Customer Reviews

Category 6 - Day of Destruction

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Keeping in mind that this is a made for television mini-series, DAY OF DESTRUCTION is good entertainment. While burdened with derivative characters and mediocre acting, the movie sustains interest as the above average effects (for tv of course) carry the weight of the film. The concept of such a powerful storm hitting a major city like Chicago is well thought out and its ramifications devastating. Dianne Wiest does well in her role as as congresswoman who is trying to get legislation passed regarding important environmental issues. Nancy McKeon from tv's FACTS OF LIFE offers a sincere enthusiastic performance in her role as a tv anchorwoman, and Randy Quaid seems to be having fun playing Tornado Tommy, a stormchaser who is enthralled with the force of the storms. Thomas Gibson is wooden in a leading role, but Ari Cohen as the whistleblower and Andrew Jackson as McKeon's boss redeem themselves noteably. While its length seems a little stretched out, if you remember it was first shown in two nights, you may not mind..at least you don't have to put up with the commercials!!

I figured when I first heard about this movie on TV, that it would just be a cheap rip-off of "The Day After Tomorrow," but I was far from right. OK, so this movie's special effects aren't as good as ones from movies like "Twister" or "The Day After Tomorrow" (the best one)but I still found myself entertained while watching this on TV. Very good storyline, and the special effects were at least decent. Bottomline, a suprisingly entertaining movie. Smart move by Lions Gate Home Entertainment for putting this out on DVD.

I enjoyed this for what it was and the idea of 2 mega storms was interesting. i have one complaint though - we played this on a computer and part way through it suddenly jumped to the titles and we had to go into scene selection to complete the viewing. The story line and acting were ok and i liked the fact that there was a build up to the actual disaster which allowed the charcters to become more real. The action was a bit contrived though and while i can see people being so silly, i hardly think that they would be so blase about it all. Still, all in all, i would recommend this to people who enjoy disaster movies.

Great movie, lot of action, special effects good. My wife and I really enjoyed the movie.

Excellent movie! Excellent actors/actresses, I would recommend this movie to all, and I have! They all loved it as well, and a few bought their own copies too! Buy it-Watch it-Love it. I guarantee it!

I really enjoyed this movie. I though the acting was great, and the story very touching, exciting, scary, and sad at the same time. The acting is great in my opinion. The story is set mostly in Chicago, and surrounds terrible storms, tornados, hurricanes, and severe thunder storms. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who is a fan of these types of movies. The only negative thing I can say is they did not do a very good job of piecing together the movie - it was originally a made for TV movie, and that is apparent as the cut-offs to commercials are still there. Regardless, this is a great movie and about a topic that should be on all of our minds.

Category 6: Day of Destruction is a 2004 TV movie about a series of 'super storms' that strike parts of the US (and Canada).

The movie stars a lot of Hollywood and Canadian stars: Brian Dennehy plays the head of a group of storm experts who (with the help of a young, female analyst), try to prevent the storms from hitting various US states; a storm preventer (Thomas Gibson), who is having an affair with a woman while his marriage and family are put on the backburner; a 'storm chaser' (Randy Quaid) who gives foreign tourists a tour of the storms; the reporters' sister who is about to give birth while her fiancee is trying to make sure they're getting out of the storms alive; and a woman who is working for the DOJ (Dianne Weist), who is threatening a corrupt power company from blacking out American homes so that they can cut costs and save money.

Director Dick Lowry ("The Gambler series with Kenny Rogers") does an excellent job, and the acting is good.

The CGI effects are great for a made for TV movie and it recommended family viewing for people who like disaster movies.

Category 6: Day of Destruction gets four stars and is worth the price for three hours of quality viewing.

This movie is outstanding. Must see for anyone that enjoys watching storm type movies. I would not recommend for younger audiences. In my opinion it would be to disturbing for younger people. I believe in global warming and if you look around and do research on it, it is real. If anything like this movie ever happens to us God bless the United States. I can also recommend Catagory 7.

This is a made for TV movie and maybe not one of the better ones but for me it was a good way to spend a Sunday night curled up with a bowl of popcorn.

This is a fun film. Stretched out, yes. Stock footaqe, yes. But hey - there are worse ways to spend 3 hours. Turn off your brain and enjoy. I'm really writing this to applaud an inside joke. The storm warning center intern's name is Sabrina Rogers - the name of the character played by Lena Horne in the film "Stormy Weather". "Don't know why ain't no sun up in the sky......"

Bravo!