MegaFault
MegaFault
PG-13 | 10 October 2009 (USA)
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When miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North Atlantic, exposing a deep seismic fault that runs the length of the North American continent. Joining forces with government seismology expert Dr Amy Lane, Boomer must now race against time to stop the chasm that is threatening to tear America - and the entire world - in half.

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emilyfawcettm

The lack of appreciation that MegaFault has been accorded is a travesty, showcasing the failings of today's society. Ever since I first saw this film, years ago, my life has been changed for the better. Who hasn't had to outrun a giant earthquake that causes telephone poles to explode violently? Who hasn't wept slowly in slow motion while in a helicopter? Who hasn't suddenly realised that they are melting into the tarmac due to a erupting super-volcano?This is the first film to properly explore these pressing matters, too long ignored or dismissed as 'unlikely' or 'pretty stupid'. People rate this film 1 or 2 stars just because the plot is terrible, the acting laughable, and the special-effects are as if made by the abandoned love-child of Michael Bay and a pile of human faeces created by a camera man with Parkinson. These people simply are too weak, too narrow-minded, to appreciate its artistry.When that porta-potty exploded, so did my close-mindedness. Racism and war ended, peace overcame my mind, and I finally achieved enlightenment. 9/10/

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FountainPen

The film is dreadful, corny, poor acting, full of clichés, bad fx -- just awful. I watched it all the way through because I loved Brittany Murphy, and I was intrigued to see whether it would improve. No, it got worse and worse and finally disappeared down a sink hole. For God's sake! Didn't anyone SEE how extremely ILL Brittany was? Her face was gaunt, hollowed out, eyes deep, lips falsely pumped up, her body almost a skeleton which was emphasised by the very thin-legged pants she wore. She seemed lifeless, just mouthing her lines, not emoting, so sad. She was totally MIS-CAST in this movie of course, but probably was in no shape to appreciate that. The film came out about ten weeks before she died. The real megafault is that no one apparently assisted her! Surely, if necessary, the producers of the flick could have FORCED her to seek medical attention?WHY? WHY? WHY didn't someone help her? Such a deep and terrible tragedy. And her husband died shortly afterwards. God rest their souls.

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BadlandZ

Oh Brittany Murphy, the only excuse for this I can think of is that you knew you were about to die, and wanted to get one last paycheck to leave to your family. I know that sounds like an absolutely horrible thing to say, but she had done some decent acting in her life, and this isn't a swan song.I feel horrible about writing a bad review, knowing it was maybe her last film. But, the acting is bad, the plot is laughable, and it's almost as though the producers of this film didn't even want to spend a dime to research a single scientific element of this film with even a high school kid who passed earth science.The only thing I can say is, don't watch this. Honor the career of the actress by watching something better she did like Sin City, or 8 Mile (or even Just Married). Don't watch this. It's not only a bad movie, it's an embarrassment to a fairly decent actress.

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DianaFox

Wow, that was bad, bad, bad. It was one of those movies that was so bad, that it would be faster to list what was good rather than what was bad.The bad - acting, writing, plot, character development, SGI, basic scientific principles.My favorite idiotic comment was when the military man proudly exclaimed that the enemy wouldn't even know that a satellite-induced earthquake was actually an attack (as opposed to an act of God), since the "ice turns back into water". Um, don't you think that they would notice the GIANT COLD BEAM coming out of the sky??!!?? The good - Yep, just like some parts of a standardized test, that line "is intentionally left blank". No redeeming qualities at all. I can't even justify giving it a one out of ten. I was forced into being that polite because the system won't let me give the score it deserves.Suddenly, Howard the Duck doesn't seem that bad after all.

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