Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Dick Lowry

Writer (WGA):

Matt Dorff (written by)

Release Date:

14 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

Tornadoes, hurricanes, blackouts...There is no shelter from this storm!

Plot:

A hurricane heading North from the Gulf of Mexico meets a tornado over Chicago. The new superstorm wreaks havoc.

Plot Keywords:

Twister | Storm | Falling Glass | Catastrophe | Explosion

Cast

Thomas Gibson	...	Mitch Benson
Nancy McKeon	...	Amy Harkin
Chandra West	...	Rebecca Kerns, Lexer Senior Vice President for Public Relations
Brian Markinson	...	Chris Haywood
Nancy Anne Sakovich	...	Jane Benson (as Nancy Sakovich)
Randy Quaid	...	Tornado Tommy
Dianne Wiest	...	Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
Brian Dennehy	...	Andy Goodman
Ari Cohen	...	Dan London, Lexer Corp Engineer & Whistleblower
Christopher Shyer	...	Craig Shilts
Andrew Jackson	...	Walt Ashley
Arnold Pinnock	...	Jason
Hollis McLaren	...	Helen Travers
Janaya Stephens	...	Laura Harkin
Petra Wildgoose	...	Lindsay Benson

Also Known As:

Overload (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

174 min (2 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG | USA:Unrated (DVD version) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:Unrated (video rating) | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

MAT IV

Trivia:

The two individuals staring out of the doomed Arch's observation windows are Craig Weiss (Visual Effects Supervisor) and Niel Wray, (Lead 3D Animator) of CBS Digital, one of two companies that created the Visual Effects for Category Six, the second company being Area 51.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During the first storm at the Benson home when Lindsay arrives home, you can clearly see the actor's mark on the rug.

Quotes:

Tornado Tommy: [after an enormous twister misses his tour truck by inches, to his tourists] That was worth getting up in the morning for, wasn't it, huh? Did y'all like that?

Movie Connections:

Edited into The Black Hole (2006) (TV)

Cheese

This is semi enjoyable as a piece of cheese, but that's about it.

Honestly, the dialogue and most of the acting is downright laughable. Not to mention the obvious green screens.

Thomas Gibson doesn't even attempt to sell any sort of performance whatsoever despite being the lead. The only ones who don't completely embarrass themselves in the acting department are McKeon, Dennehy, Quaid, Wiest and a few of the supporting players (the pregnant sister in law wasn't bad). Their dialogue might have been as dumb as the rest, but at least put in some sort of effort to try and rise above it.

The first half was also just sort of boring. At least in the second half I was entertained by seeing how many secondary characters they could kill off.