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Epoch: Evolution

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A new torus, a giant stone tornado-shaped thing that floats in the air, has surfaced. Oddly, the witnesses don't seem very surprised or awed (probably just bad acting). With the new torus we see a return of some of the characters from the first film including David Keith. He is on the run from a shadowy organization bent on killing him and his son. We get a little history as to what has gone on since the first movie.

As the research begins on the new torus a third one shows up. Now there are two floating about and they are putting out mysterious and opposed waves. It seems like a battle between good and evil but who can tell with ancient floating alien rock things? In the end the movie is much like the first as an ancient mystery is unraveled and we get glimpses of the purpose of the toruses.

Decent special effects and a good cast are the pluses in this film. Some of the torus history does not mesh with what was learned in the first movie and there is even evidence that humans knew about the toruses fairly recently (last couple of thousand years) even though in the first movie the torus had been buried since before the creation of life. While I prefer the first movie this one is a decent sequel and not just a cheap follow-up.

This movie sequel has some drawbacks. The special effects were not as good as last time (specifically the inside and outside of the alien's "house") and it was less exciting as well. These differences were not too big either. On the other hand, the general cast's performance was good and the movie tries to show us the violence provoked by fear to the unknown. There has been recently a lot of attention (led by Michael Crichton) about the bad affects of fear, this movie is one of the first in this anti-fear-mongering wave.

This is movie dvd celebrates is 29 month anniversary since it was first released in december of 2004. This movie takes place ten years after the events in the first movie. As the movie starts the main character Dr. Rand wife had been murdered by the evil Gensis and now they are after him and his ten year old alien son. If that were bad enough there is a international conflict between Russia and China. Can doctor randy stop the devestating power of alien life form again but not from one but from two of these giant spiral shaped mountains with and alien ship underneath them. Can he solve the mystery to save the world will foiling the evil Gensis plans to kill him and his son. Find out in the spinetingling conclusion. This movie should be suitable for kids 17 and up due to heavy vioilence, mild gory, occaisional thematic elements, and frequent profanity. If you like this see the prequel epoch. If you by this you might as well get a new copy since the selling price is low under $20 with the shipping fee include because it is somewhat of and old dvd and is not a very high demand for copies of it.

Epoch Evolution has something (no, make that everything) for the male, pimple-faced, Sci-Fi buff. It has heavy duty Religion, resurrections from the dead, spontaneous healing and even the "second coming, I think. "Lazarus" comes back from the dead and "Abraham" offers to sacrifice his son. It also has thermonuclear war, exploding space stations, exploding missiles, exploding submarines, exploding aircraft, exploding buildings, exploding cars, exploding people and a nude scene. It has aliens (or is it God?) and their space crafts. Mountains explode and buildings crumble. Thousands are killed and numerous running gun battles. It has more Armageddon than the Book of Revelations. OK special effects. If the "actors" would have been computer generated too, it would have improved the film. It is a "deep" movie for a "shallow" mind. The best part of the movie .... it is only 1:33 minutes long.

This continues ten years after the end of the original (Epoch 2000). Rand, our hero, has a son. The two are on the run from the assassins who killed his wife years ago. Hold on to that fact, since it's the last one for a good long while that makes any sense.

As in Epoch, we have the giant, mysterious, stone cone-thingie. We learn that it's called a Torus, possibly because it's unlike a torus in just about every way. Since this is a sequel, we need something more: two Toruses! Also, we have the secret, well-funded, trans-national cult of nutcases, the ones out to kill Our Hero for reasons oddly devoid of reason. Somehow, the cult manages to gain entry to one Torus before the good guys, and hide an inept killer inside. Also, the cult gets into the second Torus just behind the good guys. We watch as our ingenious scriptwriters convince the highly trained military team not to guard their escape route, allowing the somewhat less inept killers to sneak up behind and stage a merry shootout. Along the way, we have a rogue Chinese general launching nuclear missiles and whatnot, and a monastery filled with centuries-old clues. Since the monks spent centuries not caring, one is left wondering how anyone thought to look there for The Key. We also have some special effects emanating from the two Toruses. If the two SPFX touch each other, then kablooie! It will be the end of all life on earth, followed by a thorough remodeling of the place and a new set of life forms as tenants - presumably, ones that will take better care of the property. I am in awe of the mind that could deduce all that from a green light on one Torus and a red light on the other.

Of course, there's a happy ending filled with sequel-bait - the only other thing in the movie I could understand. The son is actually a Mysterious Being and walking first aid kit, with an incredible future ahead of him (coming soon to DVD, one may assume). It also turns out that the stone thingies aren't stone at all, they were something even cooler, just dressed up as stone!

It's fair grade-D (for Direct to DVD) science fiction action flick. If you're looking to kill an evening this might do the job, or at least leave it with some nasty bruises.

//wiredweird

We had such high hopes for this movie. The first one was quite good, and had depth and spirituality to it. This one was just empty troop movements and pointless gunfights with no coherent plot behind them. We stopped caring about the outcome after a while. The presence of Billy Dee Williams did nothing to help this sad attempt at a sequel. An incoherent mess. Avoid it.

I ordered both of the Epoch movies and enjoyed both movies. They were received on time and in great condition. I would order from this company again.

really continues the original story. story is ok but I think the first movie was better. still entertaining and helps close the book on the original saga

The settings, special effects, lighting, score, and all the movie magic in Epoch: Evolution is excellent. The filmakers spared no expense. The acting and story, however, are weaker. The story is about a Dr. Rand who is on the run from an organization that killed his wife and is hunting him and his young son. The group thinks that the boy was conceived in an unholy alien union. Meanwhile, strange rock formations are rising from the ground all over the world, and seem to contain alien life forms. Are these "Toruses" good or bad, and do the events escalating toward war between the U.S.,Russia and China have something to do with their appearances?

The film is more a 'what-if' scenario of how the military would react to these events than a clever and deep sci-fi story. Like I said before, the settings are realistic and you see the inside of a Chinese command center, Chinese and Russian sub, the space station, the Torus, and much more. Oh, there is some nudity at the beginning, of German hookers who are hiding Rand. Pointless, but hence the R rating.

This movie seems to be a sequel to one in which a boy
was born ( virgin birth) from interaction with an alien ship/ monolith.
It has aliens, religion and what appears to be 'magic'
technology all wrapped up together with no hard science any where to be found.
A chase move where religious fundamentalist sent an hit
team to take out the boy and his father.
The boy has Jesus like resurrection of the dead powers:
they call him the one from within.
Not the best sci fi film ever:
it seems to be one made with very little
thought just for a mass market.