Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) (TV)

Director:

Dick Lowry

Writer (WGA):

Matt Dorff (written by)

Release Date:

14 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

Tornadoes, hurricanes, blackouts...There is no shelter from this storm!

Plot:

A hurricane heading North from the Gulf of Mexico meets a tornado over Chicago. The new superstorm wreaks havoc. |

Plot Keywords:

Twister | Blackout | Catastrophe | Storm | Weather

Cast

Thomas Gibson	...	Mitch Benson
Nancy McKeon	...	Amy Harkin
Chandra West	...	Rebecca Kerns, Lexer Senior Vice President for Public Relations
Brian Markinson	...	Chris Haywood
Nancy Anne Sakovich	...	Jane Benson (as Nancy Sakovich)
Randy Quaid	...	Tornado Tommy
Dianne Wiest	...	Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
Brian Dennehy	...	Andy Goodman
Ari Cohen	...	Dan London, Lexer Corp Engineer & Whistleblower
Christopher Shyer	...	Craig Shilts
Andrew Jackson	...	Walt Ashley
Arnold Pinnock	...	Jason
Hollis McLaren	...	Helen Travers
Janaya Stephens	...	Laura Harkin
Petra Wildgoose	...	Lindsay Benson

Also Known As:

Overload (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

174 min (2 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | USA:Unrated (video rating) | USA:Unrated (DVD version) | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

MAT IV

Trivia:

The two individuals staring out of the doomed Arch's observation windows are Craig Weiss (Visual Effects Supervisor) and Niel Wray, (Lead 3D Animator) of CBS Digital, one of two companies that created the Visual Effects for Category Six, the second company being Area 51.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the shopping mall, a store's sign can be seen clearly lit during a blackout.

Quotes:

Secretary of Energy Shirley Abbott: I can see it now - "During the great American Blackout, Secretary of Energy Abbott sat in her office and watched the lights go out."

Movie Connections:

Edited from The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) (TV)

what is this thing??!!

What is this!! its so bad. The animation looks so terrible , it looks like a ps1 type game. The actors are awful, they just cannot act to save their lives. I sat through all of this film an then at the end I was annoyed when I realised I had wasted 3 hours of my life. I've not heard of this film, did it ever actually come out in the cinema or did it go straight to DVD? A girl got shot?! What is up with that, it was just a stupid film. They totally copied 'The Day After Tomorrow'. Its got to be one of the worst films i have ever seen. I would definitely recommend to people to not waste their time with this. You could spend your time watching 'The Day After Tomorrow', its a lot better. Well thats what I think of the film. Actually why have I wasted my time writing about it, ah dam!! Its really annoying me, its wasted 3 hours and 10 minutes now.