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The story in it self could have potential, but did not quite do it for me.First of all, where was the body discovered? I did not see that any archeologists found any human remains. And how did the surveillancecamera mounted on top of the Stonehenge survive the EMP's, when it manage to drain the power of two cars later in the film? To many sloppy mistakes in the script concerning these minor details.

I also think that there were too many clichés about the American military and that the commanders must be irrational and close to stupid to lead the most powerful militaryforce in the world. I agree with some others in here that the acting sometimes were good, but also very bad by some actors as well. I give the movie a plus for trying as hard as possible to sty serious throughout the movie.

The generic style title makes it sound going in like a just another end-of-everything flick, and OK to approach just as a mindless way to kill some time on a stay-in evening. It's got a limited budget as you'd expect, but the script manages to offer a few new ideas.

Stonehenge, due to its mysterious origin, creator, and purpose, is ripe for one of these "way out" doomsday prophecy themed stories. Without giving away too much, weird stuff starts happening at the famous site. Other similar ancient shrines all over the world also seem to be effecting odd behavior. (Warning: essential cliché hero alert:) The hero is a brilliant rogue scientist who's into conspiracy theories, lol. Throw in a general who wants to nuke stuff, a cult with a demented prophet, some high powered alien contraptions, and an "ancient artifact" that looks like it was taken from a 1962 Ford Falcon.

Oddly enough, the thread of the story is all tied together pretty nicely. The story is told well, although the resolution of things takes some doing to swallow. Cheap, but a fair way to spend some time.

If one wishes to make a motion picture in the Science Fiction genre, one should start with a reasonably valid premise and develop the plot around that premise. It makes the storyline more or less believable. Furthermore, the plot should be developed in a believable manner.

The concept of detonating a nuclear device at the Stonehenge location by some American General, without a word of interference from the British people is a bit of an imaginative stretch to say the least. Furthermore, it conveys a condescending attitude and the impression that if the world is to be saved, it will be done by an American. Overall, the plot was trite and boringly predictable.

Comparing this poorly thought out piece with '2012' (As seen on the DVD box cover) is ridiculous and serves only to engender further distrust of movie reviews. Having said that, I didn't think much of the concept behind '2012' either but at least the plot was interesting.

Well, I watched this movie and its companion movie, Annihilation Earth tonight. Stonehenge Apocalypse was more believable and enjoyable than its companion movie for SyFy Saturday Night. Naturally, the plot was really silly. Volcanoes out of the World Heritage site pyramids, really? I had to laugh at that. Stonehenge as a doomsday clock countdown counter and destruction mechanism. That is something different, and I had to give bonus points for that idea. The dialogue and acting in the movie was bearable compared to Annihilation Earth's. The special effects is the SyFy usual. There wasn't much of a focus on the doomsday cult. I had to laugh.. The movie painted the British head officer of sciences was a complete moron. He didn't know half the stuff he was discussing..

If it wasn't for Annihilation Earth, I would have given this movie a far worse review, but i think that piece of crap saved this movie a star and half from the worst star rating on my scale.

As B movies go, although unintended is a comedy gem, filled with stereotypes and inaccuracy. Collins, Wingfield and Higginson do their best to carry it along, The sheer lack of research into the location lets the movie down, placing one of the most recognisable monuments in the world in a hilly forested area, the complete opposite of where you'll actually find it, in all movies you expect a bit of artistic licence but this example is hilarious, along with the obviously Canadian road markings and signage. Major (wearing the rank of Captain for some reason) Peatman's accent is a comedy highlight, sounding like a Dick Van Dyke cockney crossed with Scotsman and Crocodile Dundee, even the stereotypical US General who predictably wants to nuke the whole of Salisbury is quite funny and ends up ordering directive 10/15 which is actually something to do with affordable housing in the US. I know defence cuts in the UK are pretty harsh but I'm sure the army could rustle up more than one tank, one truck and three other vehicles, most being either ancient or non-British, best summed up in the final chase scene which sees an ancient American jeep being chased across Salisbury plain by a French Peugeot open top thing. I can only guess that the majority of the budget went on administration as there was very little left for the movie. However I do have a soft spot for this movie, so much so that I have the DVD, watch it if you need a giggle.

This review contains minor spoilers about an awful film. Given just how bad the film is these spoilers shouldn't be a problem to read as they serve to illustrate just why the film needs to be avoided.

This is the sort of film that is only good to watch if you're sitting with a group of friends with something to drink who all enjoy pointing at the screen and shouting at the hordes of incredibly obvious mistakes.

If you were to switch on this movie part way through you could be forgiven for assuming for the first few minutes that it was supposed to be a spoof of disaster movies. Unfortunately this is not the case and instead it is supposed to be a serious science fiction film.

However, this film seems to contain little to no science and there are many parts that would fall into the trope of "You Fail Physics Forever" such as a mind breaking scene where a radio-telescope is re-purposed in a few hours on the countdown to create a jamming signal by producing electromagnetic waves targeted at Stonehenge that as the wavelength is altered moves from radio through audible to visible light (creating an aura of light in the air at Stonehenge) and then finally gamma rays! It is discovered that the only thing that can save the world is currently located in the hands of a fanatic who has already killed one officer and he is now with his armed followers in the US the decision is taken to send in four police officers instead of, say, the entire National Guard to obtain the only object that can save the world.

It should also be noted that this film demonstrates why American actors should never attempt British accents. Some of them go through three different accents ranging from generic British to Australian to American and back again in just three lines.

I don't think it can be stated just how bad this movie is. It's not even worth wasting your time watching it on television.

*CONTAINS SPOILERS* What can I say other than the fact that this film is so bad that it has offended me enough to register on IMDb! Okay, the premise was alright I guess but thats where the good stuff ends. The characters are awful, the budget was obviously not enough, Stonehenge was an awful CGI that didn't even resemble actuality in the slightest. No research has even taken place during, or before, production to even get the scenery around Stonehenge correct, a simple photograph would have been sufficient. The military vehicles included a single accurate Land Rover but then also used American ones, a Humvee and even a WW2 Willys Jeep (All left hand drive of course)! How low budget do they think the UK military is?. For some reason US forces were all over the place and running the show, up to and including deciding to 'Nuke' the monument, yeah right. Okay Sci-Fi is Sci-Fi but give me a break, not a single American would be present or allowed to help with any of these decisions. The roads, signs, markings and even telegraph poles were clearly American. Continuation was also a major issue with the mass re-use of shots/ scenes and little things like charred or removed turf managing to somehow regrow in about ten minutes flat. Awful film, just awful.

This movie is an insult to anyone and everyone who ever sat through a science or history class in school. It is not possible to include or describe the unbelievable number of gross factual errors in this movie. One must conclude that the writers knew absolutely nothing about the locations and artifacts included.

In a desperate (and failed) attempt to get the viewer to buy into the story, we are told; 1) the Earth's breathable atmosphere was created by ancient world wide machines, 2) ancient mega structures known to have been built by separate cultures, thousands of years apart, were contemporary and built by an unknown alien civilization, and 3) pyramids mark the location of volcanoes and can trigger volcanic eruptions … and that is just the start.

For those who like clichés, this movie is for you. Insane civilization hating cult bent on ending modern life, a mindless military determined to do exactly the wrong thing, discredited pseudo-scientist who is the only one with the solution, lone scientist who believes in the pseudo-scientist for personal reasons, remorseless countdown to the world's end, guns that never need to be reloaded … plus many, many, OMG way too many, more

The writers, producers, and director of this movie have shown a level of incompetence almost beyond belief, and, for the good of humanity, should be forever barred from working in the entertainment industry.

Not bad as far as Syfy Channel fare is concerned. It had a decent plot. Strong enough for suspension of belief to carry the story. But get real ... the US military running rampant all over Stonehenge on the British Isles. I don't think so. And the travelling from Britain to North America and back seemed awfully fast. At least in the climax they actually mentioned a supersonic jet. I think the writer was trying to Americanize the story when it wasn't needed. CGI was cheesy at times but bearable for what is essentially a B movie. Despite the flaws, the characters from Supernatural, Stargate Atlantis, and Highlander did a good job of carrying the story.

Just to get this straight, I have absolutely nothing against Syfy Originals in general. Mostly, they're refreshingly irony-free throwbacks to classic drive-in b-movies and those giant monster flicks that Hollywood and independent studios alike tend to neglect. This one, however, was quite different, and not necessarily for the best.

I guess my biggest issue, aside from the absolutely worthless protagonist, was the presentation of the story. An amazingly large part of the movie consists of very little more than a group of scientists *observing* the actual location of interest via monitors and meters. They analyze the data and discuss the mysterious threat that's supposed to be rising by the minute with as much melodrama as possible, but the fact remains that all we see is people *talking* about a dangerous situation from a safe distance. It hampers the sense of tension that's needed for a "Countdown to Doomsday" movie to work. It's not necessarily boring as much as it feels like a distraction from what *should* be the real focus, namely the actual sites of the strange phenomena. There are exceptions, of course; some of the later action scenes and special effects sequences really are pretty well executed for a TV movie, but they're only a minuscule portion of the whole.

All in all, "Stonehenge Apocalypse" is one of the weaker Syfy Originals I've seen. It's undeniably much more coherent and serious than many of the others, but it thoroughly lacks true excitement and tension. The fact that most of its major plot devices are mere references to established real world pseudo-sciences, inelegantly thrown in there like quotes from their respective Wikipedia articles, certainly doesn't help.

Honestly? It was great in a so-bad-it's-good way. They could not have had a budget of more than £10 and it showed.

The acting (for the most part) was good. That being said, the forced British accents made me wince.

The name says it all, what would you expect from a film with the name 'Stonehenge Apocalypse'? I'll tell you, terrible graphics that could have been made at 3am in the dark, and scenes that don't make any sense (i.e; the Prime Minister deciding to nuke Stonehenge?)

Near(ish) the end I could not tell whether they were in the U. S or the UK. It got to the point that I could only assume that Pangea had reformed and they walked across the borders.

The ending line "It was a robot head!" hit a part of me that I never knew existed before I watched this film. All in all: Laughable graphics and a poorly made film with a terrible script. I loved it!

I usually like this sort of thing and was quite intrigued by the beginning of this film. But I must admit didn't make it more than half way through. I guess my review may have been different if I had, as some reviews mention how it is all brought together well at the end. But I gave up shortly after the discredited hero managed to wander onto a site apparently being monitored by all sorts of government agencies after something apocalyptic happened. And I think if you are going to mention an amazing landmark in your title, you could at least arrange to film there or make up a decent set elsewhere instead of using shaky CGI. Not for me and I can't imagine it's for most viewers when there's so much else to choose.

This is a truly dreadful film, which is what makes it so good! On a sensible note: the film had potential with some good actors, but they were let down by accents on a par with Dick Van Dyke's cockney. There are quite a few similarities to the Stargate franchise, but as the cast is made up of mostly Stargate actors, it's not really surprising. Hill Harper is great as the mad professor. Enjoy !

If only American audiences had access to the ancient knowledge of the 'stones'. We Celts took ages carving them from the mountains in south Wales and were about to arrange them in a spiral pattern just north of Bridgend when the English with their usual arrogance attacked and overcame us with an army of mercenaries recruited mainly from Europe. After killing most of our men and forcing the remaining women and children to only wear tartan they levitated the stones to the county of Wiltshire in England with the help of some Egyptian tourists well versed in the dark art of astral travel and improvised dance. This film is just another example of how Americans or Canadians or whatever can't help rewriting history just to suit themselves to earn a fast buck little realising that Merlins' curse will follow them to the end of time, until the prophecies of our Druid leaders are fulfilled and the Empire of Wales is finally restored to it's rightful place.