The Max Crime Thriller You Won’t Believe Is A True Story

Nicolas Cage takes on the role of state trooper Jack Halcombe in The Frozen Ground. When a woman’s decomposing and mutilated body is found in the wilderness, he’s called to investigate the crime scene. 

Meanwhile, 17-year-old Cindy Paulson tells detectives that she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by Robert Hansen. Since she’s a sex worker who initially lied about her age, the officers don’t believe her recounting of events.

Halcombe makes a startling connection when he takes a closer look at a number of unsolved murders in the area and interviews Paulson about her own run-in with Hansen. Every gruesome detail of Paulson’s near-fatal encounter closely resembles the cold cases that come across Halcombe’s desk.