Meteor: First Impact

It was an enjoyable film. I watch movies to go somewhere else, and this film took me away. The storyline is solid, the cinematography is beautiful, and a chilling end-of-the-world scenario leaves you on the edge of your seat.

I often wonder what the future has in store for us all. The thoughts are overwhelming at times, and the repercussions of our decisions can be devastating. Why is it that people struggle to listen to each other? Why do we look the other way when things are wrong? Why are systems set up to maintain themselves at the expense of others? Would we listen if warned, or would we ignore the signs? The questions are daunting, and the film touches upon them with style.

I'm scratching my head over the people who gave this movie 10/10. I wonder if we watched the same movie. I usually am pretty generous if at least I enjoyed it but this movie failed to deliver much of anything. It was the usual scientist who nobody listens to at their own risk, and no issue was resolved. The acting was OK but the teen girl was terrible. The flashbacks were so awkward that I didn't even know if I was still watching the same movie. Too much time was spent on the psychopath in the woods. As for typical disaster fare, there was nothing to get excited about, and based on what I did see, it is a stretch to believe that the meteors actually had the impact the scientist predicted.

This movie was slow, actors fair, but the script let them down. There was too much time walking around in the woods looking for Lucas. There flashback scenes with the mother, disscussing dying of cancer, which seemed to be out of place with what is happening, probably to fill in time. Then more walking around in the woods getting to a station, where they finally find Lucas. The ending leaves you up in the air, as I watched this movie on Netflix, the screen went blank. I thought it was another ad, then the credits appeared, I don't know what happened. Maybe they forgot to write an ending? Very disappointing.

Granted, I wasn't really harboring much of any grand expectations to the 2022 disaster movie "Meteor First Impact" as I sat down to watch it in 2023. In fact, I had never actually heard about it, yet I still opted to give it a fair chance.

And I would be lying if I said that I figured that writer and director Brett Bentman would deliver just another run-of-the-mill disaster movie. You know, the generic ones that follow the same formula, and often is troubled by inferior CGI effects.

However, I was wrong, because "Meteor First Impact" actually turned out to be even worse than just your average generic run-of-the-mill disaster movie about celestial bodies hitting Earth. "Meteor First Impact" was actually one of the worst disaster movies that I have stumbled upon.

The storyline was all over the place, and had very little focus on the disaster aspect actually, which is odd, because you would assume a movie about meteors would be focusing on the dangers and threats of meteoric strikes on Earth and the damage in its wake. However, "Meteor First Impact" seemed to spend its time between being a drama about a marriage struggling with the cancer of the wife in the marriage, the aftermath of having lost a family member, trying to find a lost young man, and then a little bit of natural destruction from meteors.

You would assume that meteors striking Earth and with multiple more meteors inbound Earth that there would be a lot of press coverage and news bulletins, not to mention panic across the nations. Not for one second throughout the course of 78 minutes that the movie ran for did it even come across the screen with anything even resembling those things. And that made "Meteor First Impact" a very laughable attempt at making a disaster movie.

And the actual impacts of meteors hitting remote nature areas and cities didn't feel believable at all, because the destruction was minimal, the impact blasts were weak and small, and you just don't buy into the fact that this was supposed to be an end of the world phenomena.

The acting performances in the movie were mediocre. I mean, the performances were probably fair enough taking into consideration the severe limitations of the script and storyline, but there weren't any noteworthy or memorable performances on the screen.

Visually then "Meteor First Impact" was adequate. The special effects looked okay. Nothing grand or particularly impressive, but it just didn't feel like anything with a forceful impact to it - pardon the pun.

If you enjoy natural disaster movies, then you could essentially skip on watching "Meteor First Impact" from writer and director Brett Bentman, because it was just another dubious foray into the genre.

My rating of "Meteor First Impact" lands on a two out of ten stars.

I love disaster type movies and was excited when I saw this one as I had not seen anything about it. The storyline could have been a good one, but it needed a stronger screen writer. The actors were beyond terrible and never once did I believe anything they were saying or doing. Not to spoil anything, but when people say they love you and you are discussing catastrophic situations one would expect some physical emotions - tears, hugs, anything, but nope! Not this movie! The best 'actor' was the rifle with the wooden butt stock that flew out of the daughter's hands when she tried to shoot it. I kept thinking it'd get better but it never did and I did watch til the end with hopes of a decent ending - denied! Whoever wrote, directed, and starred in this should have to return their paychecks! Again, don't bother watching this movie! I've read better stories from my young students!