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Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Johnny_Hing I was prepared to rate this movie somewhere between 6-8, while watching the first 2/3rds or so of this 2-part made-for-TV film. But then, things began to fall apart for me. First, one of the pilots in the Air Force plane said, for dramatic effect regarding the hurricane in the Great Lakes: "Off the charts!" Then he says it again a short time later... really a weak and lazy attempt to build the doomsday tension. Then, they comment on how the waves are 15 meters high, but when we actually see the waves a short time later, they are maybe... oh, 3 or 4 feet high? Huge let-down. They're using CGI, so surely they could simulate some sort of gigantic wave 15 meters high?? And the clincher... not ONCE during the movie was the death toll even hinted at, which was quite odd, given the heavy destruction all over the place. They never once gave a ball-park guesstimate "perhaps tens of thousands of people killed", or even "millions", which might be more accurate. Not that I wanted to see people die. But to make it more realistic in a movie about "catastrophe", surely someone would have mentioned the possible death toll?! All we really got was at the closing scene, where the weather chief says that it could be "several weeks" before we have an accurate count of the "fatalities." Well, duh. No one's asking for an "accurate count" right now. Just give us something, anything! Also, again with the Air Force pilots: one of them makes a remark regarding the upcoming tornado and hurricane colliding, "Either one will be destructive ...together they will be deadly." Hmmm. I'm pretty sure that the tornadoes were already quite deadly, given the massive destruction that had already taken place. Seems the movie's dialog was mostly concerned with property damage, not fatalities. Keep in mind this was made during the cable news era, where you get updates every 5 minutes on the possible death toll (think Haiti and Joplin, Missouri for starters.)But if you can suspend belief during some of these gaffes, (which I tried my best to do), the rest of the movie is actually quite good. Decent subplots, decent acting, interesting characters, the CGI was okay for the most part. I might have given this a 7 or 8, if not for the conspicuous flaws mentioned above.

MartianOctocretr5 Mind numbing foolishness, but entertaining in its own zany way.For some reason in made-for-TV disaster flicks, the lead characters and their families all seem to have personal problems bigger than the natural disaster. Conveniently, during the crisis. Lots of problems. Usually dumb problems. It's not enough to show millions of people getting clobbered by hurricanes and tornadoes. No, families need to be in crisis too for some reason.Many such contrived subplots come your way in Category 6, ranging from infidelity to a pregnant woman being stranded on a stalled elevator. One character does all the following: learns of her dad's infidelity, involves herself with a goony looking boyfriend, is involved in two robberies, is stalked, gets locked in a building during a power outage, is held as a hostage, and even gets shot. Plus, she whines a lot.Schlock stock characters are in abundance: nervy TV news person, evil corporate jerk, crazed tornado chaser (Randy Quaid), etc. Quaid's over acting is a re-do of his ID4 character, only cranked up another ten notches. He yells constantly, gambles his neck for no reason, and generally looks like he could use a lobotomy. Along the way he endangers the lives of some stereotypical foreign tourists. They, like you, are completely confused at what they're seeing.When the film occasionally deals with the crisis, it becomes so weird that it's funny. CGI is a farce: people and objects seem to be two feet off the ground long before the funnel cloud is anywhere near them! Electric short circuit bolts go right through victims and come out the other side. Many things explode for no reason. There were probably more, but by this time I was laughing so hard I didn't notice.It's only fair to note that that the actors appear enthusiastic (not counting the teens) and they make the most of the script. The film ends up being watchable in a detached "ok it's nonsense, but it's fun nonsense" sort of way. I'll give it a 5, just for the laughs.

disdressed12 Category 6:day of destruction is a very well done"made for TV movie".i won't go too much into the plot,but basically,the climate suddenly changes in the extreme,creating all kinds of weather related disasters,on top of a man made disaster, all occurring at basically the same time in parts of the U.S and Canada.the movie is quite exciting to watch at times,but also has some good dramatic scenes and can be quite engaging.the acting is very good and the specials effects are quite well done ,given the scope of the movie and the budget the filmmakers had.there are a few weak spots in the movie,but very few and the story more than compensates.the plot itself is in the range of being ludicrous and the science behind it all is likely flawed,but who cares.it's no more ridiculous than some of the pap the big Hollywood studios churn out.if you view this movie for what it is, in the proper context,you will enjoy it.it is thrilling and suspenseful and dramatic when need be.and that's more than enough in this case.By the way, this production was at least partly made by Hallmark Entertainment.

Robert W. Category 6 isn't going to blow you away (no pun intended,) It's not up to big budget Hollywood standards by ANY means. In some ways it is your typical made for TV disaster movie which I am sure had an astronomical budget for TV. All said and done the special effects were almost impressive save for a few horribly done CGI moments, and the acting overall wasn't bad. The film is chock full of familiar TV faces and at a running time of nearly three hours they do definitely give you an in depth look at the characters that saves it from being overly boring. On top of that it manages to be a little different by not only providing you with the story of a disaster about to strike Chicago but also a sub plot about an act of terrorism against Chicago's power stations that ultimately could lead to an even worse disaster. I've absolutely seen worse than this and I think people are being harsh. You have to take it for what it is which is a B-Movie, made for Television.Thomas Gibson (Greg from Dharma and Greg) plays Mitch Benson, the head of a small power company desperately trying to keep emergency services and customers online in the wake of a powerful storm moving towards them. Gibson is a little bland and shows emotion in a rather mechanical way but overall he does a decent job. He's basically Greg...and I think that's about the range of his acting ability but he holds his own. Nancy McKeon (Jo from Facts Of Life) plays one of the better roles as reporter Amy Harkin. McKeon is still a TV actress but she does a pretty good job at showing intensity and emotion and being a very strong female character and she's very good at being the reporter. Chandra West is Rebecca Kerns, the Public Relations person for Lexer, the enormous power company trying to push all the rules in order to take control of the country's power supply and be the sole provider. West is mostly there for looks, eye candy, and she doesn't have many roles and because of her character's role as the "home wrecker" she comes across as needy and whiny and you don't really care much for her. Nancy Anne Sakovich plays Jane Benson (wife to Gibson's character.) Her role is quite emotional and she does well although she plays depressed through the entire film. Her and Gibson have good chemistry and you do root for her. Ari Cohen is also good as Dan London, the systems analyst for Lexer who discovers Lexer's plan to cut costs and make millions at the sake of safety and decides to blow the whistle on the operation. Cohen really is not a good guy in this film but he plays the role sympathetically. The real talent and veterans of the film are Randy Quaid as Tornado Tommy, Dianne Wiest, and the terrific Brian Dennehy. Quaid is always good, even when he's in a bad role. He's watchable and funny and charismatic and a good character actor. Wiest has a smaller role but still quite good. She's forceful and strong and she commands a certain presence on screen. She's also a three time Oscar Nominee!! She's worth watching for in this film. Dennehy who I really enjoy is a strong macho kind of guy. He's rough around the edges but has a soft spot and that's exactly how he plays in this film. The guy is a veteran and an expert and he's great to watch. Unfortunately his role is not all that big either but he still raises the bar in this cast.This film would never walk away with any huge acclaim or awards but it's very watchable to someone who knows what they are going into. A lot of people enjoy B-Movies or made-for-TV specials and this one is actually pretty good. Some intense disaster scenes, a decent story, good direction by long time TV director Dick Lowry, and a not entirely unfortunate cast. Some of the acting is average...some is downright awful but the story holds it all together and you do care about some of the characters and even laughing at the sheer campiness of certain scenes is still fun. On top of being campy there is actually some very impressive disaster scenes!! Don't go into this expecting some huge bid budget magical disaster film...it's just fun, silly at times, but not entirely a waste. It's worth checking out if nothing else. 7/10