Quantum Apocalypse (2010)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Fantastic!

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Scyfy originals are never going to meet critical acclaim but often they hold a certain charm about them that makes them watchable in that dumb viewing type of way.Sadly Quantum Apocalypse doesn't have that charm and is one of their many many many many meteor apocalypse films and when you've seen one you've officially seen them all.Containing that common scyfy original side plot about a step parent and resentful step child I do question why we see this so often.Credit however where credit is due, many of the cast are quite competent including the highly underused Gigi "Farscape" Edgley and Rhett Giles who puts in a career best performance as an autistic.Make no mistake they don't make up for this embarrassing clichéd mess but they do bring levity to what could have been one of the scyfy channels worst if they weren't present.The Good: Gigi Edgley Usual Scyfy pseudo science The Bad: Usual Scyfy pseudo scienceSoundtrackOffensively recycled and unoriginal Dumb endingThings I learnt from this movie:Gigi Edgley needs to pick her roles better

This movie is totally hilarious it is more like a sci-fi parody & irony is that almost everyone was involved in making this nonsense actually are very serious about it you name it from the cast,crew & etc.I love independent films but films like these make me laugh & people say Michael bay or Roland Emmerich are lame directors,it was a low budget film but still better then quantum of solace 2008 the James bond 007 film with Daniel Craig & Die Another Day 2002 is a classic compared to that.The story is about a comet coming in to earths orbit & scientists are going crazy as time is running out & end of the world is near.The dialogs & conversations between characters is so serious even more then a Stanley Kubrick movie just an excuse so the audience will relate to it but they failed to cover up the cheap cgi, bad acting & garbled archive footage.First the flood & disaster comes then later these guys launch a ICBM(missile) at some place altering the time & things goes back to the way they were everyone lives happily ever after wow i mean what a story totally Oscar worthy.Plus who can forget the story angle where random thugs rape the guys girlfriend & hero gets shot helpless,whoever wrote this script must be on drugs.As for the cast there are some hot women but i liked Kristen Quintrall she is one hot eye candy that's it probably the only one people should check out this film for.Overall Quantum Apocalypse 2010 is a film for ones who don't like quantum of solace 2008 my rating is 2/10.

Contains spoiler? Well isn't that ironic?Contrary to a lot of the reviews this did film did make me laugh, I watched it high, hung over and with a very sarcastic friend who had actually purchased the film for such an occasion.So yeah would recommend if your in the same situation.Nobody can act in this film which is confusing as there are a couple of pretty hot woman in it so sometimes you think it might be about to break into a porn film.Apparently the main guy with the family is the Mayor of the town? I only found this out however after reading the back of the DVD box, maybe it's mentioned at the start and I missed it?His brother is autistic, apparently. This involves a highly dubious Dustin Hoffman impression, an affliction which as the film winds up and more is expected of him, miraculously seems to clear up in patches.Another highlight is the mayors wife. Probably the hottest woman in the film, I'm impressed to see she has worked on Battlestar Galactica and the Terminator Chronicles, as during the film I kept humming the Terminator music every time she came on screen. Her emotionless deadpan autopilot delivery is highly amusing particularly in marital exchanges with her husband.The badguy x-boyfriend is the standout however, fantastic performance, worthy of Gene Wilder in Stir Crazy.As stated script and story are diabolical. The 'rock star' scientists, who you would think would be the stars of the film but are relegated by so many sub-plots) were for me the most annoying performers in the film. Effects? Well there is a 2sec scene were New York is hit by the traditional tidal wave, I believe this is where most the budget was spent, and it looks sh*t.'The President' actor has to have the least amount of gravitas I ever witnessed for the role, I couldn't even see him as the manager of a McDonalds.I could go on, but I think its all been said. Watch it 'blitzed', sober you'll never make it, even worse you will be angered like someone has just dropped a turd in your fresh mojito.

Oh where to begin? How about with the title, Quantum Apocalypse? For a start the film makers don't seem to understand what 'Quantum' means.Not a good start.Then there's the mysterious space jelly that somehow moves around on it's own affecting everything in it's path but only when it's facing them.The special effects look as though they were put together by a film student. A bad film student who is currently failing to pass any classes at all. Earth is seen from Mars and looks closer than the Moon! The script is appalling and was probably scribbled onto the back of napkins in between scenes.The acting is terrible and the characters generally unlikeable. 'Rock star' scientists? Give me strength.The autistic guy apparently just watched Rain Man a couple of times and then tried (and failed) to copy Dustin Hoffman.To say this was a disappointment is an understatement, a disappointment is no toy in your Kinder Surprise, this is a crime against humanity.However there is one glimmer of hope. Someone, somewhere gave these morons 2.5 million dollars to create this cr*p and with standards this low we could all try and get the first brain fart we come up with made into a movie. Or just take the money and blow it in Vegas. Let's be honest that would be better as no one else would have to suffer through our creation.Avoid. Go watch Malibu Shark Attack instead, it's dreadful but at least laughably dreadful.