Credited cast: | |||
David Cubitt | ... | John Miller | |
Laura Harris | ... | Beth Miller | |
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Dylan Matzke | ... | Rudy Miller |
Magda Apanowicz | ... | Jennifer Miller | |
Jeffrey Ballard | ... | Derrick Reed (as Jeff C. Ballard) | |
Lorne Cardinal | ... | Larry | |
Michael Hogan | ... | Fred Baker | |
Donavon Stinson | ... | Tully | |
Amitai Marmorstein | ... | Greg | |
Teach Grant | ... | Sheriff Jacob | |
Leanne Lapp | ... | Mary | |
Haig Sutherland | ... | Norm | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Carolyn Adair | ... | Nurse | |
Michele Cummins | ... | Towns Person | |
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Hal Myshrall | ... | Town person |
An Alaskan town is in danger of destruction by a mystical snow globe that appears on a family's doorstep, wrapped like a Christmas gift, and causes deadly "natural" disasters in the real world, while simultaneously occurring in the globe.
As I have said many times already I have made no secret of disliking a lot of SyFy's films, but I do keep watching to see if they do come up with something that is watchable at least. They have done a few movies that are surprisingly tolerable though even they are far from perfect, but most are bad but you are amused by the awfulness or are like witnessing a train-wreck.
I was very mixed on Snowmageddon actually, of the above categories it sits between the tolerable and so bad it's good ones. I do give it plaudits for the better than average acting, granted it is not brilliant but it is award-worthy compared to the likes of Quantum Apocalypse and Titanic II, decent photography and a storyline that is mostly interesting and original in concept.
That is not to say that the story is perfect though. It is interesting and generally well paced, but it does take a while to get going and the ending is abrupt. There are also scenes and ideas that suspend disbelief and don't make much sense, but for the first time in a while I actually got some novelty value out of them. These are including the ideas that electricity is still flowing in a town that is cut off from the rest of the world, flying even with ice bombs are going off and nobody in the town carrying a knife.
Snowmageddon also has some amateurish effects-though I've seen worse-, cheesy dialogue and characters that aren't developed enough to make us care for them. I loved the title, but it didn't fit with the concept and story, it was like there had been a last minute title change or that they had thought of a new idea and forgot to think of a title that fitted.
Overall, not as bad as other SyFy efforts, but there is nothing really that stood out to make it memorable or good. 4/10 Bethany Cox