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MegaFault

  • TV Movie
  • 2009
  • PG-13
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
3.1/10
2.5K
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MegaFault (2009)
DisasterActionAdventureDramaSci-FiThriller

When miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North Atlantic, exposing a deep seismic fault t... Read allWhen miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North Atlantic, exposing a deep seismic fault that runs the length of the North American continent. Joining forces with government seismo... Read allWhen miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North Atlantic, exposing a deep seismic fault that runs the length of the North American continent. Joining forces with government seismology expert Dr Amy Lane, Boomer must now race against time to stop the chasm that is threa... Read all

  • Director
    • David Michael Latt
  • Writer
    • Paul Bales
  • Stars
    • Brittany Murphy
    • Eriq La Salle
    • Bruce Davison
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.1/10
    2.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Michael Latt
    • Writer
      • Paul Bales
    • Stars
      • Brittany Murphy
      • Eriq La Salle
      • Bruce Davison
    • 81User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Brittany Murphy
    Brittany Murphy
    • Dr. Amy Lane
    Eriq La Salle
    Eriq La Salle
    • Charley 'Boomer' Baxter
    Bruce Davison
    Bruce Davison
    • Dr. Mark Rhodes
    Justin Hartley
    Justin Hartley
    • Dan Lane
    Paul Logan
    Paul Logan
    • Major Boyd Grayson
    Jack P. Downing
    • General Banks
    Jack Goldenberg
    • Sebastian
    Miranda Schwein
    • Miranda Lane
    Jessica Stratton
    • Dravinski
    Sarah Garvey
    • Jerry Blair
    Jeff Ashcraft
    • Major
    Gloria Long Collins
    • Vanessa
    Trevor Collins
    • Norman
    Mary Cunliffe
    • Joanne Raye
    Richard 'Goose' Giesecke
    • Glen
    Kaitlyn Makelbust
    • Katie
    Paul M. Walker III
    • Doug
    • (as Paul Melvin Walker III)
    Andrew Stephen Pratt
    • Armstrong
    • (as Andrew Pratt)
    • Director
      • David Michael Latt
    • Writer
      • Paul Bales
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    User reviews81

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    1graysonagent

    Horrible misleading film doesn't know what earthquakes are

    There should be a negative score for film this bad. The writers have no idea what earthquakes are. They seem to think an earthquake is like a tear in fabric and if you can stay ahead of the rip you will be OK. Nonsense. Actress is so unprepared for the role she looks at her technical equipment like she's never seen it before. All the actors stand around uncomfortable knowing they have no lines. The failure is no ability to tell the truth. The writers know nothing about the underlying science of seismology and lied that they could write a story on the topic. No one on the project could tell the truth that the script was awful. The producers lied that they had a viable film. The nitwits at Syfy lie that they are able to develop or produce science fiction. At least they changed the spelling to spare the science fiction genre from guilt by association.

    Work this poor is an affront to drama, to science, and to the audience.

    Best line in the film: Because I'm holding a bottle of water, I'm more prepared for the next earthquake than most people. (sic) True.

    Dumbest line in the first 30 minutes: (looking at a hole in the ground) "That was a 7 on the Richter scale." Total nonsense.

    I turned it off.
    TV_Ken

    Worst disaster movie I have ever seen.

    This is the worst disaster movie I have ever seen, and believe me, I have seen far too many.

    If you can believe that people can be as stupid as the characters in this movie and that the plot was good enough to pass a 6th grade English class, then this is the movie for you.

    I didn't have to write any spoilers. You can easily guess what will be happening in the plot. If you can't guess, then go watch a few good old disaster movies and get yourself an education.

    I could not wait for the entire world to blow up so that movie would be over. I had to settle for just turning off the TV.
    1CBAKitesKites

    Purty danged awful!!!!!

    There's really not much more that I can add to what the previous posters wrote.

    The makers of this movie must have as their motto: "Quality, what's that?!"

    If this movie were any more of a dog, it would shed!

    Actually, it's kind of hard to get mad at something so "stupefyingly stupid" as this movie! (It looks like it was made by trolls.)

    "Plan 9 From Outer Space", move over! A new worst movie joins you on the very worst movies list, meaning that at last there's a movie even lower than you!

    If you liked "Crack In The World" with Dana Andrews, now you'll have something to compare it with!
    4LeonLouisRicci

    Will that Pesky Planet Earth Just Die Already!

    While this Movie was being Filmed, anyone on the Shoot who had Eyes to See should have Called 911 and had Brittany Murphy Admitted to a Hospital. She is Shown here to be Suffering a Physical Ailment that Only Modern Science could Deal With. The Girl was Obviously Sick and this is Proof Captured for Eternity.

    The Movie is Better than 2012: Supernova (2009) by a Factor of about 2.0 on the Richter Scale but that is Saying Almost Nothing because that One is the Pits. Speaking of Pits, there are Quite a Few in this Mega Earthquake as Extinction Movie.

    If there aren't Enough to Cause Some Serious Damage to a City or Three or Four (its hard to keep score in this as things are seldom very clear as to what is going on, just that something is and their watching it), well then will make a Mega Pit of our own. Say about as big as the Grand Canyon. That'll Show this Upstart Quake who's boss.

    The Ending in this, yet another, Made for TV Movie, about the Ending of the World, just Goes On Forever with a Truck setting off Dynamite (by the MegaTons) in an Endless Chase to Outrun a Satellite, while the Aforementioned Sickly Girl keeps Reaching for the Sky at a Rope Dangling from a Helicopter. Does She Reach the Rope? Does the Truck Outrun the Satellite? You'll have to Watch to Find Out.......Or Not!
    1paul_m_haakonsen

    This movie was a Mega Fault!

    I think the people making this movie had their hearts in the right place, but the movie turned out to be so crappy. Everything was against the movie from the start; the casting, the story, the CGI effects.

    Lets start with the cast. Most people seemed like they didn't have their hearts in the project, as if they were going on autopilot. And, although I never were a fan of Murphy, what is up with her in this movie? She looks like she was on crack.

    Moving on to the CGI effects, or lack thereof. Whom have ever seen fissures in the earth opening up and actually track people and cars? Or cracks opening up on one side of the car, then they are magically gone in the next scene, but the car is still driving at the same place. Man, the CGI effects in this movie were poor, no make that pisspoor.

    Somehow I managed to make it through the entire movie. I forced myself because I wanted to sit through what was possibly the worst movie I had ever seen at that time.

    This movie is bad with a capital B. If you, like me, enjoy finding subtle and in-your-face-obvious mistakes in movies, sit down and watch this one. You will have a paper full of errors. :)

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    • Trivia
      Brittany Murphy's final TV production.
    • Goofs
      While setting the charges, Boomer calls the nearby vehicle a Humvee. It is an out-of-date three-quarter ton truck, not a Humvee.
    • Quotes

      Glen: What is going ON?

    • Connections
      References 10.5 (2004)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Thảm Họa
    • Filming locations
      • Davenport, Iowa, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Asylum
      • Family Films
      • It's Not My Fault
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    • Budget
      • $1,200,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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