Category 6 - Day of Destruction/Category 7 - The End of the World - Armageddon Double
2004
An extravagant miniseries that serves as a vehicle for some spectacular special effects, the DAY OF DESTRUCTION is fast approaching Chicago in the form of three separate weather systems set to collide there: a tornado cluster that has already laid waste to Las Vegas, an Arctic front from the north, and a warm storm front from .. Read more
| Starring | Thomas Gibson, Nancy McKeon, Dianne Wiest, Brian Dennehy |
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| Director | Dick Lowry |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Drama, Thriller |
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Category 6 - Day of Destruction/Category 7 - The End of the World - Armageddon Double
An extravagant miniseries that serves as a vehicle for some spectacular special effects, the DAY OF DESTRUCTION is fast approaching Chicago in the form of three separate weather systems set to collide there: a tornado cluster that has already laid waste to Las Vegas, an Arctic front from the north, and a warm storm front from the south. A subplot involving a national energy crisis, during which the national power grid fails, is navigated by a heroic Mitch Benson (Thomas Gibson); he battles the capitalist superstructure to restore power to the city, so that people can be warned in time.
The series follows the major players in this natural disaster melodrama, including Andy Goodman (Brian Dennehy), a meteorologist about to retire who discovers the imminent disaster. Amy Harkins (Nancy McKeon) is a local TV journalist who is reporting on the crippling drought that has dragged on for weeks. She chafes under bureaucratic strictures, which forbid her to present the truth about who's really behind the power grid failure. Finally there's Tornado Tommy (Randy Quaid), a thrill-seeker who chases storms in his tricked-out SUV. This television disaster film is an exciting, breathtaking nightmare scenario that is sure to keep audiences on their toes.
| Starring | Thomas Gibson, Nancy McKeon, Dianne Wiest, Brian Dennehy, Randy Quaid, Chandra West, Brian Markinson |
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| Director | Dick Lowry |
| Studio | BRIGHTSPARK PRODUCTIONS |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 53 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Feb 2009 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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Good Fun
I saw this on TV and decided to buy it. Great fun, the usual disaster movie format, but I liked it . It has the added bonus of Thomas Gibson, but then I might be biased! Good Sunday afternoon stuff!
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Enjoyable tv movie
I've only seen Category 6 as although they have listed this as an 'armageddon double' (at time of writing), category 7 was nowhere to be seen. I later discovered that Category 7 doesn't seem to be at all available in the UK yet, only in america. But Category 6 was good anyway, for a tv film. It's hardly The Day After Tomorrow, but then it's not trying to be - the disaster stuff takes more of a back seat really and it's more of a drama / mild thriller. The acting isn't oscar-winning but it's generally more than acceptable. As far as I know it was aired on tv as a two-parter, but it's been made into one long film for the dvd (nearly 3hrs long). I enjoyed it, but can't say I highly recommend it. Only those who can't get enough of natural disaster movies should bother with it really - it's a good filler while you wait for this years big disaster movie '2012'.
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