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The Storm

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3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
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Very interesting movie, as usual David James Elliott did an excellent job with his character. The movie keeps you glued to the TV to see what will happen next.

There are some key elements to identifying a poorly made film be it television or large screen: Over use of very close up shots, jerky camera activity, silly post production effects, third rate actors, amature CGI, childish script, obvious amature production quality (lighting, fake rain machines, etc), poor acting, action sequences that bore the viewer, incorherent story lines, rediculous computer input sceens with people typing 300 words per minute while talking. There are more I am sure. Most movies contain some of these elements but in general large screen movies contain fewer then small screen do just as a function of budget differences. I tend to give small screen productions a little slack due to these budget challenges.

That said, The Storm is a rare production. It embraces, with reckless abandon, all of the elements of a substandard movie. Bordering on parody, The Storm is almost unwatchable. Treat Williams, the poor man's Harrison Ford, leads a pedestrian cast of hacks sleep walking through this long, very long, two hour (with ads) movie. Needless to say you sould skip this one. If you do rent or, dare I say, buy this POS, I can promise you will want to keep the remote handy for fast forwarding whole segments.

The Storm is a amazing movie defeintly one that i thought i wouldn't like until it was on, the cast was incredible from James Van Der Beek to Marisol Nichols it was defeintly a movie that kept you guessing what next even though the plot was more of something from CSI it was a movie that deserves more praise then what it got and for a made for tv movie i give it two thumbs up and will get the movie when it comes to dvd and you will too if you like action and suspense and a story line that will keep you guessing until the end.

An academy-award winning film, no, but an enjoyable action flick that never leaves you bored, YES! I only got to see the first half of the film, so I'm looking forward to seeing the whole thing on DVD, with some (hopefully) great special bonus features.

I watched this when it was on NBC and it was pretty bad. With the exception of Treat Williams and David James Elliott, I was wondering who those others were advertised as stars. Being I'm not a teenager is probably why I didn't know them. The split screen scenes are over done. There are not just 2 scenes at one time but 3 or 4. Add to that the advertisements for NBC's fall shows along the bottom and it was a confusing mess to watch. I know those ads will not be on the DVD. Van Der Beek is stone faced thoughout the movie and in my personal opinion a terrible actor. I am not sure who Teri Polo was but a friend told me they thought she was the news woman killed in the first hour in a cheap rip off of the shower scene in Psycho. Treat Williams is good in the movie but he does ham it up at times. If you like this type of movie you might like this one. I must confess that I only watched it as I am a JAG fan and watched to see David James Elliott who had a small role as the Army General. NBC heavily advertised that he was in the movie so it was disappointing to see his role so small. If you are a fan of his just watch the trailer and you will see about half of his scenes. The plot has been done before in other movies made for TV. This one is overall not very original.

This made for TV miniseries is pretty mediocre. The script has every cliche imaginable in all its subplots; the acting is lethargic; the effects are pretty shoddy. But it moves fairly quickly and it maintains interest in sopite of its faults. Unusual bad guy roles for Treat Williams, Luke Perry and David James Elliott. Jonathan Snipes' musical score is one of the worst I've heard in a while. Certainly far from a classic, but a guilty pleasure.