Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Derek Charette This movie is an example of why I stopped watching movies altogether for over 3 years. Lately I have had a lot of spare time, so I have gotten back into movies again. The problem with most movies, is that they are excruciatingly dumbed-down to a 6th grade level of comprehension. After taking a few years away from movies, it has become crystal clear how dumbed-down movies truly are. This movie is an example because of the terrible, over dramatized acting, stupid decisions by the characters, predictable story line, and predictable everything for that matter. Bad movies (most movies) require either the characters to make extraordinarily blind and ignorant decisions, or predictable, over the top or completely unrealistic events in order to create conflict and move the plot forward. These factors then greatly effect the continuity and realism of a movie. If I wanted to watch a bunch of nonsense, I would watch cartoons instead! For example, in the movie, as the characters are driving to the North Pole (Yes, the North Pole), the outdoor temperature is so hot that it is blowing vehicles up.. however, while they are traveling, sweating like beasts in 130ish degree heat, and their truck explodes (after they escaped with only a second to spare - ridiculously predictable), the characters are almost all wearing layers of LONG SLEEVED shirts, pants, and one is even wearing a hoodie JACKET. Now somebody PLEASE tell me, how or WHO in the right mind, while directing or producing this film, had the bright idea to have the characters wear long sleeve shirts, pants and jackets in the sweltering heat??? Any person with half a brain would know that if this situation was occurring in real life, people would be wearing the least amount of clothing possible, but not sweaters and jackets!! This is only one example. Judging by the sheer ignorance that produces most films these days, I honestly believe that even myself would be able to produce and direct a movie that would easily blow at least 2/3 of all movies out of the water.

Sean Kaye Once again, Vancouver -- The king of schlocky Canadian 'made for TV' movies has done it again. Yet another movie made as a tax write-off for wealthy or semi-wealthy investors. Gotta hide that money somewhere, eh fat cats? As for the movie; It was made to be bad and to lose money (for tax loss purposes) and on that level I applaud it. It's certainly a terrible movie and I have to hand it to the producers -- they accomplished everything they set out to make; a terrible money-losing movie. Bravo! Well done!---------------------------------The British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit (PSTC) encourages film, television and animation production in BC and is available to either international or Canadian productions produced in British Columbia.There are four components:The basic PSTC tax credit is 33% of qualified BC labour expenditures incurred after February 28, 2010.The REGIONAL tax credit is 6% of qualified BC labour expenditures of the corporation pro-rated by the number of days of principal photography in BC outside of the designated Vancouver area to the total days of principal photography in BC. The new DISTANT Location tax credit is 6% and is added to the regional tax credit for principal photography done outside of the Lower Mainland Region, north of Whistler and east of Hope, excluding the Capital Regional District. DIGITAL ANIMATION or VISUAL EFFECTS tax credit is 17.5% of BC labour expenditures directly attributable to digital animation or visual effects activities.

FlashCallahan Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to earth. It is deflected but so close that it shift our course closer to the sun, causing rapid extreme heating, hopefully only mid-term. Nathan warns his sister, TV journalist Carly, and she her lover, police detective Tom. He brings his unruly daughter Kim, her ex-con lover C.J. and her mother, nurse Bonnie, when Nathan offers a flight to a friend's Arctic weather station. Tom takes charge of a dangerous trip to the airport, as everywhere on earth things catch fire and people fight for water, transport and sheer looting.....fantastically bad from the beginning, Van Dien shows his shirt no mercy as he spends the duration of the film sweating and looking a little concerned in some scenes. it's highly unbelievable that this guy could have a family, let alone trying to bring it together, but he does.as the heat rises, we see the group walk very slowly, meeting people and getting into scrapes. This carries on for the whole film.Van Diens daughter has to be as unlucky as Kim Bauer, because she has a gun to her head a couple of times, nearly gets blown up, and faints at the badness of it all.if this had an amazing budget, big stars (no offence to the cast here) and Bay at the helm, this could have been a fun popcorn blockbuster.Instead we get one dimensional villains, extras who appear to be asleep on the floor, and a literal mad scientist.But it's awful in a laughable sort of way.

Theo Robertson From the opening sequence I thought I had MELTDOWN nailed as a cross genre film which mixes DEEP IMPACT with a cop thriller . This seemed a strange idea , but that's not how the plot unravels . Apparently the near miss with the asteroid causes the Earth to spin off its axis which leads to the world's temperature rising , rising and rising . So we've got a plot featuring something similar to the novels of Wyndham and John Christopher where a group of people have to find sanctuary or else they'll join most of the world's population in dying a slow terrible death I can't say MELTDOWN is a great apocalypse movie but since it's a direct to video/DVD film therefore lacking a big budget it's a relatively good meaningless time waster . My only real problem is a line of dialogue spouted by the scientist character in the sewer which happens half way the running time which will you leave you gasping " oh dear I think they've given away the ending ! "