Product Details

• Actors: Charles Shaughnessy, Tracy Nelson, Ken Barnett, Beth Grant, Kieren Hutchison
• Directors: Fred Olen Ray
• Writers: Paolo Mazzucato
• Producers: Jeffrey Schenck, Kimberly A. Ray, Meredith Kadlec, Paul Colichman, Richard Carroll
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: E1 Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 27, 2010
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003GOOZWQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,285 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Deadly Shift" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Iranian nuclear tests set into motion a chain of dangerous events, causing devastating earthquakes and life-threatening solar radiation levels. Desperate to find a solution, the U.S. government calls on David Terran (Charles Shaughnessy), a scientist who holds the key to the planet’s survival.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "It's happening!", September 5, 2011

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This review is from: The Deadly Shift (DVD)

Birds flying east, now there's a portent of doom if ever I saw one (and I have to take their word that the birds were actually heading in the wrong direction). This movie has it all and yet nothing. The earth is slowing down, there are radiation spikes, but happily, there's an unqualified theorist (Charles Shaughnessy) who knows exactly what's going on but he's off in the wilderness pouting so a great deal of coaxing has to take place before we get to the part where everyone needs to run screaming. There's also a few stall tactics along the way involving an old flame (Tracy Nelson) and her brother, the expert scoffer who helped send the unqualified theorist into the wild. There's even an anti-nuke message thrown in for good measure (like we really needed that).
Normally, I love doomsday on cue movies, they can be quite amusing. Usually though, they are amped up so high with a sense of urgency that you're easily carried away before you can start questioning their premise. Here though, they have the opposite problem. This movie is so low-keyed and laid back one wonders what the problem is....the world is slowing down, so what? The scenes of destruction are few and far between and involve a lot of Styrofoam in place of chucks of concrete. The only actors I enjoyed watching were Clive Revill and Beth Grant, as for the rest....eh.
At least it was short. But I won't be watching it again, not a keeper.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Little Flick, October 5, 2011

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"Deadly Shift" is a solid, little disaster flick. While it's not as splashy or...as loud as a "2012", it's an interesting story about a doomsday situation (fictional I hope, but still pretty cool) and how a group of characters have to get over themselves to deal with it.

The leading man is not a typical hero. He's a scientist, a geek (no offense intended), whose ideas made other eggheads (offense kind of intended) write him off as nuts. He is so rejected that he retreats from the world and from his friendship (and love). You really feel for this guy. Only his widowed father joins him out in the wild off the grid. Then, when a nuclear incident triggers a chain of events that looks a lot like his doomsday scenario theory, the very people who once poked fun at his ideas, including his best friend, come to him looking for answers. Harsh.

The way these characters bump heads (or eggheads) felt very real--sometimes tense, sometimes tender, and sometimes a chuckle. Clive Revill, as the father, is a zinger trying to get his scientist son, Charles Shaunessy, to get back in the fight. Ken Barnett, as the best friend, has to man up, admit he was wrong, and back up his friend. And Tracey Nelson and Kieran Hutchinson are doctors coping with a situation that keeps getting worse. So, as the world comes apart, the characters have to come together. And that, more than any special effect, is what made the flick work for me.

10 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If this don't make you think!, February 22, 2011

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T. M. Brown "Still Waiting" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This movie really makes you think about how far from this situation are we really. I give it five stars, it grabs you and it makes you really angry at how the government can have one ***hole that could have end life altogether because of revenge rather looking at the consequences, and how a fraction of a second could have changed the world.