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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0707729162926
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 24, 2004
Running Time: 165 minutes
Sales Rank: 16705
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: May 02, 2004
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Product Description:
An earthquake reaching a 10.5 magnitude on the richter scale strikes the west coast of the u.S. And canada. A large portion of land falls into the ocean and the situation is worsened by aftershocks and tsunami. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/06/2007 Starring: Beau Bridges Kim Delaney Run time: 165 minutes
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Dismissed by seismologists and roasted by critics, 10.5 offers everything you'd expect from a cheesy camp-classic disaster flick. Originally broadcast on May 2 and 3, 2004, this $20 million NBC sweeps-week miniseries achieved its ratings goal (20 million viewers) by promising a respectable cast and spectacular digital effects to simulate 'the Big One'--a series of fault-ripping earthquakes that re-shape the entire West Coast of the United States. The first quake hits Seattle, toppling the Space Needle in a ridiculous opening sequence, and within minutes deep-fault expert Kim Delaney (no doubt regretting her departure from NYPD Blue) is busy convincing the President (Beau Bridges) and his geological advisor (Fred Ward) that only a series of nuclear blasts will 'heal the rift' in the shifting tectonic plates. With John Schneider and The West Wing's Dulé Hill in thankless supporting roles, 10.5 deliberately strives for supreme badness, leaving no cliché unturned and cursing its cast with the worst dialogue in miniseries history. It's gloriously awful and uproariously entertaining. 10.5 may not rock your world, but natural disasters were never this much fun. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - Natural Disaster
Howdy;
I'm a Videophile and love all types of movies. A movie is for entertainment and nothing more.
This mini-made for TV is based on reality, but goes beyond. I was in Seattle this last August and it did not look like in the movie. YES, it is still standing.
One of the scenes that is hard to believe is the quake outside of Redding, CA. It seems like the quake has a mind of it's own and is chasing the train, following the tracks till it catches and devours the entire train. Once the train is gone, the quake stops. Also, the overhead shots of the train look too much like a toy train set.
The CGI of the final quake on the LA coast is fake looking and the background plate used shows cars and people at the beach.
All and all, it is a low budget film that is enteraining. If you like disaster movies, you should like this one.
L8R daze!
Rating:  - Horrible
I am a movie-freak and can stand even the cheesiest or most bizarre movies but this movie is one of those rare ones where I can't even finish watching. It starts out as if there is information missing. I kept switching tracks and turned the disc over, but it starts out with part 1 making you feel as if there was something before that. Maybe mine is defective - but they even refer to characters as if you were supposed to know them and their story. The second awful thing about this - the camera work. I know whoever shot it felt they were being "edgy" or something, but honestly - it was ridiculous. Imagine you are holding a camcorder and you zoom in and zoom out again, over and over, and your hand shakes occasionally - that is how this one was shot. The dialogue is similar to soap opera on t.v. There are the obligatory meaningful looks, and the petty family squabbles that try to seem more important than the disasters around them. To be honest I absolutely hate soap opera, so I may be biased there. I can't review any more of this because I can't finish it, it's going into the trash tonight.
Rating: - Good Movie
This is a good movie. There are a few scenes where the graphics are a bit cheaply done. But overall it is a good movie. It sure makes you think about the future.
Rating: - If you know ANYthing about quakes, do not watch this movie.
I barely managed to stomach the first 20 minutes or so of this movie. When they showed the Seattle Space Needle not moving at all during this allegedly major quake, then suddenly crack at the base and topple over, I knew it was about time to turn it off. When they showed the Richter magnitude on a digital readout going up, up, up that was the final straw. I'm sure seismologists wish we had that technology but we don't. Please, if you know anything at all about quakes and are fascinated by geology, don't even turn it on. It's not science fiction, it's science fantasy.
Rating:  - Does anybody screen these things before or after production?
After hearing some hype about this movie, I thought it might be a good film to watch on a lazy Saturday afternoon. "Disaster" flicks were popular when I was growing up (Volcano, Dante's Peak, Asteroid, etc.), so I've learned a suspend a little disbelief over the years. This film, however, was hardly worth the time.
My first dislike was the fact that this "disaster" was scientifically impossible. Again, when it comes to disaster films, one must suspend a little disbelief, but this film blantly disregarded geological science. I'm not a geologist personally, but I've taken college-level courses in that field and know plenty of geologists who are practically crying because of the impossibility of "chain reaction" earthquakes tearing California off the coast. Yeah, okay, some may say that "nothing in science is for sure fact", but this film is basically like writing a screenplay for a "disaster" where scientific experimentation has caused gravity to intensify seven fold unless the hero can find a way to reverse one of the universe's strongest forces.
My second dislike was the acting and the dialogue. None of the characters were memorable ones. There was a dad and daughter in the forest, a wimpy president, his buddy who runs FEMA (before Katrina, clearly), some doctors, a few family members, a governor, two scientists, and state office assistants. Believe it or not, are all tied together by three degrees of separation, everyone except some ridiculous bike guy who rides ... Read More
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