"Impact" (2008) TV mini-series

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Writer (WGA):

Michael Vickerman (written by)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Get ready to experience the dark side of the moon!

Plot:

While the entire world watches the largest meteor shower in 10,000 years, a rogue asteroid, hidden by the meteor field...

Plot Keywords:

Moon | Asteroid | Astronaut | Meteor Shower | Space

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

David James Elliott	...	Alex Kittner (3 episodes, 2009)
Natasha Henstridge	...	Dr. Maddie Rhodes (3 episodes, 2009)
Benjamin Sadler	...	Roland Emerson (2 episodes, 2009)
Florentine Lahme	...	Martina Altmann (2 episodes, 2009)
James Cromwell	...	Lloyd (2 episodes, 2009)
Steven Culp	...	President Edward Taylor (2 episodes, 2009)
Owen Best	...	Jake Kittner (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Natasha Calis	...	Sadie Kittner (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Yee Jee Tso	...	Jered O'Banno (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Colin Cunningham	...	David Rhodes (2 episodes, 2009)
Michael Kopsa	...	General Vaughn (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Samantha Ferris	...	Renee Ferguson (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ron Lea	...	Tom Ranfield (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Benjamin Ayres	...	Bob Pierce (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Gerard Plunkett	...	Terrence Young (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Ty Olsson	...	Derek (2 episodes, 2008-2009)
Dean Redman	...	War Room Tech #1 (2 episodes, 2009)
Peter Albert Weir	...	Young German (2 episodes, 2009)

Also Known As:

Last Impact - Der Einschlag (Germany)

Runtime:

Canada:180 min (2 episodes)

Country:

Germany | USA | Canada

Language:

English | German | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Goofs:

Plot holes: There are several scenes, particularly at the start of the movie that ignore the fact that the world has multiple time zones. It's not night everywhere.

As much as I hate to say it, this was fun (sort of) to watch.

Yeah, I kind of got a kick out of it, but not for the reasons the film-makers intended. This is one of the few disaster movies that makes "Armaggeddon" look like it was written by geniuses and "The Core" like it was made as an instructional film for use in college geology courses. The wide liberties taken with actual fact (and common sense) make for a rollicking time, but it scares me that we're failing in educating the youth of today.

I mean, this is only 3 hours long, but in that time you learn that the screenwriters (1) think that the moon has a magnetic field emanating from a core, (2) believe that the "laws of gravity" are that "little objects are attracted to big objects," (3) don't know that cruise missiles are air-breathers and won't operate or even steer in the absence of an atmosphere, (4) don't understand the difference between electromagnetics and gravity, (5) think that it takes longer to walk back to town from a car breakdown than to program, launch, and deliver 87 rockets with nuclear device payloads all the way to the moon, (6) have some bizarre ideas about what a brown dwarf star is, and so forth.

But it IS entertaining. Just make sure to have a chat with your kids afterwards to make sure that (a) your son didn't spend the entire movie following Natsha Henstridge's boobs, and (b) that your daughter understands that the science end of it was all BS so she won't be afraid to get her graduate degree in physics. After all, any exposure to the "scientists" in this film is an almost guaranteed turn-off for budding researchers.