Product Details

• Actors: Anne Heche, James Tupper, Daniel Bacon, Laura Bertram, Kevin McNulty
• Directors: Andrew C. Erin
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
• DVD Release Date: March 23, 2010
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00316DDV8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,026 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Toxic Skies" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A mysterious disease is spreading across the country, killing people with alarming speed in this pulse-pounding, action-filled thriller. Men in Trees co-stars Anne Heche (Hung) and James Tupper (Samantha Who?) reignite their chemistry as two strangers brought together in their urgent mission to find a cure. Heche is Dr. Tess Martin, a top virologist driven by her tragic past. Her only hope is Jack Bowen (Tupper), a rule-breaking renegade who holds the key to the disease’s horrendous origins.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average Writing - But a Great Presentation, May 12, 2010

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Compay (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toxic Skies (DVD)

Toxic Skies is one of those straight-to-video movies that is a step above most Redbox fare. For being a low budget film shot in Canada, this movie has great cinematography and editing. Kevin Blumenfeld also did a top-notch job with the movie's score.

Canadian director Andrew C. Erin doesn't have many movies under his belt, but he's definitely talented. I had seen his directing work before in Tornado Valley, only he's working with a better cast in this film. Anne Heche gives a solid performance as Dr. Tess Martin, a virologist struggling to discover the truth behind a deadly illness. Daniel Bacon also shines as Dr. Raj Patel, her friend and fellow physician.

So why give a film with a solid cast and great directing only three stars? The story is lacking. Toxic Skies cobbles a few elements from the movie "Outbreak", particularly why it becomes personally important for Tess to quickly discover a cure. On one hand, I give Andrew Erin credit for choosing such an original danger (chemtrails), but the movie isn't as suspenseful as it could have been. The film touches on an important motivation of Tess' physician work, yet never returns to it. There just seemed like great potential for backstories, or learning more about the two main doctors in general.

Toxic Skies is definitely worth watching once, before you decide whether or not to buy the DVD. With the cast and cinematography, I think it had the potential of a five-star film, if only the writing had been better. It's still an under the radar movie that's worth checking out.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay...., August 3, 2010

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mOUSEqUEEN - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toxic Skies (DVD)

This was a pretty good movie, not great, but good. There was a lot more conspiracy than I thought there would be. I'd maybe buy it, if it was a REALLY good price, but even then....I don't know.

2.0 out of 5 stars Decent acting, horrible science, January 2, 2012

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Lucas Hoffmann - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toxic Skies (DVD)

If you have a shred of disease knowledge, do not watch this movie; the inaccuracies will ruin it.

The acting was as decent as the writing allowed it to be, and that's the most positive thing I can say about it (and what earned it its second star).

The disease in question is plague. A simple google search would have told the author that plague is a bacterium (yersinia pestis), not a virus, yet they keep referring to it as a virus, while trying to treat it with antibiotics (which are used against bacteria).

The "plague" is made significant since there are metals with it that are reducing people's immune systems. This should strike you as ridiculous. A disease can be infectious because it replicates (a little bit inside you can turn into a whole bunch inside you). Toxic metals don't replicate, so if an sick person infects a healthy one with a small scratch, the metals would be too diluted to have the same effect (especially through serial hosts).
The premise of the conspiracy was equally laughable, but I won't go on.

In short, if you want a conspiracy movie, and won't be distracted by abysmal scientific inaccuracies, this is decently acted and directed.