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Megafault

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This movie was hilarious. My husband and I had a great time making fun of the absolutely horrible special effects (reminiscent of the old Power Ranger shows). The acting was so bad it was funny but truly, the special effects were what truly made the movie entertaining. It's only worth watching if you have a warped sense of humor like we do. It was seriously so bad it was funny.

We start in the hills of West Virginia where Charley "Boomer" Baxter (Eriq LaSalle) is blasting a mountain. By accident, Baxter set off a masssive earthquake that is felt as away as Washington D.C. were Dr. Amy Lane (Brittany Mruhpyy)is with her fmaily. Within a giant Megafault is created that is racing across the country, leaving death in it wake. With the help of Dr. Mark Rhodes (Bruce Davidson) and serect miltary weapon that came create earthquakes, Lane and Baxter race to the stop the megafualt before it hits Califoria.
"Megafualt" is not a great movie but really not that bad. The writers have all the usual things that you expect to. One person that is right while everyone else is wrong, cute kid, the one character that you know will be dead before it over, the miltary that is either the cause of the problem or has the secret weapon to save the day. Overall Megafault is the type of movie that Syfy puts out and you may just want to rent it instead of buying it.

"Megafault" is a disaster film from Syfy (formerly known as the Sci Fi Channel), starring late Brittany Murphy as Dr. Amy Lane, a scientist trying to stop the global disaster caused by an enormous earthquake. Though the premise looks like some Roland Emmerich movie, "Magafault" is far less entertaining with an impossible storyline, cheesy effects and inept direction. The horrible film is, however, not without entertainment value in an "Ed Wood" kind of way.

I don't want to repeat the story here. In short, it is about a big fault destroying the whole country. A huge fissure runs, swallowing up people (about 20 or more), destroying buildings (created by cheesy computer graphics), while our heroes and heroine are desperate to save their family, and save the day, too. This is a familiar format so poorly executed that some parts of it have become an unintentional comedy.

I don't need scientific accuracy in this kind of action films, but when a crack in the ground starts chasing a tank truck in the two-lane road accompanied by lots of explosions (fake ones, I guess), there is something wrong with the script. The huge fissure runs across America, from east to west, hitting some of the big cities while seismologists talk about the possibility of "stopping" the quake. With this silly story and boring actions, "Megafault" doesn't have a chance from the beginning.

The cast includes such talented actors as Brittany Murphy, Eriq La Salle and Bruce Davison. They are doing their best with what they have been given, and should not be blamed. Sadly this is the last TV production for Brittany Murphy, who passed away on December 20, 2009.

The film is directed by David Michael Latt, co-founder of The Asylum, one of the most prolific independent studio producing straight-to-DVD titles such as "Transmorphers," "The Day the Earth Stopped" and "2012 Doomsday."

Megafault just misses as a sci-fi classic. Great concept! Awesome acting done by big names who really want to stretch their Hollywood-homogonized wings. Murphy and La Salle will probably be on board for the sequel...but really watch for the RV scene, where the driver, I think his name is Gil, runs with the script in his pocket. That will be a Trivial Pursuit question...you're welcome.

This isn't a bad movie...that would be a total insult and disservice to bad movies. It is a TERRIBLE movie. Woeful. The worst ever.
Okay, the special effects are bad, but as nothing compared to the script and the acting (which is far too complimentary a word for the frankly embarrassingly dismal performance put in by Brittany Murphy).
This movie is like the bad disaster movies they used to make in the 70s when special effects were a new technology, and yet here we are 25-30 years on and the special effects are only a bit better. But. And this is where it really it desrves zero stars: the script, acting, and sugar-coated sentimentality of it all ("let's save a family we've never met before and if that means the whole of the West Coast dies then so be it", or "rather than trying to stop the disaster, let's stand around chatting for twenty minutes whilst I order you a helicopter")just make the whole experience a complete waste of time and money.
I watched this movie to the end *only* because it would have been unfair to review it without having watched it all (and I wanted to write my first Amazon review). And I like action/adventure movies. But do not waste your money by buying, or waste your life by watching, this movie! This move is not even for indiscriminate watchers of garbage.

It isn't the greatest movie I have seen but it is entertaining. The main reason I bought it is because Brittany Murphy starred in it. I would never have classified her as a great movie star but there is just something about her that draws my attention. I think it must be her personality that comes through.

Brittany Murphy and Eriq Lasalle carry this movie. Brittany is an intelligent, strong, yet vulnerable. Eriq gives a tear-jerking performance. Without either of the actors, the movie would have been at least one star lower. Four stars.

The special effects are fun to watch. The pacing is quick. The science is fictional, the story is impossible, but perhaps some future seismologists will be inspired.

Not a good movie. Bad actiing, marginal effects, the best past was the "Making of" special feature.
OK, the scientific basis is utter BS and I can live with that but even with that this movie does
not really play fair within its own context. Actions and reasons of the characters make no sense
at many points and violate even the most minimal of common sense.

Brittany Murphy's tragic death may have interrupted a talented actress' bright future but this megabomb certainly isn't a high point. Badly miscast as a seismologist (??) and saddled with a horrible script, Murphy sleepwalks through this film surrounded by shoddy effects and shameful performances from co-stars Eriq Lasalle, Bruce Davison and Paul Logan. SyFy should leave disaster movies alone if this is the best they can do (although it's better than 2012 SUPERNOVA).

Some disaster flicks are better than others, but Megafault isn't awesome nor is it a total pile of doo. The special effects are entertaining enough, though don't hold your breath for scientific accuracy or a coherent plot, some of the plot holes are laughable. The acting is decent, and while I've seen better disaster flicks, I've also seen worse. This movie is decent for a TV movie, and is good for easy entertainment. Brittany Murphy's not bad in this film. A rather appropriate film for the 'Syfy' name, ok for a boring afternoon or the like.

(Edit - RIP Brittany Murphy)