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Lightning: Bolts of Destruction

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This is one of the best action movies made for TV. When I watched this the first time, I was riveted to my seat and wondering what was going to happen next. The story and the special effects including the exploding payphone and the sparks raining from the light fixtures add to the appeal to this movie. This movie has become my second favorite sci-fi action movie next to "The Core".

I just got this movie and I've watched it twice. It is a good movie that I am suprised I haven't seen on the sci-fi channel. I like the story line and the acting was ok. In short the world is in danger. positive charged lightening( apparently more dangerous than regular lightening) will bring on the next ice age. The scientist has an idea, on how to save the world with the help of her family. great film.

This is a reasonably paced movie which managed to hold my attention without too much difficulty. If you're a sci-fi/disaster flick fan you'll probably enjoy the movie and feel your time was not wasted. There is a lot of science fantasy mixed in with a teen age prodigy accomplishing amazing technological breakthroughs in a college library setting.

If one is prepared to accept the assumptions of the movie and move on the movie is sufficiently entertaining to carry the evening. The special effects aren't too bad and the concept of the problem is timely as we seem to be approaching a solar maximum in the 2012-2013 timeframe. There has been some speculation as to the effects this solar maximum will have on our technology with some comparisons being made to the 1859 Carrington Event.

I've read estimates from the scientific community that another event of similar severity could cause huge damage to our technological infrastructure and take 4 to 10 years to recover. There appears to be no real idea how severe this next event could actually be; at least we don't have long to wait to find out.

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Really great movie. Held my interest which I like a movie to do or I won't like it.

I enjoyed this movie. I thought that the lightning storms were very scary and the special effects were good.

I bought this only because it said it was closed captioned and we can't watch movies without words due to hearing problems which resulted in us wasting our money on the movie.

Another one of those made for TV disaster flicks featuring the usual characters and a rather incredulous premise. Seems like a bunch of storms are going to merge together all around the globe and predicate a new ice age. Researcher Joanna Pacula is the only one (naturally) who realizes this and most of the movie is spent with her trying to convince disbelieving faculty members and a stern general. Meanwhile we get another 15 year old genius (Pacula's son) who we know is going to come up with the solution to save the day, but not before the usual family problems, the most serious being the arrival of his real mother. Meanwhile lightning strikes a few buildings and provides about as much suspense as a carousel ride.
Moderately diverting but nothing special.

I like Disaster movies so I ordered this movie. It came fast and looks to be in great shape. I have not had time to watch the movie yet