Category 7: The End of the World (2005)

A deadly category 7 storm wreaks havoc on the world. Meanwhile, kidnappers threaten to make matters even worse.

Director:

Dick Lowry

Writers:

Christian Ford, Roger Soffer,

Stars:

Randy Quaid, Gina Gershon, Cameron Daddo

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Randy Quaid	...	Tornado Tommy Dixon
Gina Gershon	...	FEMA Director Judith Carr
Cameron Daddo	...	Ross Duffy
Shannen Doherty	...	Faith Clavell
Robert Wagner	...	Sen. Ryan Carr
Adam Rodriguez	...	USAF Pilot Ritter
Sebastian Spence	...	FPS Agent Gavin Carr
Nicholas Lea	...	Monty
John Kapelos	...	Secretary of Homeland Security Jim Roberts
Lindy Booth	...	Brigid
James Brolin	...	Donny Hall
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Penny Hall
Tom Skerritt	...	Colonel Mike Davis
Kenneth Welsh	...	Chief of Staff Alan Horst
Suki Kaiser	...	Gayle Duffy

Storyline

It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend the earth with an unprecedented power. Beautiful scientist Faith Clavell, storm chaser Tommy Tornado, and Judith Carr, the head of FEMA, can stop the inevitable from happening-if they have the courage to venture into the roiling blackness of the storm itself.

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Plot Keywords:

storm | tornado | hurricane | scientist | global warming | 

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Taglines:

The Ultimate Superstorm is Back - And This Time It's Deadlier...

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA Germany Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Apokalypsi

Filming Locations:

Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Luisa Filmproduktions GmbH and Co. KG, Von Zerneck Sertner Films, Winnipeg Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

169 min 169 min (2 parts)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Ross Duffy consistently mispronounces "mesosphere" as "mesophere".

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Quotes

[as the data sled is lost to the tornadoes]
Colonel Mike Davis: This is Cyclone One. We've lost the Data Sled.
Ross: No!
Billy Chamber: 15 kilobytes of data, and flat-line!
Colonel Mike Davis: But, Doctor, from what I saw, if this hits D.C., we're gonna need to find a new capital.

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Connections

Follows Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)

User Reviews

"We're not talking Category 6.... we're talking Category 7!"

Dialog such as this turns what CBS was hoping to be a grand spectacle of disaster into a comedy of disastrous proportions. This is filled with numerous technical errors that speaking as a weather hobbiest, can give non-informed people the wrong impression of the true power of nature. Take for example a TV weatherman reporting a "Category 5 Hurricane with gusts up to 150MPH". 150 MPH windspeed is considered to be Category 4 strength on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale and gusts of 150 MPH would indicate sustained winds of around 135 MPH. Category 5 winds start at 156 MPH (sustained) and go up from there. Hurricane Wilma, for example, had sustained winds of 175 MPH with gusts over 200. FYI, there is NO Category 6 or F6 classifications for storms for good reason. 5 is considered top of the scale, period. But CBS (or any of Big Media) won't let the facts get in the way of some good sensationalism. The rest of the story consists of standard disaster film clichés. I'll likely watch the conclusion, as this is like watching a train wreck... you just can't turn away. Rated 5 out of 10 for the unintentional laughs and for Randy Quaid (Cousin Eddie the "twister chaser") :-)