I like AJ (CSI: NY) Buckley, and I like Jewel (Firefly/Serenity) Staite. But I must be honest, SyFy movies generally don't impress me much, and this is another one to add to the list.
This story about an artefact which is necessary in order to save the world from apocalyptic disaster, the efforts of our two protagonists to put the rescue into effect, and the efforts of certain nutjob factions to prevent them, is utterly routine. The special effects, when they come, are clearly low budget, but not bad for all that.
The problem is how can you take seriously a movie where the disasters leading up to the destruction of the world - where we should be awestruck at the destruction, showing us what is at stake - takes place at the other end of a telephone call, or on a TV where we see the back of the set?
This story about an artefact which is necessary in order to save the world from apocalyptic disaster, the efforts of our two protagonists to put the rescue into effect, and the efforts of certain nutjob factions to prevent them, is utterly routine. The special effects, when they come, are clearly low budget, but not bad for all that.
The problem is how can you take seriously a movie where the disasters leading up to the destruction of the world - where we should be awestruck at the destruction, showing us what is at stake - takes place at the other end of a telephone call, or on a TV where we see the back of the set?