Tetrady not as good as all the hype

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

hwmillerster CAUTION: SPOILER ALERTThis is really bad science but not too bad fiction. Good things about this it does have the redoubtable James Cromwell and the child actors are also first rate. The plot line is clear and as far as that goes is good in that regard. It hold your attention and never flags. It's popcorn entertainment and does that well. It certainly wasn't dull. Bad thing(s): The screenwriter while competent enough in most regards must have slept through high school general science. The moon has been struck by a piece of a "brown dwarf". Brown dwarfs are small failed stars. Interesting in their own right, a piece of a brown dwarf would be gas: hydrogen, helium, plus a little methane thrown in. Brown dwarfs don't come to pieces. Why not use something half-way reasonable, a small black hole? The collision with the moon causes the mass of the moon to become twice as massive as the Earth. This causes all kinds of anomalies on earth: static discharge, trains floating off into the air. The writer confuses electromagnetism with gravity. Of course, the Moon will collide with earth in just over a month. If the writer had left the people of Earth with no hope, at least that would be halfway realistic and a few far-sighted writers have gone there (the much more scientifically correct "Melancholia" for one). But no. We have to have a crusading scientist who will solve the problem in thirty minutes. Meanwhile, the President and his advisers come up with a plan that's put together and launched in less than a day. It doesn't work, surprise. The crusading scientist has an invention that causes anti-gravity which will work. Naturally, it can be thrown together and made to work without any testing whatsoever. Well, a couple of days to do what would probably take a couple of decades in the real world and the world is saved.Another irritation, the writer seemed to throw a whole bunch of clichés into it. The President gives a heroic spirited speech to the nation invoking the "rule of law". The obligatory lost dog with a kid frantically searching for it. Crotchety old person who refuses to take shelter. A ginned up love story to add human interest. Well you get the idea.I gave it three stars because it is just entertainment for a rainy Saturday afternoon, as long as you don't think too much about it.

lance-forrest Oh My God.. this is BAD BAD crap incarnate... cheap actors Cheap Movie, and most offensive of all, bad second rate story... its so bad I want to cry... OUT LOUD...Awful Terrible, nonsense an insult to any audience...Oh My God.. this is BAD BAD crap incarnate... cheap actors Cheap Movie, and most offensive of all, bad second rate story... its so bad I want to cry... OUT LOUD... Oh My God.. this is BAD BAD crap incarnate... cheap actors Cheap Movie, and most offensive of all, bad second rate story... its so bad I want to cry... OUT LOUD... Oh My God.. this is BAD BAD crap incarnate... cheap actors Cheap Movie, and most offensive of all, bad second rate story... its so bad I want to cry... OUT LOUD...

Peter Bugarchich This is actually a good movie. I don't care if it cannot be "scientifically justified", Star Trek cannot be either - that's why these things are called science fiction! The plot is good, the cast is good, the execution and production almost flawless for this type of movie. It goes hand in hand with "Official Denial" and similar relatively modest movies. Getting a planet, any planet out of its trajectory is quite plausible scenario. This movie exploits such possibility and it does it quite well. You may enjoy the movie or end up endlessly analyzing it, it is up to you.

tlmedia Let's face it folks this is a low budget made for TV flick. I'm looking for entertainment and the premise of the moon hitting the earth is a spell-binding one.It's also Sci-Fi so it's fine to stretch the facts. I'm a professional writer and will admit I'm a bit surprised there wasn't more research on the "real physics." A few hours with a Cal-Tech Professor would have cleared that up, especially regarding Kepler's Law and the difference between magnetism & gravity. But really who cares! If you want to know astrophysics, take a course at your local community college!Anyway the movie is well paced and edited. Every scene advances the story line nicely. I didn't have time to pick apart details. CGI can be weak, but it gets the story told. Can you say the words, "LOW BUDGET." Despite "Impact's" fours hours the film never lost my attention. That's my definition of a "good, OK, film." I include the "sleepy factor" in rating pictures and I was wide awake for all 240 minutes.Remember the Walt Disney quote, "The Plausible Impossible?" Sure fits here.