Director: Nick Lyon
Writer: Neil Elman (Screenplay)
Starring: John Hennigan, Eve Mauro, Joseph Gatt, Robert Blanche, Ricco Ross, David Shatraw, Adrian Paul
Plot: When a computer program, Echelon, takes over America’s computer systems it gains the potential to manipulate the weather. Now two robots, Adam and Cain, fight to gain control of Echelon before its too late.
Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Fun Sci-Fi Actioner
Story: Stormageddon starts as America gets attacked by their own drones make it an international problem, journalist Molly (Mauro) receives a tape from her deceased father telling her to look for a man by the name of Adam (Hennigan) after Able (Gatt) takes control of the system putting millions of lives at risk.
Adam must work with Molly to uncover her father’s work which holds the answers to prevent the destruction of the world, but it isn’t only the government trying to kill them, Able wants to stop them too.
Thoughts on Stormageddon
Characters – Adam is one of the creations, designed to look human, living a normal life, now he is the only one that can stop the computers that are planning to destroy humanity. He is part terminator and part action star. Molly is a reporter that finds herself in the middle of her father’s work that is trying to destroy humanity. She doesn’t get the much and quickly turns into the damsel in distress sidekick. Able is the creation that has become infected by the computer system, he is now causing the problems the world is facing and will kill anyone who gets in his way.
Performances – John Hennigan is doing well in this action films, he can handle the action sequences well and the one liners, well he is getting there. Eve Mauro is good enough as the leading lady but doesn’t get the time you would like when it comes to being helpful. Joseph Gatt has the look of a villain and keeps the emotionless look from the start to the end of the film.
Story – The story is simple enough to follow, it is a race against time to stop the destruction of mankind that has been using technology to stay make this happen. This is a by the book story that works without complicating anything like many other films could and is one you can just sit back and enjoy. The idea of technology trying to destroy humanity is always interesting to see unfold.
Action/Sci-Fi – The action gives us a couple of fight sequences without being overly challenging on the stars while the idea of technology trying to destroy humanity.
Settings – We do see the iconic landmarks destroyed which is key for disaster movies, but our characters are never in iconic locations.
Special Effects – The effects are not the best, but we are not expecting great from the low budget.
Scene of the Movie – Final twist.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Certain action moments are quickly cut taking away the action.
Final Thoughts – This is a simple easy to watch sci-fi action film, it borrows from other ideas but works if you just want to switch your brain off.
Overall: Easy to watch and enjoy.
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