Poor special effects, mediocre storyline, uninspiring dialogue. The actresses are hot, though. And I'm still watching it, but you shouldn't.
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It doesn't get more clichéd
Leofwine_draca31 May 2017
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IMPACT EARTH is another cheesy low budget disaster movie that seems to have been churned out without any kind of creativity or imagination whatsoever. Certainly the film itself is a dud, cutting and pasting in all of the stock sub-plots from previous TV movie disaster flicks. You get the family in danger, the renegade outsider scientist who nobody else listens to, the idiotic government agents, the human bad guys, and of course the cheesy CGI effects. These tend to be limited to meteorite strikes which are portrayed in an amusingly inept way. Tom Berenger, almost unrecognisable, is the old-timer in the cast and the best thing in it somewhat inevitably; the rest is an aimless mess of clichés and join-the-dots plotting.
Another disaster film."
FadedOut19 February 2016
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This is a film that has the unoriginal concept of Asteroid about to hit Earth along with various staples plot devices of these type of films, such as disgraced scientist no one will believe when he (and a assistant in this one) see the oncoming disaster. Looting/Crime just before disaster, a last minute scheme to save the day and an danger fraught trip to a safe place to hide out. The film also goes off in strange tangents from drunken louts following the heroes group, to romance between assistant and hero still pining for his wife who kicked him out and he's taking to his shelter with their son, a man and his daughter stalking them in the woods before saving them, then holding them hostage, then space pool with one asteroid knocked into the one about to hit Earth, deflecting it and saving the day. Although many smaller asteroids caused destruction across the US, while still coming close to our heroes very specific area of countryside and woods.
Predictable Disaster
hubertssonharaldur25 January 2021
Hillbillies still top of the food chain.
bombersflyup16 February 2021
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Impact Earth is amateurish and poor in all aspects, though Caitlin Carver beautiful. She should be everybody's assistant.
It's bad, television drama level, from the effects to acting, dialogue and the story's tired. Tim goes back with his wife at the end, because he's a hero now? That's a bad message, but furthermore... Are You Insane!!! Not to mention the crazy guy who wants to kick them out of their own bunker, mid trying to save the world, that seemed necessary. Berenger woeful too.
It's bad, television drama level, from the effects to acting, dialogue and the story's tired. Tim goes back with his wife at the end, because he's a hero now? That's a bad message, but furthermore... Are You Insane!!! Not to mention the crazy guy who wants to kick them out of their own bunker, mid trying to save the world, that seemed necessary. Berenger woeful too.
Just another generic run-of-the-mill disaster movie...
paul_haakonsen4 January 2021
Well, this 2015 movie titled "Impact Earth" is a disaster movie in every sense of that meaning. And with that in mind, you know what you are getting in for when you sit down to watch "Impact Earth" from director Rex Piano.
"Impact Earth" has a pretty straight forward storyline, one that is every bit laughable as it is unrealistic. And a movie such as "Impact Earth" is as generic and predictable as it comes when talking disaster movies, and it is impressive that writers E.M. McCoy, Jonathan Stathakis and Cory Tynan manage to create something that is just another copy-paste of essentially every other mainstream disaster movie ever made.
What astounds me in movies such as "Impact Earth" is how natural disaster phenomena always seem to home in and focus on the select few main protagonists of the movie; and such is the case in this 2015 movie as well. Amazing how so many asteroids can impact in so close vicinity of that family, and yet leave the rest of the surrounding environment unscathed.
And you know you have a mainstream generic disaster movie on your hand when, and surprise surprise, the entire world is saved by the laughable heroic stunts by a single family. And just to add insult to injury, the way that the family saves the world is just so wonderfully idiotic that even a 1st grader could have mustered up a similar concept idea.
Visually then "Impact Earth" wasn't actually all that bad. Sure, this wasn't top of the line CGI, but it was adequate. Personally, I prefer more realistic-looking special effects in movies such as these, but the majority of disaster movies seem to have subpar CGI and special effects.
The acting in the movie was adequate, though you shouldn't go setting yourself up for stellar acting performances in the movie. I was surprised to see Tom Berenger in a movie such as this though.
If you enjoy disaster movies, then "Impact Earth" is not really one that I would recommend you rush out to watch, as there are far better and more enjoyable disaster movies readily available. My rating of this 2015 disaster movie ultimately settles on a four out of ten rating, once the dust from the many localized asteroid impacts have settled.
"Impact Earth" has a pretty straight forward storyline, one that is every bit laughable as it is unrealistic. And a movie such as "Impact Earth" is as generic and predictable as it comes when talking disaster movies, and it is impressive that writers E.M. McCoy, Jonathan Stathakis and Cory Tynan manage to create something that is just another copy-paste of essentially every other mainstream disaster movie ever made.
What astounds me in movies such as "Impact Earth" is how natural disaster phenomena always seem to home in and focus on the select few main protagonists of the movie; and such is the case in this 2015 movie as well. Amazing how so many asteroids can impact in so close vicinity of that family, and yet leave the rest of the surrounding environment unscathed.
And you know you have a mainstream generic disaster movie on your hand when, and surprise surprise, the entire world is saved by the laughable heroic stunts by a single family. And just to add insult to injury, the way that the family saves the world is just so wonderfully idiotic that even a 1st grader could have mustered up a similar concept idea.
Visually then "Impact Earth" wasn't actually all that bad. Sure, this wasn't top of the line CGI, but it was adequate. Personally, I prefer more realistic-looking special effects in movies such as these, but the majority of disaster movies seem to have subpar CGI and special effects.
The acting in the movie was adequate, though you shouldn't go setting yourself up for stellar acting performances in the movie. I was surprised to see Tom Berenger in a movie such as this though.
If you enjoy disaster movies, then "Impact Earth" is not really one that I would recommend you rush out to watch, as there are far better and more enjoyable disaster movies readily available. My rating of this 2015 disaster movie ultimately settles on a four out of ten rating, once the dust from the many localized asteroid impacts have settled.
Inept
rufusjohn13 February 2022
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Where does one start? The asteroid appears to be striking the same country (America of course) repeatedly over a space of hours during which the Earth , presumably, has failed to rotate! The team trekking through the woods stop for a rest, just as the rednecks find their abandoned vehicle. These two were only minutes behind them on the road. So despite the urgency, the team (wimps the lot of them) are having a rest after what can't have been more than a quarter of a mile. Who writes this garbage?
Not bad, good action. Spoilers:
mrmgarnham8 November 2021
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Pretty good meteor apocalypse film. Felt like the beginning had been missed but i soon realised why after ten confusing minutes. I would like to have seen more use of the bunker, and the 'mission control' was far fetched.
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