Icefall (2025) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Pawn Shop Bombing

A gang of men led by Drake enters a pawn shop and hands the manager a clock that is secretly a time bomb. When the bomb detonates, the men rob the store and murder the remaining employees to eliminate all witnesses.

Where

Pawn shop

The Plane Crash

The gang transports the stolen loot by plane, hoping to move it safely to another location. Inclement weather causes the aircraft to crash at a remote spot. Five months later, winter sets in, burying the crash site under snow and ice.

When

Five months after the robbery

Where

Remote lake, Montana

Discovery in the Ice

Harlan, a lone man walking the frozen location while fishing, spots a human hand sticking out from the ice. He frees the dead body and discovers a black suitcase full of cash beside it. He brings the money to his hideout, unaware that his actions have silently triggered a tracking device inside the suitcase.

Where

The frozen lake

The Tracker Is Tripped

Drake visits former gang member Pen, who has since become a preacher, and informs him that the tracker was tripped the day before. The loot on the lake is worth $20 million. Drake recruits Pen as his guide, along with gang members Sirena and Ellis, and they monitor the tracker moving across the ice, indicating either water currents or a person.

When

The day after Harlan finds the money

Where

Pen's church

Ani Suspects Harlan

Ani, a Blackfoot Native American woman and Game Warden with the Montana wildlife department, finds old man Jed's truck stuck on the ice. While helping him, she watches Harlan walk by and suspects him of being a poacher. Inspecting his belongings, she discovers the suitcase full of cash and, unsatisfied with his answers, handcuffs him.

Where

The lake ice

Deadly Shootout on the Ice

A truck approaches carrying Drake and the other gang members, and a shootout erupts. Jed is killed in the gunfire. Ani manages to drive away with Harlan on the back of her truck, but the suitcase of cash falls into the ice water. When her truck breaks down, Harlan takes her to his hideout.

Where

The lake ice

Dax Falls Into the Beartrap

Dax joins the other gang members and pursues Ani and Harlan on a snowmobile. The vehicle gets caught in a beartrap that Harlan strategically placed, throwing Dax to the ground. During the ensuing fight with Ani and Harlan, Dax is killed.

Where

Woods near Harlan's hideout

Night in the Cave

The gang members arrive at Harlan's hideout and follow Ani and Harlan into the woods. While the gang spends the night at a log cabin, Ani and Harlan hide deep inside a cave. There, Harlan reveals that his wife Mia, who was Blackfoot, is now dead.

When

Night

Where

Harlan's hideout and surrounding woods

Rhodes Executes a Traitor

The gang leader Rhodes arrives and consoles Sirena over their losses. He reveals that he was fully aware of Ellis's plot to steal the money, and stabs Ellis to death for his betrayal. Rhodes then declares that the gang will kill Ani and Harlan the next day.

When

Night

Where

Log cabin

Judgment Before Chief Oz

Ani takes Harlan to see Oz, the chief of the Blackfoot tribe. Oz blames Harlan for effectively killing Mia and also accuses Ani of selling out and losing her connection to their land. The tense encounter exposes the rift between the pair and their community.

Where

Blackfoot tribal land

The Sheriff's Corruption Exposed

Ani calls the Sheriff, who immediately questions her about the plane upon his arrival. When Ani confronts him with the fact that she never told him about any plane, the Sheriff confesses that he receives a 5% share of the robbery for aiding the gang. He then takes Ani and Harlan hostage and drives to meet with Rhodes.

Where

Blackfoot tribal land

The Beartrap Trick

Harlan offers to take the Sheriff to the plane so he can collect the entire amount of stolen cash instead of his meager 5% cut. The greedy Sheriff believes him, but Harlan tricks him into stepping on a beartrap, leaving him immobilized and helpless in the snow.

Where

Woods near the crashed plane

The Final Bloodbath

The gang reaches the trapped Sheriff, who is shot dead by Sirena, while Harlan shoots Sirena dead in return. Pen, though wounded, throws a cigarette lighter to ignite the methane gas atop the ice, killing Rhodes in the fireball. Drake holds Ani hostage and demands the location of the loot, but Harlan kills him and throws his body into the water.

Where

The frozen lake

Harlan Joins the Tribe

Following the deadly confrontation, Harlan is finally initiated into the Blackfoot tribe. The ceremony marks his acceptance into the community that once blamed him for Mia's death, offering him redemption and a sense of belonging.

Where

Blackfoot tribal land

The Missing Millions

The authorities find the plane containing $4 million in cash, while the rest of the $20 million remains unaccounted for. When Ani asks Oz about the missing money, he evades the question. She notices that a new community hospital has been funded and wonders where the money came from, while Harlan plays happily with Ani's daughter as they smile.