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(2004 TV Movie)

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2/10
Terrible writing
MelMarra25 April 2020
The bad acting and writing was constant throughout the movie.
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Faultline
alphasun4 March 2007
This film is one of those turkeys that is enjoyable because you can predict things and watch the worthy efforts of some good actors to make the best of it. It looks like very low budget stuff -- one of the funniest bits is the first earth tremor, with actor reactions and camera shake working overtime. We see the hero and a friend perched on the edge of a cliff in their SUV, but only in close shot, because it cost too much to build a post-earthquake set. There is also a wearisome personal subplot that makes Invasion seem fast-moving. I am not rating it because these turkeys with redeeming features are so hard to rate if like me you sympathise with the production problems on low budget.
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1/10
Unimpressive
staceyjarvis2 September 2006
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Unconvincing plot and acting. Restricted acting. Insultingly, it does not deviate from a tired old formula nauseously repeated. Mistakes with the use of technology - attempting to use a cell phone in a basement of an island with no cell phone tower, outdated inaccurate portrayal of the diabetic character and her treatment - confirms the viewer's first impression that their intelligence is not going to be tested in the duration of this movie. Other aspects of the technical inaccuracies are frustrating and invoke scepticism - for example, the police chief had be given instructions about how to manage the crisis by the geologist. One to watch to see if it gets as bad as what initial impressions indicate.
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1/10
utterly forgettable
linda-plant29 September 2019
One of the worst films ever.

Brandy Ledford was clearly hired for her looks as a model, because an actress she is not. The rest of the cast was not much better, and that Casting Directors could do no worse than come to the UK and seeing how local drama groups put on productions - our amateurs are much better than most LA wannabee actors/actresses !
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5/10
Not your usual disaster flick
Leofwine_draca16 August 2013
FAULTLINE isn't your usual made-for-TV disaster movie: no, it's even cheaper than that! Most of the budget was spent on filming on location on some islands off the coast of Florida, so instead of the usual city-wide shenanigans, much of the film focuses on a group of survivors trapped in the ruins of a building. Whether they make it or not supplies the majority of the supposed drama, as the writers attempt to elicit suspense out of the scenario.

It's not particularly good but not the absolute nadir the genre has to offer either. At least the pacing is decent, with lots of incident and conflict to keep the cauldron bubbling away. DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES star Doug Savant takes the heroic role, playing the husband above around who runs around and tries to figure out the best way to save those trapped below. I've always liked Savant, finding him quite charming, but the talents of the other cast members are less impressive.

The disaster scenes are a particular disappointment, failing to impress throughout. A few extras have some rubble fall on them but otherwise the earthquake is depicted with lots of camera shake, like on an old episode of VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Still, this genre is notorious for the appalling films it churns out, so I wasn't too disappointed with the whole thing.
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1/10
What did I watch?...
linda-810-61921914 February 2022
This was painful to watch. The acting is terrible, the writing is terrible. I don't being a disaster movie, it was a disastrous movie!

This was one of the worst low budget movies, I've seen. The only highlight was seeing the few glimpses of the beach scenery.
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1/10
An Earthquake Film Worse Than 1974
JimmyL555523 August 2020
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1. Film begins with a young woman and her BF scuba diving until he gets burnt by a burst of intense heat. She swims up to the surface and instead of wading above water, she just stands there with her upper body above water.

2. After having debris fall on them in the basement, it is inconceivable that they do not grab the hard safety helmets in the office clearly hanging inches from the circuit breaker where the men had worked on before leaving the office.

3.After an aborted attempt of rescue due to an aftershock, the 4 of them in the basement get separated. HOW?

4. During the separation, probing in the dark, none of them shout loudly to be heard by the others but instead "call out" in conversational tone.
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1/10
The Lamest Movie Ever!
flyinbriandj-8568218 September 2022
Cheesey movie! Waste of time! Actors could not act! Not one even remotely in the film! Waste of time, money, and I'm pretty sure the whole film lost money! Sorry, guys, but if I was one of the actors, I'd wanna be killed at the beginning. The worst part is going in a circles and being lost in the shaft, Really? Didn't watch the end. Absolutely the lamest lines ever! Don't waste your time! You'll spend the rest of your nights thinking about why it took you so long to call it quits and find something else to watch. It seems to me that if I was the one who scraped up the money for a project, I'd have read the story line and took more time finding actors!
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