Meteor Assault

From the cheesy dialogue to the complete lack of scientific accuracy, this movie is completely ridiculous in its ridiculousness. About the only thing mildly entertaining (and the only reason for 2 stars instead of 1) is the laughter at the mile-a-minute tearing apart of the inaccuracies one can do while watching. I'm a firm believer in willful suspension of disbelief to enjoy a work of fiction, but this movie challenges even that.

The standard disaster movie formula. A whistleblower on his project is ostracized. Naturally, he is the only person that can detect and deflect danger. His family does not understand him. Other than his loyal brother, he is being shunned by friends and is at odds with the government for letting out their dirty little secret.

Now in the final countdown will the snotty controller listen? Of course not.

It is up to a team of outsiders and the whistleblower to act on their own and doge the FBI pursuit.

Bad acting, bad chemistry, bad characters, impossible domestic situations, and worst of all an unbelievable final solution. Wait a minute I have it; let's use pepper spray on the asteroid.

Go ahead and kibitz. Do not look outside as this may be real. It may be the last review I ever write. Thank you for reading this with just minutes left.

Run of the mill disaster movie with a few of the hallmark stock players. Of course the blonde, Emilie Ullerup, is easy to look at and I'd marry her for a weekend any day of the week. Great figure. Oh those hallmark girls and lori laughlin is innocent. I could only hope a meteor would fall on DC AND TAKE CARE OF THIS COUNTRYS PROBLEMS LIKE IN THIS MOVIE. Of course the portrayal of the fbi sadsacks have proven true since 2015. The fed gov would give these goons orders to walk into the showers with promises of coffee and pastries waiting for them on the other side. Looks like this was filmed in early spring up in BC. I think that's late june.

Funny that this kind of movie still exists. What do you do when you have a microscopical budget in comparison to big budget Hollywood flicks. You can try to stand out with an original story or approach, some experimental cinematography, a strong performance by a yet unknown actor,... Or you can try to copy Hollywood and make a movie that gives you small samples of a possibly ok CGI finale to a mediocre story portrayed by untalented actors filling the gaps with an overload of uninspired dialogue that results into a huge disappointment. Somehow this crap is still being made and thus being profitable.

This film starts off a sound disaster movie with the said asteroid of the title disappearing. When astrophysicist Steve Thomas (Mark Lutz) wants to use his asteroid tracking site to find the missing rock he finds it's now being used by the military to spy on the populace. After he blows the whistle he loses his job, his reputation, and friends. Then after a deadly meteor storm hits America he comes to realise theirs greater issues at hand. The missing rock has become a dark asteroid, which is undetectable by normal technology, only Thomas' satellite will be able to see it. However, things only get worse as it may be indestructible also.

This, for the most part, is a respectfully written, directed, and acted film. Daniel Winters creates a nice story of distrust and the consequences of one's actions, even when they are the in the right. The actors do a good job of bringing the characters to life and generating a believable universe. While the director, Jason Bourque, keeps the pace fluctuating in all the right scenes to create excitement. The special effects or decent, though nothing ground-breaking, they are used well and to their greatest potential to strengthen the story and film.

Unfortunately, and it's a big unfortunately, the ending lets the story down to the point of breaking the believability and leaving the viewing audience feeling cheated. It feels rushed, crude, and childish, which is a shame as with a better and more reasonable and realistic outcome this film could have been a rare thing - a TV movie which breaks out of the average mould.

So if you like disaster movies this may be worth watching as long as you remember that the ending needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. If bad movies bring a smile to your face when something incredibly awful and silly happens then the finale should bring a smile to your lips as it did mine; if not then stay away from the film.