Firequake (TV Movie 2014)

Firequake (TV Movie 2014). 1h 30m | Not Rated

“I am a lover of B-Movies and usually the worse the better. I say this because usually the writer, director, and actors will generally try to give us something entertaining – and I thank them for that, a lot of my happiest times have been in front of B-Movies. However, there are times, such as this, when it appears that nobody really gave a damn about the film. Which is a shame as the concept isnu0026#39;t too bad for an ecological disaster flick. As we are running out of fuel we need to find new ways to generate power and Dr Eve Carter, played by Alexandra Paul, has come up with a way to use the sustainable energy from magma to create clean and free energy. The trouble is that this is where the writer ran out of good ideas and hit the cliche book for inspiration. Everything from here on out is so u0026quot;By The Booku0026quot; itu0026#39;s risible and ridiculous… and very boring as weu0026#39;ve seen it all before.n nI have to give credit to Paul and her co-star Browne who played Killian, as these obviously didnu0026#39;t get the memo and decided to actually try and give a decent acting job with the script and direction they were given. Sorry to say that this just wasnu0026#39;t enough. The worst actress, by far, was Barker who played Dr Carteru0026#39;s daughter, Nikki. Though she was supposed to be sixteen she looked to be more in her thirties and delivered her lines with the force of a sledgehammer. As for the rest of the actors, well they ranged from dire to wooden.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe direction of the film didnu0026#39;t help any as the director was very poor at creating an atmosphere of tension and excitement. He just plods the audience along with the story. Instead of sitting on the edge of my seat I was twiddling my fingers in an effort to stay awake. Even the special effects that were on offer were substandard – they didnu0026#39;t even rise to the dizzying heights of poor.n nThe one thing that made me smile was that all the roads in Prague appear to lead to the same intersection. When Dr Carter and her daughter are searching the town for a pharmacist and insulin, they seem to get stuck in a temporal location warp. Which doesnu0026#39;t allow them to leave one particularly badly staged intersection. Itu0026#39;s also amazing that in all of Prague the bad guy can home in on them amazingly fast.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s an awful lot wrong with this motion picture and very little thatu0026#39;s right… and nothing to recommend anybody to watch. Stay well clear of this film.”