Quantum Apocalypse

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A cosmic anomaly causes a comet to crash into Mars. USSA (the films unauthorised version of NASA) firstly focuses on the cosmic debris, but soon shifts its focus on the anomaly itself. To their horror this is no longer about a couple of meteors hitting Earth, but about the anomaly gobbling up our planet. A group of hip crazy scientists get to work to find a solution. Meanwhile in Los Angeles a governor and his family live everyday life unknowlegdeable of the events at hand. That is save for a savant uncle, who is Rain Man square... A TV movie with much lower marks than I would have foreseen, as I have seen multiple crappy films rated in the mid 5's. Nonetheless an easy watch with what seems to be filled with relatively astute tech jumbo. The special effects are scifi TV quality, so don't expect anything superb, nonetheless they are good enough not to distract from the movie. The acting in general is OKish (albeit it does have some rough spots), even if the film is populated with stereotypes. On a technical level the only thing that really bugged me was the sound. Problem with the movie is that it just isn't engaging in the slightest and the budget limitations really show, especially in regards to locations and settings. Also the whole motive with the savant is so clichéd, that it converts your mouth into a smile. All in all however more or less a fun ride, but I doubt I'll remember this movie by next month...

I regret to acquire this movie, and even I regret more to spend 5 minutes more in trying to watch it. It is simply horrible from casting, acting, storyline, I actually do not believe there exist any person that think this movie will be a good one. It hurts my eyes to watch and like I said, after 5 min of watching, I decided to switch to another movie. Simply put, just use your resources to anything else but this film... The title is very promising though, but not with the movie. I think they should adjust the title so that I is relevant with the content, maybe something like "Another Crappy Disaster Movie" or "Result of Poor Judgment from the Producer and Studio"...

It is what it is. A cheapie made for TV movie. However I did manage all the way through it in one sitting. It's another "end of the world" movie. And of course we all know it'll end well. Effects are typical TV poor, but effects don't make the movie (for me anyway) Typically poor acting, though there are a few exceptions. Most notably the savant uncle. Who is actually quite good, and believable. I know enough about computers and quantum physics to know crap when I hear it (which it is) However.... the ONE thing that saved the movie for me. In the early scene where the uncle and niece are making pancakes, and he says his are better than the mix. Niece says "How do you know? You've never made them before?" He replies "Yes I have! 762 times" I missed that connection in the beginning. Later after the silly time "rewind" it's repeated. He says "Yes I have! 76THREE times". He knows! He's the only one that realizes they are in a time "loop" and destined to repeat it. He's more knowledgeable than ALL of them... yet tells no one. I give it a lot of credit for that subtle surprise.

It is too bad you can't rate with 0... IMDb crew has to think about adding this. Even giving it a one star can seem unfair. I think that Hollywood screen writers could use a cold shower. Icy one, to be more accurate. The characters are lousy, to say the least. How many stereotypes can one use????? The crazy blonde physics genius, the semi-Asian new hot wife, the hot blonde secretary, the cheerleader and her conflict with an old boyfriend, the step mom - son conflict... should i continue? The unfolding of the action... great! Hahaha! just a small joke. The special effects remind me of Ed Wood movies, as if this wasn't 2012... I urge the people not to waste 1 and some hours of their lives on this.

I would generally agree that the dialogue and acting was of a rather dismal standard for this movie, but then again, that's what it is -- a low budget film, without the resources or aspiration to do better. I kept watching because of the extraordinary acting of the man who played the uncle with what appears to be a variant of Asperger's syndrome. I think it's the actor Rhett Giles, but can't confirm, as during the film his name (and that of too many other characters) was mentioned too few times to even establish his identity for the casual viewer. I was very impressed with this actor's ability and would like to see more. He had the mannerisms down to a tee and the scriptwriters certainly knew the aptest lines to supply him with. I thought the actor playing the mayor of the town, the brother of the character named above, did a competent job with the dialogue given him. I thought he had more on-screen presence than the man chosen to play the president. The young man who played his son also showed some charisma, maybe it was just his dark good looks, but I am sure he will find other roles. I was surprised and pleased to see Stephanie Jacobsen, an Australian who no longer sounds like one. But she's had significant roles in The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Battlestar Galactica, so I'm not sure why she would agree to sign on for a project that must have had so little funding behind it. Despite the loss of 90 minutes when I could have been doing something else, I'm still glad I saw the slightly strange uncle character -- whoever played him (if it was Rhett Giles), he deserves an honourable mention.

The film is so bad that he deserved a fresh ten, this is the kind of films that have done so desperate that you just tied to a chair and make them watch without blinking. Acting - does not exist, set design - the horror, "special effects" - REALLY ARE SPECIAL, something really must see. Each is worth at least $ 5 coffee. The end of the film is absolutely brilliant and "unexpected." It is a real pity that they could and Bruce Willis to fit into the budget to save the world once again. The idea of the film is "genuine" and "first seen". I personally called on Hollywood to enable young and ambitious directors to make more such movies as good a quality laugh and not hurt anyone. P.S. Choice of actor for the role of the President is .... brutally brilliant !!!!!!!!

What can I say? Hmmm... it was a hell of a lot better than Hardwired (the Cooba Gooding Jr. fiasco I watched last night). The main actor did an awesome job as the "rain man" type savant. Consistent and entertaining. Apart from that, the acting was funny.. It was like every actor was horribly mis-cast. Centerfold's as secretaries, aerobics teachers playing security guards, and a university professor playing the president. It was very amusing to see what kind of character would pop up next. They did read their basic lines OK, a bit better than a * movie without the *. I like any trashy sci-fi and this one held my interest until its very weak ending. In comparison, the "budgeted", Val Kilmer starring Hardwired had me asleep in my chair.

Acting was OK, the plot was survivable if week. The mix between set,CGI and model was a bit dodgy, but worst was the sound production - I kept missing little bits of dialog. I am also not sure if it was the direction or the production (I am not a film buff), but I did find I had to keep piecing together what was going on, when I felt this should have been given to me by either (both) production & direction. Biggest let down - name of the movie - Quantum erm... - hu - nothing to do with it. And the box cover showing a large bridge getting smashed - nothing so dramatic happened. Still with a budget of $2.5M, not such a bad job, if you are not a B-movie fan, don't watch this movie, but for me it hit the sweat-spot.

Relative to other Skiffy flicks, I'd actually give this a 9. But since that would be a bit misleading I'll just say that the script was more intelligent, and the actors (mostly) better than I expected. The teen-aged son was a particularly nice surprise in terms of how he was written (normal kid) and acted; I'd seriously keep an eye out for that young man to go onto much bigger things. The effects and sets are budget but overall they did a great job with what they had. The cons to the flick have been highlighted by others; more than a few cases of bad casting (one receptionist in particular is painful in the role) and the limited budget made for more telling than showing, unfortunately. But if you've ever wasted time on one of Skiffy's creature features, this will be a considerable improvement.