
When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A special project scientist must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.... (Full plot summary below)
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When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A special project scientist must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.
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| User ReviewMark AOK, the film is called "500 MPH Storm" and it delivers what it promised. Lot's of storm CGI. |
| User ReviewGaspar OEither Casper Van Dien is the worst actor in the history of acting, or this film was edited by the worst editor in the history of film. I'm inclined to believe it's a combination of both to one degree or another, because impossibly, some of the acting was even worse, and some was exponentially better. This is one of our very favorite genres, and my wife and I both thought it was a pile of crap. Utterly awful special effects, dialogue that reminded me of a youth church play and OMG it was so bad I can't bear to think about it further. Asylum is known for the love 'em or hate 'em type of terrible films, and I usually love 'em, but this makes even Asylum look bad. Why two stars then? Because it's a 500 MPH storm, man. Holy shit! |
| User ReviewMark WHow stupid was this? Even the star actor appeared to be laughing while their SUV was being blown through a tractor trailer. Ugh. |
| User ReviewTahmara ASo bad that it's hilarious in spurts, but the fact that the people involved actually seem to be taking this seriously is what makes it so bad. You also know exactly what you're going to get without even having to watch it: horrible CGI, fake science, pathetic acting, terribly written dialogue, and a nonsensical plot with no fluidity. Pretty unbelievable that this was even given any sort of green light. |
| User ReviewCookieDog C80+ minutes of bad acting, bad CGI, stock ballooning footage and weather channel footage combined into something that will not keep your interest for more than 12 minutes. The name is so bad, I had to see what it was. Watch it for the hilarious CGI of balloons being sucked into a tornadoish type event at 09:30. Then turn it off. |
| User ReviewDimitri Bnot even worth the comment , very bad effects , acting is horrible and fake. the story line is ok but the whole set up really gets one upset |
| User ReviewEd CThere is not much to recommend this nonsensical disaster film. --------------------- Simon's group starts a energy production project. The beam generated is a lot stronger than expected, and it starts hosing the weather in the TX/NM/AZ region. Nathan wrote much of the theory underlying the project, but has been absent from it for a while. When the problems start, Simon tries to contact Nathan. The Sims family is on the run from the storms, and eventually Nathan needs to get with Simon to correct things...such as getting the core of the project's reactor cooled off. Most of the film is about getting Nathan to the project, keeping the Sims family safe, and fixing the project. Nathan gets information to Simon to stop the beam. Then the bigger problems show up. -----Scores----- Cinematography: 5/10 The parts with no FX were nicely shot. The SFX were on the cheesy side. The model for the project's main site looked like 1960s SciFi props. Some of the matte paintings were not well done at all. Sound: 3/10 The actors were miked OK. Some of the background music was OK, but a lot of it sounded like it was generated from an automatic system. That irritated me quite a bit. Acting: 2/10 Sarah Lieving is always easy on the eye and the ear, but this is another film like Mega Shark and Super Shark; I wish she would move to better films. Casper van Dien has done better work, and he helps keep this project from being absolutely terrible. Similarly, this is about the worst property I've seen Michael Beach in. The other actors were rather bad, Bryan Head in particular. Screenplay: 2/10 The dialog and the plot were both simplistic and nonsensical. The film tries to convey a sense of urgency. However, the repetitions, the mistakes, and the poor delivery by many of the actors negated much the urgency. |
| User ReviewJosh E500 mph storm has all the excitement and energy of an old man crossing the street just before hip replacement surgery. The acting though is absolutely top shelf - I am assuming that the top shelf is where they keep the bad actors. And while I may not fully understand the science behind hurricanes and tornadoes, I am guessing that neither does the person who wrote the script. |
| User ReviewMysterio D2015-05-29 implausible throughout, with very white teeth. |
| User ReviewRicky W2015-05-29 implausible throughout, with very white teeth. |