Atomica (2017)

In the near future, when communications go offline at a remote nuclear power plant isolated in the desert, a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon, is forced to fly out to bring them back online. Once inside the facility, mysterious clues and strange behaviors cause Abby to have doubts about the sanity, and perhaps identities, of the two employees onsite.

Director:

Dagen Merrill

Writers:

Kevin Burke, Federico Fernandez-Armesto (screenplay)

Stars:

Tom Sizemore, Sarah Habel, Dominic Monaghan

Cast

Cast overview:
Tom Sizemore	...	Zek
Sarah Habel	...	Abby
Dominic Monaghan	...	Robinson
Phil Austin	...	Rhine
Tony Doupe	...	Father
Hahn Cho	...	David
Jennifer Spriggs	...	Margot
Sarah-Eve Gazitt	...	Young Abby

Storyline

In the near future, when communications go offline at a remote nuclear power plant isolated in the desert, a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon, is forced to fly out to bring them back online. Once inside the facility, mysterious clues and strange behaviors cause Abby to have doubts about the sanity, and perhaps identities, of the two employees onsite.

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Plot Keywords:

nuclear power | radiation | insanity | scientist | strong female lead | 

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Taglines:

Earth needs a hero.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 March 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Half Life

Filming Locations:

Moses Lake, Washington, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lifeboat Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many scenes in the movie were filmed in a cold war, 1960s era Titan I underground missile silo in eastern Washington state. In some scenes where the lead character is creating video log entries, a diagram of a Titan I installation appears in the upper right (3 missile silos, 2 satellite silos, and the equipment and operation domes, all connected by tunnels).

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Goofs

When Abby and Robinson are walking down the corridor towards Dr. Zek's lab, the shadows of the camera and crew can be seen on the actors.

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Crazy Credits

Shortly after the credits roll, there is a 30 second scene showing what happened to the recording device Abby was holding at the end.

User Reviews

I like a good post apocalyptic story.

This is full on sci-if, but I like a good post apocalyptic story. It's a bit straight to DVD though, the acting is too forced, very wooden, generally a bit OTT and annoying. The CGI is heavy handed in places too. All that aside, fair play to the production for having a go and getting this out there, the story isn't too bad. I suspect the budget wasn't huge and aside the bloke from Lost (that was also a Hobbit or something), there's not any notable names. It's a bit crap if I'm honest, but I kinda liked it, a little bit.