Lightning: Bolts of Destruction

this movie is too melodramatic at times and gets bogged down in dialogue and subplots that don't really advance the story,in my opinion.the acting is not bad,especially from Noel Fisher who plays Jeremy Landis,the teenage son of the lead female character Dr.Valery Landis(Joanna Pacula)a weather specialist.there is at least 1 positive thing about the movie,and that is the scenes involving the lightning storms.the effects are fairly well done, int his regard.i certainly didn't hate this movie,but i do wish it had focused more on the storm aspect than the family issues.it kind of felt like 1 of those 'Lifetime' channel movies.if you don't mind that kind of movie,then you will probably like this 1.if not,you might want to avoid it.i'd have to say this movie is average,so 5/10 seems fair.

This Canadian sequel to the 2001 American Lightning: Fire from the Sky is an underwhelming affair from start to finish and feels so very unnecessary.

What I mean by that is, a sequel......to THAT?! Really!? I mean the first was better but still just your generic Scyfy channel-esque movie. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a connection between them but this is an entirely new tale.

Starring underrated Joanna Pacula and overrated Nick Mancuso this hops over cinematic release, fails to be a straight to DVD and gets relegated to regular repeats on the free channels.

It tells ultimately the same story, a "Super" storm is coming and an expert in the field of erm....lightning has to save the day. Trouble is nobody believes her! What shall she do?

Well she leads a very boring film that manages to pale in comparison to the already mediocre first movie. Full of overwhelming volumes of pseudo science, a generic script and instantly forgettable sequences this is a bit of a mess.

A weak addition to the library of even the most hardcore disaster movie fan.

The Good:

Joanna Pacula

The Bad:

The "Nobody believes them until it's too late" trope is really tired

Too much pseudo science

Whole thing just comes across very phoned in

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Jiffy gas should be a real thing

The movie industry doesn't like Big Ben

How actors can go with errors and lies in script is beyond me, hundreds of thousands & millions of years what rubbish, the earth time and time again even by some of the top scientists on the planet, has disproved this and proved the earth as God says is only about 6000 years old not millions, it is called the theory of evolution not the fact of evolution. Evolution is controlled by a cult who force it into schools, they are called (Smithsonian) these people hate god and want you to believe your not created by an almighty being but a bacteria, an animal who has no use or importance what so ever, if we are millions of years old how come 100 years ago we had nothing, it just in past 100 years or so we progressed with inventions etc, there are flood legends in over 250 cultures globally telling of the flood of Noah (NOT RUSSEL CROWS NOAH, HE WAS PURE EVIL AND THE FILM WAS A COMPLETE LIE) NOAH WAS A JUST MAN A KIND AND GODLY MAN, NOT THE MAN Hollywood MADE HIM and absolute proof it happened, evolution is taught and brainwash people with lies and false evidence, science definition 1 test, 2 observe 3 conclude, not 1 make up, 2 do not test and do not observe 3 believe in fairy tails, look at drdino.com or go to noahthemovie.com and wayofthemaster.com watch the videos and evidence about earth, the flood universe etc, if we are millions of years old why the earth still magnetised, magnets do not last millions of years, teaching evolution is what made Hitler the man he was, he was brainwashed by Darwin, who did not invent evolution Darwin was brain washed by the guy who made up evolution, big thumbs down on this film

Lightning: Bolts of Destruction is a film made for television in special effects wise. The story line is one that you see in most weather movies. It's the dark side of nature at its brightest. The movies links the past with the future and the present on different planets. It's a must see for any weather fan.

Interesting concept, tho a lot of time was wasted on the usual academic in-fighting and the sub-plot of Pacula raising her sister's son was not really necessary to the plot and, in my opinion, distractd from it.