Doomsday Rock (TV 1997)

Dr. Paul Sorenson, a noted astronomer, believes that an approaching comet will collide with earth based on his study of an ancient civilization's prophetic timeline. Frustrated by his ... See full summary »

Director:

Brian Trenchard-Smith

Writers:

David Bourla, Michael Norell

Stars:

Connie Sellecca, Ed Marinaro, Jessica Walter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Connie Sellecca	...	Katherine
Ed Marinaro	...	Paul, FBI Agent
Jessica Walter	...	Secretary
Kent McCord
Marsha Warfield
William Devane	...	Dr. Karl Sorenson
Andrew Airlie
Roger R. Cross	...	Gibson
Dale Wilson
Howard Dell
Ken Camroux	...	Menzer
Bobby Dawson	...	Airforce Chief of Staff (as Bob Dawson)
Craig Bruhnanski	...	Illyanov (as Craig Brunanski)
Gary Jones	...	Gil Naspeth
Martin Evans	...	Carlton James

Storyline

Dr. Paul Sorenson, a noted astronomer, believes that an approaching comet will collide with earth based on his study of an ancient civilization's prophetic timeline. Frustrated by his inability to convince other scientists of the threat, Sorenson and a band of followers take over a nuclear missile silo. The FBI enlists the help of Sorenson's daughter Katherine, who is also a respected scientist, with the hope she can convince her father to surrender the missile silo. Katherine's research supports her father's thesis. She enlists the help of Paul, an FBI agent assigned to keep her under guard, in her quest to convince the scientific community of the imminent threat to the planet.

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Plot Keywords:

meteor threatens earth

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

24 August 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alerta total

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Family Channel, The, MTM Enterprises, Regent Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Svengoolie: Doomsday Rock (2000)

User Reviews

Bad acting and a weak plot make this a real winner!

I was subjected to this terrible excuse for a made for TV movie. I only watched it because I don't have cable and my only other choices were Golf, College Basketball, or local news. The plot is very generic and has no substance that I could see, not to mention it had a major flaw in my eyes. The main character, Dr. Sorensen, is a washed up astronomer who believes that an asteroid named "Nemesis" will strike Earth, causing all life to cease. He bases his belief on his discovery of cave paintings by an Aboriginee (I'm sure I spelled that one wrong). The paintings show an apparent timeline, showing significant events throughout history, such as the building of the Great Wall of China. All of the events are shown in perfect chronological order, and the very last picture on the timeline is Earth being destroyed. Now to me, if the painting showed things that had indeed happened, why would the great Doctor believe that he could somehow change what was going to happen? All that aside, the movie moved along with extreme formulaic precision. There was nothing in the movie that surprised me at all. The actors were not very good, and on a few occasions I just felt that they didn't even take the movie seriously to put forth enough effort to try to convince me that the characters were worth caring about. The whole movie was cliche ridden and a downright waste of time and money. I'd recommend Armageddon over this piece of crap any day. At least Armageddon has some good acting (compared to this), not to mention the eye candy that is Liv Tyler. Now that I think about it, Golf isn't that bad.......