Meteor Storm (2010)

San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits around the earth... For astronomer, Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime ... See full summary »

Director:

Tibor Takács

Writer:

Peter Mohan

Stars:

Michael Trucco, Kari Matchett, Kirsten Prout

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Trucco	...	Tom
Kari Matchett	...	Michelle
Kirsten Prout	...	Kara
Brett Dier	...	Jason
Eric Johnson	...	Kyle
Kevin McNulty	...	Brock (as Kevin Mcnulty)
Lara Gilchrist	...	Lena
Travis Nelson	...	Brad
Emily Holmes	...	Laura
Viv Leacock	...	Jack
Carmen Moore	...	Harper
Val Cole	...	Female Newscaster
Jill Morrison	...	Pregnant Woman
Emy Aneke	...	Sergeant
Anna Mae Wills	...	Lieutenant Ryan (as Anna Mae Routledge)

Storyline

San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits around the earth... For astronomer, Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event, soon turns into her worst nightmare as thousands of meteors break the surface of the atmosphere and bombard the city of San Francisco.

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Plot Keywords:

meteor | san francisco california | outer space | running | science | 

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Taglines:

The fury no one saw coming...

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

SyFy

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 January 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lluvia de fuego

Company Credits

Production Co:

Syfy, Unity Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Attempts have been made to produce element 120, designated Unbinilium, but have not been successful. Expectations are that it could be the start of an "island of stability", i.e. have a nucleus with at least one relatively stable isotope. However, the most stable isotope of any element with an atomic number higher than 100 has a half-life of only 101 days. As the element's number increases, the length of the half-life decreases. Element 118 has a half-life of .89 microseconds; unless the theoretical island of stability exists and element 120 is in it, it could not exist long enough to be observed, much less sit at the bottom of San Francisco Bay for thousands or millions of years (current projections suggest a half-life of from 1 to 20 microseconds). Expectations of its chemical properties suggest that it would be highly reactive, oxidizing violently in air and explosively under water.

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Goofs

Contrary to what may be assumed, fallen meteorites are not hot; the heat caused by atmospheric friction abrades the outer layers, stripping away the heated portions, leaving the remaining portion as cold as they were while still in space. A free-falling meteorite spends less than thirty seconds in the atmosphere, which is not enough to heat it through. Touching a freshly-fallen meteor is more likely to cause frostbite than a burn.

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Quotes

Jack: That might explain the Bay Area's historically bad cell phone service.

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Connections

References Dirty Harry (1971)

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Soundtracks

"Drive"
Co-written by Rich Walters and Kevin Rintoul
Main vocals performed by Kevin Rintoul
Background vocals by Rich Walters

User Reviews

The Earth is in danger (yet again)...

Yes, it is yet another disaster movie about an asteroid threatening our very existence of Earth. Like we haven't seen that story being told in movies like dozens of times before.

So what sets "Meteor Storm" apart from the other movies of similar character on the market? Well, nothing actually. I has all been seen before. From the storyline, to the characters and to the bizarre way how disaster and meteoroids seem to be tailing and chasing the protagonists of the movie wherever they go.

One thing that is over-the-top-stereotypical in a movie like this, is how one of the lead "heroes" always manages to get to a scene and rescue someone (be it from a burning helicopter, burning car, or crumbling skyscraper) just in nick of time before it explodes or collapses. That was just antagonizing to watch, because it is such ludicrous crap.

Anyway, moving on to the story. The basic layout of the story is as it is in most other Asteroid disaster movies. A massive asteroid is speeding towards Earth, it manages to wreak some havoc, and then... well, the ending is (without giving it away) a typical Hollywood ending that includes a nuclear missile. Yeah, indeed!

The acting in "Meteor Storm" wasn't actually too bad, but it wasn't any award-winning performances either. Fairly average stuff to be seen here.

In overall, then "Meteor Storm" is good enough entertainment for an evening if you got nothing better to do, and if you are a sucker for natural disaster movies.