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Rick Drew (writer)
Release Date:
2006 (USA) more
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The earth is burning!
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Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid... more | full synopsis
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Law And Order Melts Down more (8 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Casper Van Dien | ... | Tom |
 | Vincent Gale | ... | Nathan |
 | Stefanie von Pfetten | ... | Carly |
| Venus Terzo | ... | Bonnie |
 | Amanda Crew | ... | Kimberly |
 | Ryan McDonell | ... | C.J. |
| Greg Anderson | ... | Mick |
| Bill Dow | ... | Olsen |
| Patricia Drake | ... | ER Nurse |
 | Philip Granger | ... | Frank |
 | David Quinlan | ... | Gary |
| Dee Jay Jackson | ... | Fire Chief |
 | Donovan Cerminara | ... | Goon Leader |
 | Bruno Verdoni | ... | Garner |
 | Derek Hamilton | ... | Rat Leader |
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Meltdown: Days of Destruction (USA) (DVD box title)
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Rated R for some violence.
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90 min
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A story making the rounds says that this film was originally written by John Carpenter in the late '70s, and the script lay in limbo until the early '90s, when it was set to star Dolph Lundgren. Eight days before filming, legal issues between distribution companies supposedly caused it to shut down. However, according to writer/director Rick Drew, he developed the story from scratch and had never heard of the alleged Carpenter script when he wrote it, and in fact received sole credit from the WGA for the script. more
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What was that blue tinged ring created by the asteroid?How much force and acceleration is needed by an asteroid to shift Earth's orbit around the sun?
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Poor Casper Van Dien, his career has slid a long way from Tarzan and Starship Troopers.
In Meltdown he's a policeman who just happens to be dating TV reporter Stefanie Von Pfeten and her brother is a scientist who's trying to deal with a speeding comment headed for Earth. But in the runaway comet business, even a near miss causes some real problems as the Earth's orbit goes out of kilter.
From the survival of the Earth we go to the survival of Van Dien and his immediate family. His daughter's gangbanger boyfriend, Ryan McDonell actually proves to be of some use especially when he suspects a guy he knows as a crooked cop might mean the Van Dien group a lot of harm.
My only question here is, why didn't they have Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and the rest of that crew to deal with the nasty comet?
Pass this one up folks.