Supernova (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

John Harrison

Writers:

Steven H. Berman (writer)
Don Keith Opper (writer)

Release Date:

5 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The day the world catches fire.

Plot:

A scientific possibility becomes a terrifying reality when the most powerful force in the universe threatens to hurtle home.

Plot Keywords:

Australia | Supernova | Fire | Sydney Australia

Cast

Luke Perry	...	Dr. Chris Richardson
Tia Carrere	...	Lisa Delgado
Peter Fonda	...	Dr. Austin Shepard
Clemency Burton-Hill	...	Ginny McKillip
Emma Samms	...	Laurie Stephenson
Jessica Brooks	...	Brooke Richardson
Eliza Bennett	...	Haley Richardson
Marcus Jean Pirae	...	Dr. Marshall Peters
Philip Lenkowsky	...	Grant Cole
Ronald Pickup	...	Dr. Malcolm Handey
Lance Henriksen	...	Colonel Harlan Williams
Patrick Walton Jr.	...	Agent Means (as Patrick Walton)
Nkuli Kgositsile	...	Linda Darlington
Chris April	...	Dr. Duka Ibrahim
Mehboob Bawa	...	Dr. Rani Vahpayee

Runtime:

Brazil:180 min | USA:172 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12 (DVD) | Australia:M | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Larry Levinson Productions

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The movie is set primarily in Australia, yet when the solar flare hits earth while the serial killer is being transferred, the impact is clearly over Africa.

Quotes:

Dr. Austin Shepard: You make a good drink.
waitress: You make a good drunk.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Bomb!

Why, oh why, do I keep getting suckered by promotional trailers for DVDs? Anyway, if you have seen the promo trailers for this film, be warned: they are clearly concerning another film never made, brief clips of which showing up in this one for no discernible reason whatsoever.

The principle problem here is a script that thinks it's a remake of "The Day After" but which would fit just about any daytime soap-opera. Since the premise of the film derives from astro-physics, the finale - a typically empty 'happy ending', having absolutely no grounding in any science whatsoever - makes no sense whatsoever.

Although the film actually avoids religion, let's put the matter in religious terms for clarification: Imagine Judgment Day; and God is really pee-ed off and decides no one is worth saving. Suddenly, Peter Pan's Tinkerbell pops up and reminds God that if he really really believes, creation can be saved. God smiles down on a half-dozen soap-opera stars (no, they haven't repented, what's to repent?), and suddenly we're all back in Eden.... - Scientifically speaking, that's "Supernova".

What brilliant con-artist convinced anybody this film could be made? And who are the emotionally troubled people who would like this garbage? By the way, if you're wondering whether one could watch this turkey all the way through, the answer is no; after giving it some 20 minutes, sheer boredom demanded I started skipping scenes sequentially trying to find something interesting to watch. I didn't. But I did watch the whole of the finale to see if there was anything important I'd missed. There wasn't.

And there wouldn't be anything important missed if you skipped the whole film.