When the Sky Falls – Movie Review
First Reaction – When the Sky Falls is an easy to watch late-night disaster movie.
Director: John L’Ecuyer
Writer: Renee St Cyr (Screenplay)
Cast
- Mike Dopud (The Predator)
- Alaina Huffman (The Perfection)
- Krista Bridges (Heroes Reborn)
- Danny Mags (X-Men)
- Eva Link (House at the End of the Street)
Plot: A fractured family, caught in a deadly lightning storm, is forced to come together to save their lives.
Runtime: 1 Hour 24 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: When the Sky Falls starts when fractured family Jamie (Dopud) and Charlotte (Huffman) look to follow a family tradition. Their children Liam (Mags) and Kylie (Whitzman) are growing out of the tradition, while Jamie brings his new girlfriend Megan (Bridges) on the trip.
Meanwhile, a deadly lightening storm sweeps across the country. With the family separated, they must reunite to survive the storm and prevent it from causing more damage to the rest of the country.
Verdict on When the Sky Falls
Recap
The movie follows a fractured family trying to follow a tradition. However, a deadly storm causes problems with their plans and they must put their differences aside to try and stop it spreading.
Best Parts
For a big disaster movie, we get a much calmer series of events, it puts more focus on the family and their problems. This works on certain levels because it doesn’t over complicate the reunion. The idea of the lightening causing the problems it does is interesting too.
Worst Parts
The opening sequence loses its shock factor by back tracking into previous events. Elsewhere, we fall into the typical family dynamic problems which don’t do enough for the story. While it is nice in some places for a calmer story situation. It could have had a few extra moments throughout the film.
Final Thoughts –When the Sky Falls is a typical late-night disaster movie.
