Impact

This was one of those films that I downloaded because I had nothing else to watch at the time. but it was a pleasant suprise. And my Mrs actually quite enjoyed it... which automatically awards it an extra star.

Impact was actually a TV movie, but a pretty high standard one. The storyline was good enough to hold it's own, and put a decent twist on the usual "Oh my god, a giant Asteroid is about to hit the earth!".

You obviously can't help but compare this movie with others of the same kind. Things like Deep Impact, and Armageddon. Don't get me wrong, this isn't is good as they were, but had it been made with the same sort of budgets, I think it could have been.

The main star of the show is Natasha Henstridge (probably known to you as the sex-crazed alien from 'Species') and although she's a little older these days, and didn't show any sign of getting her kit-off, she played her part well.

The rest of the cast were people you'd probably recognise from other TV shows, or B movies, no one super-famous, or whose name springs instantly to mind, but they all played believable characters, and pulled the heart strings in the right places.

The special effects ranged from very good, to "was that supposed to look real" (if you watch this film, you'll know what I mean as soon as you see the underside of a cargo-ship). But overall it was a respectable effort.

A hollywood budget, and hollywood cast (and Armageddon and Deep impact never having been made) and this could have been a summer block-buster.

It wasn't... and it isn't but it still gets:

7.5 / 10
(Worth Watching)

-- Smyth --