In a video Netflix posted on its official YouTube account, Todd and Lisa react to various parts of The Ice Road and give their commentary on how realistic or ridiculous parts of it are. For the most part, the scenes shown are pretty close to the real thing.
In the video, Lisa agrees that the icy roads look totally authentic, while Todd comments on the validity of one of the characters in the movie saying that April is a dangerous time to drive the icy roads.
"That is exactly the truth," Todd says in the video. "By the time April comes around, the waters could be a foot to two feet deep on top of the ice. You don't even see the ice."
He also explains that he has done a similar drive himself, but it's something he has "never gotten comfortable with" due to the potential dangers.
There's another scene where one of the trucks breaks through the ice and it has to be pulled out. And, as Kelly shares in the video, the same thing happened to her once.
"I've sunk through on some soft ice, but there was ice, then there was water, and it froze over the top," she explains. "So when [my truck] first fell, it was really scary, but it was just on the first layer."