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Quantum Apocalypse

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I usually enjoy a movie that begins with bad news of an apocalyptic nature. That, and I'm a sucker for green skies. Otherwise, I liked almost everything in this sci-fi flick but the `Afterschool Special' problems with the teens. I suppose they thought it would humanize the situation by including a REAL family with REAL problems.....meanwhile; the world is going up the big drain in the sky. I don't think petty little problems with smelly cars and ex-boyfriends rise to the same level as THE WORLD COMING TO AN END! This part of the movie didn't hold my interest for one minute. Instead, I found myself lost to the hope that they would just drop that part of the story and carry on with the matter at hand....saving the world. Sad to say they didn't. Had I known beforehand that so much time was going to be wasted on the teen angst aspect; I would have never bought this DVD.

Well, they tried. If you could see the credits at the begining of the movie rather than at the end yould see that it was filmed in Lousiana by a small local production company. The result is less than mediocor. Peter Jurasic does do his usual excelent job of presenting a complex charicter for all three minutes he's on screen, but everyone else's performance is somewhere around the level of a highschool play. The idea of a quantum 'something' eating the earth and being saved at the last minute by a 'rain-man' with a nuclear missel which results in a time loop is interesting, but the sub plot of a highschool romance and a complete disregard of anything like real physics, coupled with a paint by numbers script leads me to give this movie only a D+, and that + only because it wasn't bad enough to make me angry that I watched it. Better stuff elsewhere.

What can one say about a movie that has an autistic 30ish man as its hero? Or a retro punk girl as a brilliant physicist?

Unfortunately, QUANTUM APOCALYPSE is just another disaster flick with incohesive science and amateurish fx. Ironically, I found myself mildly entertained and amused.

Rhett Giles as the savant gives a game performance while lesser known actors aren't overly offensive. Certainly not the worst disaster flick but not one of the best either.

Ya gotta love any DTV movie when one of the chapters is titled "100% Screwed". <lol>

The current version of First Look Studios, similar to The Asylum production company, distributes some interesting fare. From surprisingly decent low-budget dramatic films to B-Movies like 'Quantum Apocalypse'. The spectrum of their products is wide and varied, and as a cinephile, I'm appreciative.

In 'Quantum' humanity is faced with a rogue space anomaly, one that will slowly shred our planet like a cosmic wood chipper. Who survives and who doesn't - and does anyone survive at all? Features a diverse ensemble cast with many scifi veterans like Peter Jurasik and Stephanie Jacobsen.

My biggest enjoyment was the difficulty in figuring out who the hero was going to be. So when it turned out to be a character with a mental disability, I enjoyed it that much more. Not because he was disabled, but because I had written him off as a politically-correct throwaway role. The director caught me off guard, which I like when it comes to any cookie cutter production.

The remainder of the cast did fine, nothing special, but nothing terrible - with one exception. One of the 'stars', or at least one of the more recognizable names, was Gigi Edgley. Surprisingly, I found her performance grating and unappealing. Her kitschy character was so good in 'Farscape', that I expected much more from her. Unfortunately, as the rock-n-roll theoretical physicist, she delivers a very similar performance to that of Chiana - but this time it came off as ridiculously ham-fisted and breathlessly overacted. Apparently white body paint and skintight spandex makes more of a difference than I thought.

Still, the script was fairly well done; the dialogue decently written and authentic sounding with only minor incursions of cliché. Infinitely better than a lot of similar DTV disaster flicks I've screened recently.

This is one of those budget movies that, given a bit more funding, might've pulled off something really good. Overall, I wasn't displeased with the rental fee.

Movie Note: Typical for these kinds of films - the stunning box art imagery is not seen in the movie. However, there were some interesting sfx. Example: When the mayor and his son save the life of a woman trapped under a car by simply lifting it off her, alà Superman style. Reason: Low gravity. Wish they had more of that, but again, B-Movie budget. And the kinds of massive visual destruction one hopes to see is limited to cheap rips of 'The Day After Tomorrow' - apparently this software is now widely available since I see it used in just about every single disaster flick nowadays. <g>

I will tell you this is no 5 star movie,but the person that only gave it one should have said nothing.its like a 3.5,due to the acting is a bit sluggish in spots,but mostly even its ok,It was great to see Londo back in action as pres.The movie had a good story,It was not a high budget but the FX were good,It will not be on a list of greats,but I will watch it again,finely a sci fi movie that is just a fun story,they did not blame the army,white man,or th US for the worlds woes.I will watch it again.

I have a weakness - movies by The Asylum are right up my alley. If you don't know who they are, look 'em up. If they look like something you'd never in a million years consider watching, then don't watch this. If you, like me, have a weakness for low-budget films, with plot-holes the size of my husband's home state of Texas, then you'll love this one (and anything by The Asylum, coincidentally, which this movie is not, but easily could have been).

Moving along. This movie is entertaining. It is approximately 1.5 hours of entertainment during which a person needs to just sit back and keep your finger pressing the "I-believe" button. Don't question the movie. Don't nitpick it. It's not meant to be torn into or revered by quantum physicists.

The character development in this movie is pretty pathetic, I have to say, and I figured out the "twist" that was coming at the end in the very first scene with Terry. It wasn't difficult, and is actually kind of eye-rolling, but I can appreciate the concept. This is, of course, coming from a person who watched (and enjoyed) Mega Piranha. For anyone who really wants to watch this movie.. wait until it comes down in price. The rental ain't worth 3.99. I could have gone to wal-mart and got a DVD for a buck more that I could have kept forever, or enjoyed smashing into bits.

That said, I'm not upset that I paid to see this. I was bored, and it fit a small hole in my life last night that otherwise may have been occupied by exorbitant amounts of chocolate that I really don't need. Perhaps that itself is worth the 3.99.

Must say was pleasantly surprised, good story, a few unanswered questions. (spoiler alert) I do think that the uncle had gone through it 600x because of the pancake comment in the first scene and last. First time I have enjoyed a B rated movie, with a little better fx (only one or two that were kinda ehh) and a few big names, this couldve been another Independence day hit.

Not sure if it's the worst movie ever made, but it is the worst I've ever seen. The only redeeming quality is that the acting and dialogue are so bad that it's funny but those are oscar worthy compared to the special effects, which are so bad you can't even tell what they were trying to do most of the time. If they spent more than $500 to make this movie then they wasted their money. Don't was yours.

I read somewhere that this movie would of been better with more recognizable actors, I disagree. I actually really enjoyed this movie and although the special effects were not that of James Cameron or Steven Spielberg, it was enough to keep me interested and entertained, the whole way through. I would of changed the end though, (spoiler alert) to allow some memory of Terry's theory, the pancake comment didn't hit me, till I read it on someone else's review. yes....that makes sense, he has some memory. 600 times...though. I DK about that. But with some sort of memory of this event, the boy, if he lives would have bonded with his step mom for saving his life and the father would of finally understood Terry, and know he is a genius rather than a walking chatter box. I think they left too many loose ends, a better ending would of taken care of that, but over all I liked it. A lot. So much I ordered it and am sending it to my mom!!