I like all movies from highest production to cheesy C-. This movie had potential to be a fun sci-fi flick. This potential had a sad collision with a supernova and the supernova won.
The first sin of this movie is to display a shelf-full of stock stereotypes. You got the devious Chinese scientist that will betray the US even at risk of her own country's annihilation, the vodka guzzling Russian scientist that looks like a semi-bold Albert Einstein whose IQ score married a '-'. My favourite are automatic weapons wielding Palestinian-dressed Iranians who after ambushing our hero asked him WHY is he smuggling nuclear weapons in his jeep into a high secure US base? Yes, a terrorist cell in search of answers! The second sin of this movie is setting dichotomy. No matter where the events are supposed to be taking place, your brain is going - but ...but...that isn't WHERE you are! I mean yes a bit of suspension of belief is normal when watching movies, but it takes 3,000 meters of suspension rope to convince you that an obvious empty metal workshop is really the headquarter for the most advanced secret space computer lap. It doesn't help that the computers look older than Tandy. Yes, I was waiting for the tubes to burn out...
The third sin is irrational dialogue and behaviour that causes enough double takes to produce double vision. Example, heroes are complaining that their car has been transformed into lightning magnet, so they make a decision to get out of their fully functioning car to hail another car that might NOT attract lightning this time... My favourite is when the hero successfully eludes the terrorists running after him by finding a truck then drives for a few minutes then turns into another spot of the same area to get out and resume being chased on foot...
To be fair, the movie did have one redeeming value. The cgi graphics were pretty well done for the scenes of havoc. The only thing is when they appeared you felt like someone switched the channel without warning. The quality and background and the impact of the visuals were so out of the sync with the poor excuse for a home made sci-fi movie attempt that you wished all the actors died so you can just focus on the only thing worth watching...our solar system going kaboom! If I was the guy in charge, I would cut out all scenes involving actors, keep the special effect reel and put it on you tube as a resume for a job in a real movie.
*drinks lots of water*
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