Maximum Surge (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Jason Bourque

Writer:

Keith Shaw (writer)

Release Date:

23 June 2003 (Canada)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Vitual Reality... Bytes

Plot:

When a super computer is linked to a video game network, a computer programmer who designed the game must enter the virtual reality world of his fantasies and defeat the computer before it causes a worldwide information crash.

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Super Computer | Computer Game | Virtual Reality | Computer Tries To Take Over The World

Cast

Yasmine Bleeth	...	Jo
Walter Koenig	...	Drexel
Dominika Wolski	...	Elaine Barker
Woody Jeffreys	...	Steve Hunter
Doug Abrahams	...	Mr. Brinkman
Craig McNair	...	NPD Officer Pinkerton
Marek Wiedman	...	Commander
Alvin Sanders	...	Professor Roswell
Erin Karpluk	...	Zoey
France Perras	...	Synthi
Manny Petruzzelli	...	Drexel (voice)
Brian Dobson	...	DJ
Andy Hirsch	...	Codec
Dick Miller	...	Boxing Cornerman
Michael Buffer	...	Boxing Announcer

Also Known As:

Game Over (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and some dialogue.

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Trivia:

Combines 65 minutes of new film footage with 35 minutes of film footage acquired from five separate full motion video computer games. In a similar manner to the original Raymond Burr Godzilla, all scenes with Yasmine Bleeth and 'Walter Koenig' we're originally shot for computer games that never made it to market in 1998. It weaves together a new story and plot connecting the various games together.

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Ultimate Warrior (1995) (VG)

Fascinating but Failed Attempt at Virtual Reality

If only this movie had had a better script, better acting, better budget. This cinematic ally compelling but uninvolving movie sputters with a series of possible fascinating starts and stops in its way to a so-so ending. This great looking virtual reality series of scenes, reminiscent of Brainstorm, the premise of this movie is good - with lots of exciting, but usually poorly executed scenes with our star-virtual reality expert seemingly outmatched under most circumstances. Not a lot of brains here nor a lot of sympathy as our star actor gets punched and bruised and in some instances, almost seems to deserve it. There are some nifty cameos, poorly used. It is unfortunate that this movie couldn't have lifted itself higher because the creative idea and the photography was there. The storyline barely holds together, the dizzying spectacle of multiple virtual realities had promise. Overall, perhaps it was only the bare legs of the our feminine heroine who even seemed helpless, ditsy self that made the movie watchable. A lukewarm four out of ten stars.