Deadly Voltage

This is a movie with a bunch of people with no common sense. This movie will leave you thinking, how stupid can you be?

I had no idea that DEADLY VOLTAGE was a brand new movie when I watched it on TV yesterday. You don't expect to see a film showing on TV in January in the year of its release, but maybe that gives you some idea of just how poor this one is. I fully expected it to have been released around 2002 or 2003, given how tired, dated, and cheap-looking it all is.

Basically, the plot is about a typical family who go on a hiking expedition to do some bonding. You know the types: the females are always fighting and bitchy, the husband is a bore, the kids are irritating. They get caught up in a lightning storm, and that's all that happens. The special effects scenes are few and far between, and very poorly done. There's barely any action or incident, just dull emoting by the characters, and overall the whole thing of a mess. I don't mind disaster movies being cheesy a la The Asylum's output, but I can never forgive them for being dull.

Honestly I was expecting this film to be worse than it was, it's not a great film by any means, but I feel as though they try. The acting is decent enough, but the script writing is not great. There's some little nice touches, so the film is watchable if you don't think too hard about things.

The film does just kind of end, and that was disappointing. And I feel it wastes time in other areas when something more interesting could happen in its place.

My wife loves to watch disaster movies, and has no qualms about watching bad ones. As such, this movie qualifies.

The rationale for the events in this movie is entirely incomprehensible. There are two scientists (a woman and her boss) that discuss what could amount to an Extinction Level Event with less concern than you might while pondering where you should go for lunch.

The main character, his family, and another family drawn into this drama make nonsensical decisions one after another. It's definitely not "exciting", but you'll watch with wonder as they do it. The teenage daughter is one of the worst humans depicted on screen.

The effects and props are some of the cheapest I have seen.

The most irritating soundtrack in the history of motion pictures provides an appropriate backdrop to this feeble offering. Weak story, contrived situations, and amateur special effects combine to create a genuine snoozer. The most suspenseful aspect about it is guessing how long it takes the average viewer to reach for the remote.