Genesis Rodriguez’s ‘Centigrade’ Releases First Trailer

Since movie theaters are closed until mid to late August, many moviegoers will continue to consume movies at home or drive-in theaters. One of the several films opening in August is the claustrophobic film Centigrade, starring Venezuelan-American actress Genesis Rodriguez and Vincent Piazza who played Tommy DeVito in the film adaptation of Clint Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ and is directed by Brendan Walsh, no relation to Brandon Walsh.

Opening in “theaters” and VOD on August 28th, the film set in 2002, follows a young American couple, Matthew and Naomi, who travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice. As if the stakes aren’t high enough, it is revealed that Naomi is eight months pregnant in their frozen prison (and Matthew didn’t notice his wife was eight months pregnant until eight months!? I call BS).

With few resources, a dwindling food supply, and nothing but time, tension, blame, and personal secrets bubble to the surface. Matthew and Naomi realize they must work together to survive in a crippling battle against the elements, hypothermia, disturbing hallucinations, and plunging temperatures reaching as low as -30C. Will they all make it out of this alive?

There’s been several movies that have used the same claustrophobia storytelling device such as Rodrigo Cortés ‘Buried‘ starring Ryan Reynolds, and Michael Greenspan’s ‘Wrecked‘ starring Adrian Brody, just to mention two. One is good, the other not so good. Regardless, it’s nice to see Rodriguez back on film as a co-lead. The last we saw her was in the 2018 film ‘Delirium’.

Centigrade premieres in “theaters” and VOD on August 28th.