Simply Goo Sufficient: Evaluation, Chilly Storage

Chilly Storage (2026)

From David Koepp, the author behind Jurassic Park (1993) and Spider-Man (2002), comes a gooey sci-fi virus comedy starring the Hair from Stranger Issues (Joe Keery), the ever-charming Georgina Campbell, and scene-stealing turns from Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville, and Vanessa Redgrave.

The movie follows graveyard-shift storage safety staff Teacake (Keery) and Naomi (Campbell), whose facility simply so occurs to be constructed over a decommissioned army containment unit. Due to rising world temperatures disrupting the pure cooling system, a brain-controlling, body-bursting virus, initially found in Australia (the land of horrible inexperienced issues) and dropped at earth by the particles of Skylab, begins to thaw. Solely a retired army man (Neeson) and his deadpan accomplice (Manville) comprehend the size of the approaching catastrophe.

Director Jonny Campbell offers the movie a distinctly Evolution (2001)-like vibe: a goop-filled sci-fi romp the place the plot is usually an excuse to hang around, crack jokes, and watch broadly drawn, largely unlikable facet characters meet comedic, slime-soaked ends. The pacing is tight, the world-building is breezy, and the virus itself is simply gross sufficient to be enjoyable with out tipping into genuinely disturbing territory.

The place Chilly Storage stumbles is in its characters. Keery and Campbell make for an enticing on-paper duo, however the script hardly ever offers them something notably witty, eccentric, or emotionally fascinating to do. They largely coast on appeal, smiling their means by means of exposition because the plot dutifully unfolds round them. A lot of the movie’s actual character as an alternative comes from Liam Neeson, whose dry, straight-faced supply is a pitch-perfect parody of the stoic disaster-movie hero.

Ultimately, Chilly Storage is completely serviceable consolation style fare. It’s the sort of film you throw on after dinner with the household: mildly humorous, pleasantly gooey, simple to look at, and simply forgettable sufficient that it evaporates from reminiscence someplace between the tip credit and brushing your enamel.