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 (as Tibor Takacs)

Writer:

Peter Mohan

Stars:

Michael Trucco, Kari Matchett, Kirsten Zien

Cast

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

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:

disaster | divorced | helicopter accident | meteor shower | military officer | 

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Taglines:

The fury no one saw coming...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

SyFy

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 January 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Atak meteorytów

Filming Locations:

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Syfy, Unity Pictures Group, MarVista Entertainment

Technical Specs

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

The explanation for the strikes concentrating on the San Francisco Bay area is that there is a mass of element 120 magnetically attracting the meteors. If the magnetic attraction were enough to pull chunks of iron out of space, it would draw them directly to the attracting mass rather than peppering the entire region.

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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

Complete chick flick with nothing for the guys

Even the action flicks are becoming chick flicks. We have a hero with what looks like a 200 inch chest riding a motorcycle through out the film, and that just begins the clichés. Everything in the film is completely cliché. Not one fresh idea.

The plot is something about meteors showering the Earth, and some guy in the military being dense to the hero, who controls what everyone in the world thinks, by the way, and commands the attention of a news crew for no reason. A news crew that follows a hunk instead of the usual slouches that they choose 100% of the time. Yeah, what planet is this on? Director Tukacs not only dwells in every cliché, but also makes this unwatchable for guys. If there is a cute girl, he kills her off as quick as he can, leaving only the pale plain girls that women identify with, making this the ultimate chick flick.

Across the board, the acting is as poor as the directing, which lends one to think they were directed to act this horribly, and the worst takes kept for the final cut.

There is nothing good about this film, nothing exciting, nothing interesting, nothing to care about.