Metal Tornado (TV 2011)

An American company inadvertently unleashes a magnetic vortex on an unprepared world.

Director:

Gordon Yang

Writers:

Jason Bourque (screenplay), Andrew C. Erin (screenplay),

Stars:

Lou Diamond Phillips, Nicole de Boer, Greg Evigan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Michael Edwards
Nicole de Boer	...	Rebecca (as Nicole Deboer)
Greg Evigan	...	Jonathan Kane
Stephen MacDonald	...	Nick Edwards (as Stephen Macdonald)
John Maclaren	...	Ron
Cinthia Burke	...	Lisa
Sophie Gendron	...	Allysa Winters
Frank Schorpion	...	Greg
Alexis Maitland	...	Megan
Rob Stewart	...	Dennis Porter
Jon McLaren	...	Shane
Sean Tucker	...	Sheriff Joe Riley
Kate Drummond	...	Wendy
Teri Loretto	...	Marjorie
Robert Reynolds	...	Stan Brooks

Storyline

Helios World Inc. aims to solve the world's energy crisis by gathering and transmitting energy from solar flares. Despite warnings of a design flaw from the developing scientist, company head Jonathan Kane pushes the project forward and unknowingly unleashes a free-ranging and self-perpetuating magnetic vortex. Only Michael Edwards, a leading scientist on the company team, thinks something might be amiss when a sizable portion of their harvested energy simply disappears. The general area thereafter discovers itself endangered by a roving and unprecedented problem growing rapidly in strength - unique, unpredictable and potentially unstoppable. As if this isn't bad enough, the Paris branch of Helios World is set to run the same flawed program and thereby birth a second voracious monster in Europe.

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Plot Keywords:

solar flare | scientific experiment | space satellite | hospital | school suspension | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for disaster action/peril and mild language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 July 2011 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Face à la tornade

Filming Locations:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Capital Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Greg: Michael, we just solved the world's energy crisis. We're heroes. And my advice to you is you stop worrying and start monitoring solar flares for the French download.

User Reviews

OMG. Peeing my pants.

I'm rolling on the floor still laughing my guts out. Thanks for the HUGE laugh. Bad acting, bad computer generated graphics, bad story plot. I bet any money that director is out of work. LMAO.

Update: I tried to save the above to the point review, but this site said my review wasn't long enough, which only added to my wet spot in my pants from laughing so much from the movie. Just what more can I say about the worst movie I ever saw. Poor Richie must be hard up for cash these days. Anyhow, I'm going to try and save this review again with this new paragraph in hopes it will make it to the review section.

Another Update: Oh My Freekin God. I have to have 10 lines in order for this review to be valid? I'm on muscle relaxants now to calm my pulled gut muscles from laughing so much.