Asteroid Final Impact – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Disaster Movies – A
Director: Jason Bourque
Writer: Jason Bourque (Screenplay)
Cast
- Mark Lutz (Anon)
- Robin Dunne (Scarecrow)
- Anna Van Hooft (The Wicker Man)
- Emilie Ullerup (Extracurricular)
- Lochlyn Munro (Freddy Vs Jason)
- Joshua J Ballard
Plot: As the Earth is on a collision course with a deadly asteroid after a small-scale meteor shower, a discredited astrophysicist and his team race against time to hack into a state-of-the-art meteor-tracking satellite. Can he save the world?
Runtime: 1 Hour 26 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Asteroid Final Impact starts when a series of meteors start hitting the Earth. Scientist Steve Thomas (Lutz) has seen the threats coming but got kicked out of his government job. Phil Barker (Munro) is trying to track the meteor showers that are raining over the world.
Steve must use his knowledge of what is happening to try to save the world. He teams up with his brother Bill (Dunne), and the pair searches for a solution in a race against time. However, the destruction is getting worse, and the world has turned into panic.
Verdict on Asteroid Final Impact
Asteroid Final Impact is an action thriller following a sudden asteroid appearance which is going to hit Earth. A disgraced scientist leads the battle to prevent disaster as the government looks for answers they believe to be correct.
This movie brings a big disaster feel to the events. However, it never feels like the world is in threat, there is no panic outside of a small town. The destruction is held back a lot, leaving us down a path where it wants to go big but holds too much back. At the core, the idea is simple, a father and genius scientist must do everything to save the day even if he goes against the government. It falls into the bracket of a big disaster happening while trying to hold a family together.
Final Thoughts –Asteroid Final Impact is a toned-down disaster movie.
