Faultline (TV 2004)

In the beautiful underwater reefs off the coast of Florida's pastoral Pajaro Island, a fissure rips open in the ocean floor. When graduate student Greg Chambers encounters the seismic ... See full summary »

Director:

Rex Piano

Writer:

Peter Sullivan

Stars:

Doug Savant, Brandy Ledford, Justin Melvey

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Doug Savant	...	Prof. Anthony McAllister
Brandy Ledford	...	Lynn Larson McAllister
Justin Melvey	...	Frank Martell
John Novak	...	Sheriff Carl Larson
Catherine Munden	...	Allison
Joe Miller	...	Harland Fogarty
Marty Hrejsa	...	Kevin
Christopher Ashe	...	Greg Chambers
Dev Johnson	...	Deputy Will Ryan
Guy J. Graves	...	Fireman Randy
Sazzy Lee Calhoun	...	Reporter Cindy Baker (as Sazzy Lee Varga)
Olivia Adams	...	Donna Curtis
Greg Bellamy	...	Rob, First Victim
Scott Jolgen	...	Lifeguard
Conrad L. Hess	...	Boy with Dog

Storyline

In the beautiful underwater reefs off the coast of Florida's pastoral Pajaro Island, a fissure rips open in the ocean floor. When graduate student Greg Chambers encounters the seismic readings, he rushes to tell his professor, Anthony McAlister. Greg suspects that a massive earthquake is about to give the small island a rude awakening. To make matters worse, the epicenter is right under Pajaro Island's new resort, where Anthony's estranged wife Lynn is working. As they drive to warn Lynn, the quake tears through the small town, damaging downtown and leveling several homes. The bridge connecting the island to the mainland is wiped out. Lynn and three others are trapped underground in the resort's utility tunnels. When Greg is killed during a rescue attempt, Lynn is forced to rally the survivors to try and save themselves. With aftershocks tearing through the site, the tunnels growing more and more unstable, and each passing minute bringing them closer to failure, the rescuers and ...

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Plot Keywords:

earthquake

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das Beben

Company Credits

Production Co:

ACH, Christopher Filmcapital, Regent Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Faultline

This film is one of those turkeys that is enjoyable because you can predict things and watch the worthy efforts of some good actors to make the best of it. It looks like very low budget stuff -- one of the funniest bits is the first earth tremor, with actor reactions and camera shake working overtime. We see the hero and a friend perched on the edge of a cliff in their SUV, but only in close shot, because it cost too much to build a post-earthquake set. There is also a wearisome personal subplot that makes Invasion seem fast-moving. I am not rating it because these turkeys with redeeming features are so hard to rate if like me you sympathise with the production problems on low budget.