10.5 (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

John Lafia

Writers (WGA):

Christopher Canaan (written by) and
John Lafia (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Horror

Tagline:

The Greatest Quake in Human History threatens to Rock The World!

Plot:

An earthquake reaching a 10.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, strikes the west coast of the U.S. and Canada. A large portion of land falls into the ocean, and the situation is worsened by aftershocks and tsunami. |

Plot Keywords:

Earthquake | Digit In Title | Period In Title | Federal Works Agency | Golden Gate Bridge

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Kim Delaney	...	Dr. Samantha Hill
Fred Ward	...	Roy Nolan, FEMA Director
Ivan Sergei	...	Dr. Zack Nolan
Dulé Hill	...	Dr. Owen Hunter
Beau Bridges	...	President Paul Hollister
John Schneider	...	Clark Williams
Kaley Cuoco	...	Amanda Williams
Rebecca Jenkins	...	Governor Carla Williams
David Cubitt	...	Dr. Jordan Fisher
Brian Markinson	...	Daniel, Hollister's Advisor
John Cassini	...	Sean Morris, Hollister's Aide
Kimberly Hawthorne	...	Jill Hunter (as Kim Hawthorne)
Jill Krop	...	Anchor #1
Marrett Green	...	Anchor #2
Dagmar Midcap	...	Anchor #3

Also Known As:

Earthquake 10.5 (UK)

Runtime:

240 min (including commercials) | USA:165 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | USA:Unrated (video rating) | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Sign, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Argosy Productions Limited

Trivia:

The filmmakers never received permission to use the trademarked name "Space Needle." In order to circumvent this, it is spelled "Spaceneedle" when it appears in the film.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Barstow, California is about 110 miles inland from the Pacific. It is not in the San Fernando Valley as depicted.

Quotes:

President Paul Hollister: When the left hand finally realizes what the right hand is doing, it's exploded in all of our faces.

Movie Connections:

References Armageddon (1998/I)

Soundtrack:

Tired of Being Played

Deliciously, Laughably Bad

It was obvious in the opening credit sequence that "10.5" was going to be one doozy of a stinker. The cyclist outracing the collapsing Space Needle - how contrived, how ridiculous, how utterly physically impossible to ride a bicycle during an earthquake so tremendous.

This movie is so bad, it "MST's" itself!

There are so many gaps in logic, fact and production, it's impossible to keep up with them. Cheesy "effects" (that train was soooo obviously a model!), preposterous plot, lousy continuity and terrible timing (yeah, right - Science Chick and Doubting Guy DRIVE from LA to Redding and back in the same afternoon and, oh yeah, neither one of them gets dirty...). However, my absolute favorite gaffe in the movie comes in the first minutes of Part 2, in which a newscaster is detailing the arrival of troops in San Franciso. Across the bottom of the "news crawler" is the phrase "Marshal Law". What, did Marshal Faulk and Ty Law have a baby? When the military takes over local control, kids, it's called MARTIAL Law!! The fact that the editorial and production teams did not catch this simple error is, to me, indicative of their overall approach to this, ah, er, um, film. It seems painfully obvious that the entire company - actors, writers, gaffers, prop masters, everyone - have no respect for the movie they're making.

It is a great mystery how a bit of dreck such as this can get made, especially by network television, which is notoriously conservative. Rank this turd up there with "Atomic Train" and "Tidal Wave" - the only thing missing from "10.5" is an impassioned performance from Corbin Bernson.

A rank pile o' poo, but so much fun to watch! 1/2* out of *****