DC Down

Rating Breakdown: Story - 0.25 :: Direction 0.50 :: Pacing - 0.25 :: Performances - 0.50 :: Entertaining - 0.50 :::: TOTAL - 2/10.

I've always had a soft spot for The Asylum's gleefully low-budget disasters, but DC Down (2023) manages to leap over their usual fence of mediocrity and nosedive into the pit of cinematic catastrophe. Geoff Meed, who serves as both writer and director, delivers a lifeless, tension-free story that squanders its promising premise-Washington, D. C., rocked by earthquakes and chaos-with dull characters and glacial pacing.

Eric Roberts and Sean Young headline the cast, but their performances feel as disengaged as the film itself. Roberts looks like he's daydreaming about his paycheck, while Young seems caught in a battle between boredom and disdain. The rest of the cast fares even worse, delivering performances that redefine "phoning it in."

The action sequences, ostensibly the highlight of a disaster thriller, are as thrilling as watching grass grow. Meed's direction, complete with overused shaky cam, turns every moment of supposed peril into a headache-inducing snooze fest. The film utterly lacks suspense, excitement, or even the campy charm The Asylum usually brings to its projects.

If you're a fan of the "so bad it's good" genre, lower your expectations-DC Down isn't just bad; it's exhausting. Save yourself the time and let this disaster of a disaster movie fade into obscurity.

OK I've seen better, but its definitely not the worst movie I've ever watched, I feel some of the reviewers were a to quick to condemn this movie from their ivory towers, the movie was free to watch, the app was free to download, compared to a lot of the free apps the ad breaks weren't overly long. It's a budget company and it cost you not a penny.

Great, easy going, not so much dialogue, plenty of action, the story line was easy to follow, with some I interesting twists as it played out. Some nice eye candy, not many well known faces in the cast, but there is chance that some of the cast will be seen and will become more recognised by other tv shows and movie makers Will definitely be putting this in my saved folder.

Well, I can't claim that I was harboring much of any grand expectations to the 2023 movie "DC Down", given the fact that it was a disaster movie with Eric Roberts on the cast list, and it was a Tubi movie. But hey, I still opted to sit down and watch the movie, and give it a fair chance.

I couldn't finish the movie, because it was simply too boring and mundane. The storyline was so generic that there was absolutely no entertainment value to it, and thus I ended up tossing the towel in the ring 67 minutes into the ordeal, and the movie ran for 82 minutes. I just couldn't stand the boredom anymore at that point.

The acting performances in "DC Down" were as you would expect from a movie of this type, caliber and budget. So yeah, you're not in for an evening of Shakespearian theater here. Aside from Eric Roberts, whom I am by no means a fan of, then I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie.

Visually then I will say that "DC Down" was actually fair enough. It was not among the worst of disaster movie special effects that I have seen, but nor was it among the best either.

All in all, then writer and director Geoff Meed just failed to conjure up a noteworthy disaster movie with "DC Down". And the movie's cover/poster was actually the best thing about the ordeal.

My rating of "DC Down" lands on a two out of ten stars.

From the getgo you know its produce from asylum so when you see crappy cgi and incorrect uniform and settings you know its their trademark. Spoofing other movies and not be acurate. This is one of their bad ones, i know their all bad but some are more watcheable then others. This is not one of themi know their trademark is copying other movies and telling the same story wile changing one word in the original title and remain legal copyright wise but after all these years you think they would atleast improve their cgi or be a little more acurate like putting the right uniform on someone and having the right grade on them.

Mr. Cushing's beard"-a follicular enigma. It sprouts forth like a determined dandelion, only to vanish mysteriously in the next frame. Was it a contractual clause? A follicular feud? We may never know.

Now, Eric Roberts-the villain with a twist. Picture him swaying, a tad tipsy, as if the script whispered secrets in his ear. Perhaps he sprinted from one set to another, fueled by adrenaline and a dash of liquid courage. But hey, who needs sobriety when you're chasing cinematic chaos?

And the CGI-oh, the fickle digital sprite. In one scene, it conjures dragons that'd make Tolkien raise an eyebrow. But wait, in the next, it burps up pixelated squirrels. Consistency? Nah, it's on vacation, sipping piña coladas by the rendering pool.

But here's the kicker: I enjoyed it. Yes, the rollercoaster of absurdity-the asylum movie. It's like that quirky aunt who shows up uninvited, spills tea on the carpet, and leaves you laughing. Because life needs a dash of "what just happened?" and a sprinkle of "why not?"

So, fellow viewer, embrace the beard fluctuations, raise a glass to Roberts' tipsiness, and play CGI bingo. Asylum movies-they're the wacky carnival where logic takes a smoke break. And remember, it's okay to laugh. After all, sanity is overrated.

There you have it-a review that dances between reality and whimsy, just like an asylum movie.