Killer Wave

As soon as I read the synopsis of this movie I knew I had seen it many years ago only it was called Tidal Wave: No Escape" where an oceanographer named John is pulled in by FBI to help a company led by a man he despises to investigate freak tidal waves happening all over the world caused by nuclear warheads and it turns out a man named Stanley was the one doing it... I watch Killer Wave and think, this is just a longer and more drawn out version of the same story, same characters, with worse effects and no originality. If you want to watch the same movie but in half the time, watch "Tidal Wave: No Escape". Be disappointed either way.

There are so many movies of this ilk out there often played daily on the Scyfy channel. Some form of disaster, terrible cgi and a group of actors on the downswing of their careers.

This two part mini-series is essentially just an extended one of the aforementioned movies and stands at 3hrs.

It follows a scientist investigating a shady conspiracy regarding bizarre tsunamis that are behaving unusually and against nature.

The plot is actually not bad even if not entirely original, it plods along at a competent pace and is marginally saved by a very good cast who are simply too good for this kind of project.

For what it is it's not actually bad, but with the exception of the finale don't except any surprises.

The Good:

Strong cast

The Bad:

Speedboat over the tsunami, sorry but really!?

The usual poor cgi

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Tsunamis are bad?! Sorry I really have noting for this one

This is a very slow movie, i can not understand that some people give this movie a 10... ??? I think those people never saw a movie before.

It's a lot of talking and no action. Even Angus Macfadyen is loosing his grip and can not save the movie for going down the hill. I've seen other movies with Angus, like BraveHeart, in that movie he was acting sublime. The most actors where performing worse and they could not amuse me.

Also the special effects, where cheap, can anyone remember Dr. Who ? The special effects in that series were better. In the first part, when they go up to the wave in a boat, nice trying but bad steeling from the movie "A Perfect Storm".

The second part, give me a break... i took it "i fell a sleep".

Don't spent your precious time on it, do something good with it !!!

"Killer Wave" was shown in Two-2hr time slots, so I recorded these so I could watch them together. I find that most TV movies of this length lose any rhythm when watched on multiple nights and, of course, broken by commercials. With that condition, I enjoyed it. I found the story interesting and the production good. It would be a movie that most family members could watch, although younger viewers are often wanting the special effects and impact of 'big-budget' movies.

Parts of the movies are predictable, but I found those occasions something to smile at since I recognized the idea before they happened. I was disappointed that the few fight scenes came off poorly -- this plot doesn't need a lot of them, and the didn't overdue them -- just not the quality we expect these days.

Overall, good for a TV movie. Worth watching, but I probably would not watch it a second time.

If you can put aside the dodgy CGI and some poor acting from the B rated actors who are all gunning for an Oscar, then this film isn't bad.

Great story with a well-believable conspiracy theory that you could belief in real life and that is it's strength.

Two parts to the mini-series which is worth a watch.