Ice Road: Vengeance is a 2025 American action thriller film written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh. It is the direct sequel to The Ice Road (2021). Liam Neeson and Marcus Thomas return from the first film, alongside Fan Bingbing, Bernard Curry, Salim Fayad and Geoff Morrell. The film follows an ice-road truck driver who travels to the Himalayas to scatter his brother's ashes where he must fend off mercenaries.
The film was released in the United States in selected theaters on June 27, 2025, and received negative reviews from critics.
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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, local opposition figure Ganesh Rai opposes the construction of a hydroelectric dam that would affect the access of water supply from the river, which is proposed by corrupt industrialist Rudra Yash. To remove the opposition, a mercenary, hired by Rudra, kills Ganesh's father by pushing his bus off the cliff, making it look like an accident. Upon learning this, Ganesh's son, Vijay, realizes that his father will be next and hides him in the isolated cabin in the Annapurna Highlands.
