Earthstorm (2006 TV Movie)
1/10
His wife died three years ago. (Spoiler--laden, folks)
12 March 2007
Warning: Spoilers
He's working himself to death because his wife died three years ago. The film's potential love interest for Mr. Grieving Wife had father who died disgraced and she starts off as icy because she's ashamed of not backing him (You know she'll soften up towards male lead by the end). Mexico bites the bullet under the earthstorm. Some other place bit the bullet due to the earthstorm--But where's the darn footage of devastation? Why isn't America sending the Red Cross over to help the stricken nations when, darn it, we're obviously doing everything else in this flick???

And the U.S. likewise should be looking for other countries' aid as it took them how long to differentiate the asteroid's matter from the moon's? I've never been trained for space travel--I'm just a demolition's expert--Whose wife died three years ago--Why would the powers that be waste time in taking him along? Best buds in the demolition business are shown buying the farm--but oh no, they're okay--just like the skirt-thinking guy who was the colleague of the meteorologist in "Path of Destruction".

The roles reach as much depth in terms of characterization as a cake being frosted and don't get me started on predictability. That feel good ending puts me in mind of "The Day after Tomorrow" being just as unbelievable in terms of everything's just comes out all right--Even George Pal's When World's Collide in the 1950's had a bitter edge to its ending. And why is it depicted that only the Americans know what's going on and is working at solving the problem?

Why am I writing so incoherently, you the reader asks? Because this movie was an incoherent mess. And oh yeah, I think it was the demolition guy whose wife died three years ago.
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