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R | | Action, Adventure, Drama | 4 October 2002 (USA)
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The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.

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... Ryan Beckett
... Dr. Matthew Sallin
... Julie McGrath
... Special Agent Kellaway
... President Nelson
... Faith Beckett
... General Timothy Moore
... Anderson
... Fingers (as Samuel Lloyd)
... MacVaughn
... Styles
... Norris
... Janet Hill
... Tara Beckett
... Zero
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After a disastrous nuclear accident, scientists discover the earth's tectonic plates are shifting and creating immense pressure that will destroy the earth in a fiery global eruption, and it's up to a few top scientists to find a way to stop it! Written by Yocke

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La Terre est en péril... (Earth is in peril...)

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Rated R for some violence and language | See all certifications »

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The opening sequence in which Beckett saves McGrath from a volcano in South America uses driving shots taken from Dante's Peak (1997). See more »

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After the fire in the tunnel, the girl gets out of the trunk and touches the car many times. She shouldn't be able to do that without getting burned. See more »

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[first lines]
Arctic explorer 1: Hey! Don't die on me yet!
Arctic explorer 2: Give me your hand!
[He grabs hold of the hand]
Arctic explorer 2: How much further?
Arctic explorer 1: Over the ridge!
[They go over the ridge and witness part of Antarctica in flames]
Arctic explorer 2: What the hell is that?
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Arctic explorer 2: Is that what you were expecting?
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There's bad, and then there's BAD.
19 January 2006 | by – See all my reviews

Wow, is this bad.

The problem with this movie--besides a budget of $11--is that the premise contains no real conflict for the hero to overcome--it just wouldn't be that hard for the US military to detonate a bomb in an evacuated Los Angeles. So the makers start pulling obstacles and conflict out of thin air about halfway through--none of which make a lick of sense.

Characters inexplicably turn bad or suddenly start behaving contrary to everyone's interest, including their own; boogie men pop up out of nowhere for no discernible reason; and of course the hero's daughter improbably needs to be rescued from conveniently nearby. She, by the way, survives a car fire by hiding--get this--in the trunk. Yeah, that would work.

About three-quarters of the way in you realize that the reason the bomb has to be detonated in Los Angeles is that the director needed to shoot this movie across the street from his brother's dry cleaning shop so he wouldn't be late for his shift.

I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "A-hah! This guy doesn't recognize a spoof when he sees one! Clearly this movie is tongue-in-cheek!"

Wrong--it isn't. It's just really, really bad.
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