Arctic Blast (2010)

When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and begin a new Ice Age.

Director:

Brian Trenchard-Smith

Writer:

Jason Bourque

Stars:

Michael Shanks, Alexandra Davies, Saskia Hampele

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Shanks	...	Jack Tate
Alexandra Davies	...	Emma Tate
Saskia Hampele	...	Zoe
Indiana Evans	...	Naomi Tate
Robert Mammone	...	Charlie Barker
Bruce Davison	...	Winslaw
Judith Baribeau	...	Tammy
Nick Falk	...	Brent Durant (as Nicholas Falk)
Alan Andrews	...	Harold Stuart
Helen Edwards	...	Margaret Stuart
Abbey Rose Leed	...	Young Woman - Sarah (as Abbey-Rose Leed)
Jakalyn Gatward	...	Franny
Bodane Hatton	...	Jarrod
Jane Longhurst	...	Lawyer - Susan
Nathan Spencer	...	Technician #1

Storyline

When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and begin a new Ice Age.

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Plot Keywords:

solar eclipse

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Taglines:

-70 Degrees and Dropping!

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Australia Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 May 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Arctic Blast - Amikor megfagy a világ

Filming Locations:

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

AUD 5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

F G Film Productions, Premiere Bobine, Screen Tasmania

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The aircraft carrier referred to as the U.S.S. Adams is in real life the U.S.S. John C. Stennis (CVN-74).

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Goofs

The premise of the movie is incorrect. The ozone layer blocks harmful ultraviolet light, which is a very important function to most life on this planet, but is not a barrier preventing the cold of the mesosphere from reaching the ground. Ozone is an oxygen molecule with three oxygen atoms rather than two, and the photochemical reaction of oxygen to ozone and back is what absorbs the UV wavelength energy. The ozone layer is between 12 and 19 miles above the earth, but if it were compressed to the atmospheric pressure at sea level, it would only be about 3 millimeters thick. The danger in a "rift" or hole in the ozone layer is rapid sunburn and possible genetic damage. During some years there is a hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica; during other years it isn't there, and during yet other years it spans the entire Antarctic.

User Reviews

This is the quintessential bottom feeding, below low end, cheesiest, unintended comedy disaster film of all time

"Easily one of the worst movies of all time. I'm understating it."

No disagreement here!!!

This is the quintessential "Plan 9 From Outer Space" (for everyone familiar with this alltime classic low budget scifi film) of disaster genre' films.

Every hackneyed cliché' that could possibly be imagined was tossed into this thing . . . sort of like a mental indigestion.

I can only imagine what was going on at the set while they were actually shooting film for this thing.

The actors and film crew must have been barely able to keep from constantly laughing as they attempted to say their lines and plod their way through these evermore, beyond ridiculous scenes.

Either that, or everyone must have been smoking "something" during this entire escapade.

Come to think of it, the behind the scenes, "the making of . . . " footage of this unintended comedy extraordinaire actually might have been truly entertaining to watch, certainly more interesting than the actual film itself.

Trust me on this one . . . do not spend any money, as in none, zero, nada to see this clunker, unless, of course, one has a particular fetish for exceedingly bad films.

OK, I kept this as polite and civil as possible.