Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueWhen a chain of volcanic eruptions rips through Europe, the enormous ash cloud blocks out the sun, plunging the continent into a new ice age. An American couple must find their kids and get ... Tout lireWhen a chain of volcanic eruptions rips through Europe, the enormous ash cloud blocks out the sun, plunging the continent into a new ice age. An American couple must find their kids and get them out of Paris before it freezes over.When a chain of volcanic eruptions rips through Europe, the enormous ash cloud blocks out the sun, plunging the continent into a new ice age. An American couple must find their kids and get them out of Paris before it freezes over.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Angelique
- (as Zsófia Trecskó)
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The majority of the plot & dialogue circles around the two adult/late teenage children running around the City of Lights (aka Paris), trying to get to a location where their father, played by Jeff Fahey, a former/retired US Air Force Officer & pilot, can 'rescue' them in time to board a NATO flight executing "Operation Down Under". The script could have been a bit better, but the acting from the two children was downright sad, poorly executed, and on the corny side. Given the number of times the son gets hit, falls over or is knocked down to the ground (at least five by my count) one would NOT expect him to be able to get up, let alone run. Some of the accidents & "encounters" with other minor characters seem forced and trite, but in a sense could BE reasonable given the overarching plot.
As one reviewer said, I've seen far worse films executed from the 1950's, 60's & 70's. Thankfully, this film is just under an hour and a half, and is bearable if you really want to waste the time doing something else while watching this. I don't normally like to pan films, however in the hands of a different screenwriter, director, and slightly better talent, this concept could turn out to be as good as or better than Armageddon or 2012.
I don't watch a lot of low-budget movies, so I found myself fascinated by how cheaply they were able to tell their story. Other movies spend millions showing the effects of an earthquake. In this movie the camera shook and the actors fell down. There were a lot of earthquakes and a lot of falls. To show they effects of the falling ash from the volcanoes, they put the actors in a car, sprinkled what appeared to be clumps of laundry detergent on the window and then sprayed the windshield with a lot of water while the windshield wipers spread the detergent back and forth. As the climate suddenly cooled the actors began rubbing their arms with their hands and remarking how cold it was. And they filmed a car in a location with a minor snow storm.
Now I watched this movie on Netflix. It cost me practically nothing, probably not much more than the movie cost to produce. And it was worth every penny I spent and more.,
The acting was utterly terrible. I liked the theme of the movie but the plot was extremely disappointing. The only good thing was that it was suspenseful - whether or not the parents and kids will make it to the Eiffel Tower.
It would've been slightly more okay with a better group of actors, a director who knows what camera angles are good, and a better script. It had potential but fell flat on its face.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesIn most of the scenes the extras used in the background are local Hungarian students.
- GaffesRyan has a giant hail stone blast him off his feet and when his sister helps him up there is no trace of any giant hail stones. Also unbelievable that she kicks one out of the air so it doesn't smash Ryan in the face.
- Citations
Dr. Goldschein: Are these figures just preliminary?
Lacey: Yes, the eruption began only 15 minutes ago.
Dr. Goldschein: And yet, it's exactly as we predicted. 12 Kilometer high plumes, 2000 tons of ash per second, the multiple earthquakes. This is going to carry on for a few days. We'd better start revising the model. We'll need data from the other sites as well. Call the monitoring stations. I want facts before I call the authorities.
Lacey: You really think this is it?
Dr. Goldschein: If the data holds to the model, I think it is.
- ConnexionsSpin-off Apocalypse Pompei (2014)
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Détails
- Durée
- 1h 29min(89 min)
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.78 : 1