Panique à la Nouvelle-Orléans

This movie seemed to be a Volcano sidekick, but after seeing it half n' half, I had to agree with myself that this was one of the funniest movies ever made... I don't know which catastrophy is worse, the movie or the one that the killer cookie dough is supposed to prevent... Someone hand me the chocolate chips, please!

I have seen all of the recent crop of disaster films and just wish they would stop making them! Sinkholes?! Tornadoes and volcanoes can be scary, but sinkholes?! I can't get past the fact that moviemakers seem to have run out of ideas. In all fairness it was a cheap TV picture, but still, sinkholes?! Besides the weak natural disaster the movie follows every formula from every other movie of this type. The lead is afraid to evacuate due to some previous mistake, yet still has time for a love interest etc...

A geology consultant(John Corbett)teams with a city official(Jessica Beauchamp)to stop a sinkhole from enveloping New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Interesting story, but not enough special effects to support it. Most interesting is Brittany Daniel the niece of Beauchamp's character. HOT. Predictable finale. Also in the cast are Eugene Clark and Ron Gabriel.

This movie is not pretentious so we do not have to judge it if it is. Nice storyline,mediocre acting and horrible special effects. 5 out of 10. A typical TV movie,if you have nothing else to do, check it out. I don't think this movie was made with a large budget and it clearly shows. It must say something about this movie that I have some difficulties to complete ten lines about it. Here goes,I don't consider John Corbet to be a good actor and he proofs it once again in this movie. He is just as bad as in Sex and the City, he never convinces. Who does convince is ms Steen as Allison Beauchamp, she probably will never perform in a large production but as her resume shows she'll easily reach her retirement as an actor.

RE: the acting: John Corbett is totally wasted. RE: the writing: SOMEONE was totally wasted when they wrote this, dude!

A) New Orleans sits well out into the Gulf of Mexico. There are no caverns under it; there is only sand and water. "on Hostile Mud" maybe; or "In Hostile Muck." But "ground?" I don't think so.

B) Liquid polyurethane fumes are toxic. Poor John would have stopped running and took a little nap long before he got out of the cave.

C) What's to stop the foam from continuing to expand after it surfaces? I envision the sequel as "The blob that ate New Orleans."

Why, oh why New Orleans? I would have gone with Orlando. They have sinkholes; the Magic Kingdom has parades; Brittany Daniel could wear a skin-tight white jumpsuit and look good ANYWHERE.

Reccommendation: Be totally wasted when you watch this.