Review of Scorcher

Scorcher (I) (2002)
I could navigate a battleship through these plot holes!
2 November 2002
I know that the intentions were good when they made this movie, but I could not ignore the glaring plot holes! I know I'm no geologist, but who says that(of all places)L.A. has to be the exact place to counteract a seismic cataclysm? I've also never been a soldier, but I've never understood Hollywood's classic depiction of the armed forces as jar-headed and idiotic. I am also not a communications expert, but if something like 9/11 could completely jam up land-and-cell telephony, could you imagine what it would be like if a disaster on an even larger scale happened? And whatever you do, DON'T forget the wonderful Los Angeles Metropolitan Subway System (complete with New York Transit Authority "M" logos all over the train)...Some pinheaded producer probably thought that if the story was based in New York, that it would be too similar to 9/11. I'm not even going to touch on some of the so-called "acting" that occurred on this movie, but I really expected more from such respected actors like Rutger Hauer, John Rhys-Davies and G.W. Bailey. Excuse me while I go watch "Gilligan's Island"...It's a whole lot more credible!
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