Global Meltdown (2017) Reviews

• If only I could give it less!

  harley-de2018-07-01

  1 star is way to much fir this. I would support a decision by IMDb to introduce a Negative Star Rating.

• Very BAD.

  davidross10582018-04-05

  God, this movie SUCKS! Bad FX. Bad acting. Bad everything. Michael Pare had a career in the '80's so I don't know what happened to him. Just avoid this TURD.

• It beats the pants of any of the Asylum movies

  wwaigl2018-04-09

  This movie is much better then the 3.5 rating it has when I write this comment. Its certainly not a blockbuster, but I thought most aspects of the movie were quite well done for the budget. If you are a die hard scifi fan like me, then you likely have sat through lots of real stinkers. This was not one of them. Its clearl a movie on a budget, but its not one of those awful stinkers like Range 15 or Tasmanian Devils, to name a couple that come to mind immediately. The name actor of the movie Michael Pare plays a character that brings to mind the type of real danger one is likely to encounter in a widespread disaster - a ruthless survivalist. Almost always most scifi movies portray survivalists as a bunch of yahoos or hillbillies. Pare's character is much more realistic - someone who is mean, hard and has no interest in anything but their own survival with everyone else potential prey. I have no idea how he ended up in a local (Alberta) Canadian production but the character he plays is exactly the sort of person you need to be wary of in a disaster situation. As the movie did not have a big special effects budget it kept most of that pretty grounded. The cinematography and editing were professional, as was the sound. I have never understood the economics of making a direct to dvd movie in the first place, but i think if your a fan of the disaster genre its worth a watch. Of course it has plotholes and some absurd circumstances, but then its a movie!

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• FX made by a 10y old on his C64, school plays contain better acting as this

  marvin-westmaas2018-09-08

  This is just utter garbage, the storyline is a rip off, the FX look like they are done by a renderfarm made out off Commodore64's at best and the acting is so bad it made me cringe. The main 'science' plot is the only part which made it semi interesting. but the character(development) made me long for actual BAD movies. You know, the one's which are bad but fun because they are bad and you can relate to the people have to suffer through 'playing' in them. This one is actually so bad, that it's beyond having fun to see people suffer. I am not even sure if it's the actors or the director, some frame's were just awfull especially in the beginning with multiple people in the town and that's clearly a directors fault. But the acting is equally awfull most of the times, the other times it's actually worse.

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• Made in Canada eh!

  tannas-822-1109092018-06-06

  Low budget and IMDb incorrectly lists Mayor Wally but those are minor snafus. All in all, it's not terrible and is a good watch with a few things aimed to make you think "am I prepared if the SHTF?" And it feeds into the Yellowstone theory of possibilities sooo, why not? Enjoy, talk through it because you can and google through it, cuz ya can as well. The acting by Leanne Khol is solid and it's nice to see an actresses face actually show emotion these days. Clearly sans Botox but tons of sincerity and emotion make for a good character read. Obviously this is direct to DVD and had it been the good ol days when you actually went to a DVD store to select a movie and pay for it for the weekend, I wouldn't have been sorry one iota. Any sci-fi/disaster/end of the world movie gets at least one thumb up and this one definitely gets that and popcorn. NOT a waste of time considering the conversations that were had after watching this. Truly a great night.

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