The Day the Earth Stopped

2008
2.8| 1h30m| R| en
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Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the world's major capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.

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TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Malcolm This film was kind of compelling to watch, just see how crap it could be.Acting? Do me a favour! The kids in a pre-school nativity play can act better than that.Special effects? Ha! The effects in the 1951 movie from which this was ripped off were much better. Even the screens in the control room were CRTs instead of LCD panels - bear in mind this was made in 2008! Plot? Please! Find out why humanity is worth saving by tea time, otherwise the planet is going to be zapped.I thought they had finally cracked how to show new born babies. Apparently not, as we're shown a clean six month old toddler that had just been born.I probably have seen a worse science fiction movie, but I can't remember when.
movieman_kev Six hundred and sixty-six huge robots from outer space land in strategic locales all over Earth wanting humanity to prove it's worth in the grand order of things or face certain annihilation. The robots don't ever say this outright (other then a few reactive strikes, they don't really do much of anything truth be told), but two other alien visitors, a guy & girl, let the military (as well as the viewer) know what's going on.As far as movies from The Asylum go, this is among the cream of the crop. This isn't because the film is any good whatsoever, mind you, just that the other swill that the company usually makes is so mind-numbingly God awful that the bar for them has been so vastly lowered as to make this seem better than it is. C. Thomas Howell continues his descent into sub-mediocrity with his continued part in these awful films, while Judd Nelson should've really known better. Really the only saving grace is Sinead and after her nude scenes are done (she has two very early on in the film) there's really no other reason to keep watching the movie.However it's STILL better then that crap big blockbuster Keanu Reeves travestyEye Candy: Sinead McCafferty provides the T&A (there's also some man ass)My Grade: DWhere i saw it: Instant Netflix via X-box 369
RoswellOne If this is a "B Movie," then grade inflation has certainly hit hard since the fifties.This is more like a D- movie, and that only because I'm feeling charitable.How awful is this movie? Let me count but a few of the ways: The acting is atrocious; the music one-note and distracting; and the scenery depressing and repetitive. Pretty much everything in it is unbelievable, from the ridiculous handling of the aliens by unprofessional morons who are each others' worst enemies, to the previously mentioned baby, born clean and dry and three months old in the back of the car.The "science" was non-existent, and the premise far more vague than in other the-earth-is-about-to-end type movies. Did I mention the writing is horrible? About the only good thing in the movie was the megaliths, and they were pointlessly anthropomorphized.My husband brought this home from Red Box, and that's a dollar and an hour and a half of my life I'll never get back. I would have stopped watching, but didn't want to leave him by himself.
Greg Hynson I would have given this movie a -9 rating but the scale only lets me give a 1. Do not bother wasting the bandwidth to D/L this movie. The acting is just horrible, I've seen home made porno's with better acting then this crap. My dog could do a better job of directing, and the persons who directed this poo should be banned from ever making another. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the actors did not post their real names in the credits as to not let people know their real identities. It's very hard to sum up enough words to describe this really bad waste of an hour and 30 minutes, but this stupid review has a ten line minimum summary.

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