high-altitude mountain pass. An American professor Evan Myers and his tech-savvy daughter Starr also board the bus.
After Vijay boards the bus, two mercenaries – Jeet and Yug – hijack the bus in attempt to kidnap Vijay. Mike punctures the tire to force the bus to stop at Kodari and kills Yug, and Dhani knocks out and restrains Jeet. There, police officer Shankar arrives, supposedly to arrest Jeet and rescue Vijay; however, Shankar is actually on Rudra's payroll. Vijay is brought to the nearby building where Rudra tortures for the whereabouts of his father. Realizing something amiss, Mike, Dhani and Evan investigate the building where Rudra kills Evan. Mike and Dhani rescue Vijay before escaping on the repaired bus but Mike and Spike are injured in the process.
Spike orders everyone to leave him on the side of the road, not wanting to die in his own bus, and Mike leaves an AKS-74 for him. Shortly, Spike shoots at Rudra's mercenaries convoy and is killed. After traversing through the dangerous steep road and having their bus damaged and finally repaired, they arrive at Annapurna Highlands where Vijay reunites his father and Mike collapses from the injuries. Dhani treats Mike, kills another corrupt policeman who finds them, and teaches Starr basic fighting skills. The next day, Mike recovers and leave Annapurna Highlands with the rest of the group. As the bus crosses the gorge by crane, Rudra and his men arrive and kill Ganesh, who was operating it to help the group escape. The mercenaries continue their pursuit and after crossing the China–Nepal border, Mike and the gang kill Jeet and Shankar, and Rudra dies when Mike rams his car off the cliff with the bus.
Later, Vijay announces that the villagers will have both electricity and access to the river. Mike resumes his trip with Dhani and finally scatters his brother's ashes in the Himalayas. At the airport, after parting with Dhani, Mike spots a rope in a store display and remembers climbing with Gurty, who had said that life was for the living. Mike goes back outside to find Dhani, who stops her car and walks back towards Mike, smiling.
Production
In April 2023, it was announced a sequel titled The Ice Road 2: Road to the Sky would be produced with star Liam Neeson and writer/director Jonathan Hensleigh set to return. [2] Principal photography began in January 2024 in Victoria, Australia with Bernard Curry, Geoff Morrell, and Grace O'Sullivan joining the cast. [3] In February, Fan Bingbing joined the cast as the co-lead of the film. [4]
The small town of Walhalla in Victoria served as the double for the Nepal i location used in the film. [5]
In June, it was reported that Vertical had acquired the distribution rights, and that the film had been retitled to Ice Road: Vengeance. [6]
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