The Black Hole (2006)

An atomic research experiment goes awry in St. Louis, Missouri unleashing not only a big black hole, but also a creature from beyond that feeds on electricity through the streets of this Midwest city.

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writers:

Kenneth M. Badish (story), Boaz Davidson (story),

Stars:

Kristy Swanson, Judd Nelson, David Selby

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kristy Swanson	...	Shannon Muir
Judd Nelson	...	Eric Bryce
David Selby	...	General Ryker
Heather Dawn	...	Sgt. Alicia Bennett
Jennifer Lyn Quackenbush	...	Elizabeth Williams (as Jennifer Quackenbush)
Christa Campbell	...	Advisor Coldwell
Peter Mayer	...	General Tate
Julia Sinks	...	Kayley Bryce
James Anthony	...	Spencer Tolland (as Jim Anthony)
Kevin Beyer	...	Dr. Hauser
Daniel Buran	...	Kent (as Dan Buran)
Tim Snay	...	Hayes
Adrian Rice	...	Lt. Samson
Greg Carr	...	Guardsman
Chris Nolte	...	Lt. Hendricks

Storyline

It's 2 A.M. in St. Louis when a routine scientific experiment goes terribly wrong and an explosion shakes the city. A scientific team investigates, clashing with an intergalactic, voltage-devouring creature that vaporizes them. By 7 A.M. a chain of earthquakes is tearing the city apart while a massive swirling black hole is consuming the remains. The alien is devouring every source of electricity it finds and destroying every human who blocks its way. Mass chaos rules as St. Louis is being evacuated. Only a few people, scientist Eric Bryce, his assistant Shannon, and General Ryker comprehend the mortal danger. By midnight, the Pentagon initiates a nuclear attack against the black hole. Bryce has only one hour to find a solution to obliterate the alien and the colossal black hole before mankind is annihilated.

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Plot Keywords:

black hole | electricity | creature | st. louis missouri | scientist | 

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Taglines:

No force from this world can stop it!

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for sci-fi violence, peril and thematic elements

Details

Official Sites:

Sci Fi Channel

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 June 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Black Hole - Das Monster aus dem schwarzen Loch

Filming Locations:

Bissells Point Water Treatment Plant - Bissell and Blair Streets, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nu Image Films, Active Entertainment, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

About three minutes into the film you can see Windows Media Player playing the animation of starting the experiment.

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Goofs

After the power was turned off to attract the creature to the van, it drives through the downtown area with all the city lights on.

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Connections

Edited from Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Out of Your Life"
Performed by Whitney Jordan
Written by Paul Taylor (BMI) & Jeanette Willard Jordan (BMI)
Published by Revision West (BMI)
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari / MasterSource

User Reviews

sucks

well,this movie was pretty bad.bad acting,bad story,mediocre special effects,and bad dialogue.the two main actors,Kristy Swanson and Judd Nelson seemed to be phoning in their performances just for a pay check.the supporting cast wasn't great either.the story was silly,and very slow.and i'm no physicist,but i'm guessing a lot of the science was inaccurate.in some movies,that doesn't matter to me.for example f the movie is exciting or has sympathetic characters,or a good storyline.this movie has none of those.i just could not get into this movie,and really just waited for it to end.the ending was abrupt and anti climatic,which isn't really surprising since the whole movie was anti climatic.for me,The Black Hole is a 3/10