Ba'al (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Paul Ziller

Writers:

Andrew Black (writer)
Paul Ziller (co-writer)

Release Date:

13 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

A terminally ill archaeologist attempts to cure his cancer by retrieving the ancient amulets of the storm god Ba'al. |

Cast

Derek Anderson	...	Guard at Dig
Scott J. Ateah	...	Guard #3
Peter Benson	...	Dig Foreman
Johnny Cantiveros	...	Kaleel
Cedric De Souza	...	Sergeant
Lexa Doig	...	Dr. Marta Pena
Duane Howard	...	Inuit Guide
Scott Hylands	...	Dr. Owen Stanford
Michael Kopsa	...	Commander Kittrick
David Lewis	...	Risko
Zen Shane Lim	...	Tech
Jeremy London	...	Dr. Lee Helm
Malik McCall	...	Guard #2
Mark McConchie	...	Guard #1
Troy Skog	...	Miller
Elias Toufexis	...	Scott McCulloch
Nigel Vonas	...	Shariff
Stefanie von Pfetten	...	Carol

Also Known As:

Ba'al: The Storm God (USA) (long title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence.

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:MA | Australia:MA (2009) | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Baal Productions

Trivia:

The storm god featured in, and also the title of, the movie Ba'al shares the name of a character who played a recurring villainous alien from the series "Stargate SG-1" (1997), which Lexa Doig, who plays Dr. Marta Pena, was a recurring cast member of in the last two seasons of the series' run.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Almost at the one hour mark, a sign is shown that reads, "You are now enterng the Utah test site", the word 'enterng' being misspelled.

inane bit of cinema

Someone forgot to write a script for this movie. It really doesn't appear to have a script. It looks more like a bunch of people getting together and just filming scenes as they go along, much like the old TV fantasy series like Xena. Lots of conflict and some action, but no clear content. Suffice to say, there is a quest for ancient artifacts, and the ancient idol, Ba'al is involved. We even see Ba'al as malformed clouds during the movie. Not a bad visual. But to call it confusing is to be generous. This movie has nothing really going for it, other than a few characters who are reasonably likable. We also have a very trite villain, however. Not sure what the audience for this would be. Perhaps 12 year olds, but even they would want some sort of story. There just isn't a story here.