On Hostile Ground (TV 2000)

A geologist tries to prevent a huge sinkhole from devouring New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

Director:

Mario Azzopardi

Writers:

Sharon Y. Cobb (screenplay), Sharon Y. Cobb (story),

Stars:

John Corbett, Jessica Steen, Brittany Daniel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Corbett	...	Matt Andrews
Jessica Steen	...	Allison Beauchamp
Brittany Daniel	...	Cindy Evers
Andrew Kraulis	...	Dalton
Peter Stebbings	...	George Regan
Derwin Jordan	...	Remy
Eugene Clark	...	Mayor John Lafitte
Ron Gabriel	...	Councilman
Ardon Bess	...	Smiley
Shawn Lawrence	...	Andre
Roger McKeen	...	Jimmy Gutro, PW Supervisor
John Boylan	...	Police Chief
Geoffrey Bowes	...	Frank, Chief Engineer
Sandi Ross	...	Voodoo Lady
Kirsten Bishop	...	Women in BMW (as Kirsten Bishopric)

Storyline

At the outskirts of New Orleans a sewage tunnel caves in; city officials are less concerned about the worker who was killed then about possible repercussions on the impending Mardi Gras in the French Quarter, which is the tourist hight point of the year in Louisiana, so the priority is to prevent a panic. Still Allison Beauchamp, under whose responsibility public works fall in city hall, calls on her intimate friend, geologist Matt Andrews, who is extremely cautious since an accident only he blames himself for, to investigate. Shortly after another cave in, he finds and reports -even arranging radar material was opposed by the Mardi Gras lobby- that such sink holes are caused by the lingering on of a fire in underground tunnels trough peat layers, so there's no way of telling where and when more sink-holes will collapse, but it may happen all over the city, and two million tourists joining in the reveling increase the risk, so everyone is in danger. However city press secretary George...

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Plot Keywords:

mardi gras | geologist | sinkhole | archive footage | flashlight | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

11 June 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sinkhole

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$2,367 (USA) (6 April 2001)

Gross:

$2,595 (USA) (13 April 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Atlantis Communications, Citadel Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mardi Gras in New Orleans shot in Toronto in December!

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Goofs

The rescue team that was used in this movie was hired locally. Among the rescuers you can clearly see their actual uniforms displaying the rescue teams patches "OVERT" which stands for "Ontario Volunteer Emergency Response Team".

User Reviews

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This movie is not pretentious so we do not have to judge it if it is. Nice storyline,mediocre acting and horrible special effects. 5 out of 10. A typical TV movie,if you have nothing else to do, check it out. I don't think this movie was made with a large budget and it clearly shows. It must say something about this movie that I have some difficulties to complete ten lines about it. Here goes,I don't consider John Corbet to be a good actor and he proofs it once again in this movie. He is just as bad as in Sex and the City, he never convinces. Who does convince is ms Steen as Allison Beauchamp, she probably will never perform in a large production but as her resume shows she'll easily reach her retirement as an actor.