Météorites

IMHO the acting was flat, the characters stereotypical, the dialogue cliche and the premise was contrived.

I didn't understand why a comet that was leaving a trail of meteorites across America suddenly started using one small town for target practice.

Some SciFi movies are bad enough to be good comedies, this isn't one of them.

This film has just been shown on TV on a Bank Holiday morning in the UK, and I think for that sort of occasion, it was just about right! Rather bland, nothing to frighten the children - an undemanding way to pass 90 minutes or so. I actually enjoyed it, though of course I was aware of the complete absurdity of the premise that the stream of meteorites constantly targeted this one small town in the back of beyond! I retain quite a fondness for Tom Wopat from watching Dukes of Hazzard all those years ago (I still like John Schneider too!). I loved Pato Hoffman as the native-American sheriff - what a gorgeous man, and his rapid healing must make him a very useful guy to have around - crushed leg one minute, barely limping the next! The teenagers were all much too pretty but no worse than your average disaster movie teens. All the 'scientific' bits were extremely low-tech, but then we've all been spoilt by the high-budget disaster films of recent years. Fairly dire script, but they did their best with it. Reasonably explosive SFX. Some very silly bits - loved the tabloid journalist getting his comeuppance!! All-in-all, quite watchable and really not as bad as some of these comments make it out to be! It didn't make any claims to be more than it was, and not every film made can win prizes, you know.

Nothing outstanding or out of the ordinary about this TV movie. A small Arizona town is celebrating its annual UFO Festival, when Mother Nature provides a fiery display. Comets collide in space shooting meteorites toward earth. My favorite line in the whole movie is, "I treated that truck better than my ex-wife". The effects are pretty low tech. And the acting is predictable and flat. Cast members include:Tom Wopat, Roxanne Hart, Abby Meares and Mark Murphy.

In the small town of Leroy Arizona nothing much ever happens. That is except for the big, annual UFO festival. Alas, this year will be different. This year, a storm of meteors is heading toward the Earth, and on a collision course with Leroy.

METEORITES! Is a made-for-TV disaster movie that's every bit as preposterous as the title implies. Tom Wopat and Roxanne Hart star as Tom and Cath Johnson, the only people in town with functioning brains. The rest include: The insufferable Mayor, the cynical reporter, the wimpy Sheriff, two snotty crooks, and a host of imbecilic extras wandering around in various UFO-themed costumes.

When the titular space rocks finally hit en masse, it's a blessing for the viewer!

BEST SCENE: When the pinheaded reporter is struck by a meteorite, leaving only smoldering boots behind!

A rib-tickling, ridiculous riot...

I guarantee you, just one hour of Meteorites! (they had to put an exclaimation mark in the title, didn't they) and you will fall asleep from boredom. I strongly believe that this mediocre meteor movie was filmed right here in Australia, as I can spot little Aussie things, like the packaging of chip cups and the fact that it is produced by Village Roadshow. Also, it stars Amiel Daemion, who is well known here for singing the hit song, "Addicted To Bass". In this film, she is flat and her acting range is limited. As for the plot, can you say "rip-off"? The special effects aren't that bad, but the film is so boring that you'll fall asleep before anything happens. And somebody call the props department, the Indian guy is supposed to have his leg trapped, but the block holding it down shakes around a little and lifts up when he moves. Please let this be the last TV produced disaster movie, before I saw this I thought "Volcano: Fire on The Mountain" was bad.

AUSTRALIAN CLASSIFICATION:

PG Medium Level Violence, Sexual References

Some diaster violence where you don't really see any impact occurs, as does some teenage sexual antics.