Honestly think it was written by a child and my dog could have created better special effects. Random emotional responses from the actors that had us in hysterics they were so ridiculous. I thought I'd already seen the worst film ever. I was wrong. This is it. If the acting, story line and visual effects were bad, this was only surpassed by the horrendous score. We're still trying to work out whether this is actually a serious film or whether it was made as a joke. Am guessing William Baldwin lost a bet and was forced to do this. Oh and I forgot to mention the ridiculous neoprene suits with the lights making them look like extras from a high school play reenacting Star Trek.
9 Reviews
Bull-Shyyt
ehsanaghaeii10 January 2024
I strongly advise against investing your valuable time in watching this movie. It falls short in numerous aspects, leaving little room for any redeeming qualities. The storyline is poorly constructed, lacking coherence and substance. The performances of the actors are forgettable at best, making it difficult to find any merit in their portrayals. Unfortunately, there is a glaring absence of positive elements throughout the entire film, making it an overall unsatisfactory viewing experience.
Even when attempting to search for a silver lining, it becomes apparent that the film fails to offer anything noteworthy. The absence of redeeming features, coupled with a lackluster script and uninspiring performances, creates an amalgamation of disappointment. It is disheartening to witness a project that seems to lack the basic ingredients of a well-crafted movie.
One cannot help but wonder about the thought process behind the creation of such a subpar piece of cinema. The lack of quality raises questions about the decision-making and creative direction involved in the production. In comparison, it seems conceivable that a group of teenagers, armed with creativity and passion, could produce a more compelling and engaging work.
The utter lack of coherence and quality in this movie prompts a profound reflection on the standards of filmmaking. Viewers are encouraged to explore more worthwhile options, as their time is better spent on productions that offer a meaningful and enjoyable cinematic experience. This film, unfortunately, stands as a testament to what can go wrong when fundamental elements of storytelling and execution are overlooked in the filmmaking process.
Even when attempting to search for a silver lining, it becomes apparent that the film fails to offer anything noteworthy. The absence of redeeming features, coupled with a lackluster script and uninspiring performances, creates an amalgamation of disappointment. It is disheartening to witness a project that seems to lack the basic ingredients of a well-crafted movie.
One cannot help but wonder about the thought process behind the creation of such a subpar piece of cinema. The lack of quality raises questions about the decision-making and creative direction involved in the production. In comparison, it seems conceivable that a group of teenagers, armed with creativity and passion, could produce a more compelling and engaging work.
The utter lack of coherence and quality in this movie prompts a profound reflection on the standards of filmmaking. Viewers are encouraged to explore more worthwhile options, as their time is better spent on productions that offer a meaningful and enjoyable cinematic experience. This film, unfortunately, stands as a testament to what can go wrong when fundamental elements of storytelling and execution are overlooked in the filmmaking process.
Not good!
healddavid24 May 2023
I was looking forward to this film and although I could tell what was happening, this film is full of inconsistencies and unnecessary parts which have no bearing on the disaster in hand. There are tangents all over the place with no context to explain what is going on. Emotions occur out of nowhere seemingly without any cause. There was a lot of over use of big, scientific words that the average person won't necessarily understand which I have never seen in any other film in this genre. It felt like the story was poorly written and overall, probably the worse film I've seen. The acting wasn't even that bad, in fact I would say it was fairly good.
Worst film I've ever seen
imdb-574388 January 2024
Charleybarley was spot on with his review. So stupid and bad, it must be a joke. I watched it because North Carolina was mentioned. I wish I could un-watch it, but if you need a good laugh, this is it. If a zero-star rating was a choice, that's what I would have given it. It doesn't deserve a 1. When I tried to submit this review, I was told that a review must contain 600 words. So, I'll repeat myself. Charleybarley was spot on with his review. So stupid and bad, it must be a joke. I watched it because North Carolina was mentioned. I wish I could un-watch it, but if you need a good laugh, this is it. If a zero-star rating was a choice, that's what I would have given it. It doesn't deserve a 1. AND IT DOESN'T DESERVE 600 WORDS.
This was a rigid experience...
paul_haakonsen8 January 2024
Great, the first thing that came onto the screen was the two words: The Asylum. And that pretty much sets a certainly low expectation to the movie, doesn't it? Yet, I still opted to sit down and watch the movie, given it was a natural disaster movie that I hadn't already seen.
Writer Marc Gottlieb put together a script and storyline that was very, very generic and predictable for a natural disaster movie. And trust me when I say that there are far better natural disaster movies with subzero temperatures out there. And there really is no particular reason to sit down and spend 85 minutes on watching "Ice Storm". So many things throughout the course of the bland narrative just makes you shake your head in disbelief.
The cast ensemble in the movie was relatively unfamiliar to me, which is usually something I enjoy in movies. However, the script in "Ice Storm" was every bit as frozen and rigid as the natural disaster was supposed to be, so the actors and actresses virtually had nothing to work with, and it showed on the screen. I was only familiar with William Baldwin.
Visually then you're not in for anything great here. But on the upside, then the effects weren't as bad as you might expect from a movie from the dreaded The Asylum movie company. However, nor was it among their best of work. It was, for a lack of better words, mediocre and bland.
"Ice Storm" was a struggle to sit through, and your eyes will probably freeze solid from boredom long before you get through the 85 minutes it runs for.
My rating of director Jared Cohn's 2023 movie "Ice Storm" lands on a generous two out of ten stars. Quite amazing that such laughable movies get made still.
Writer Marc Gottlieb put together a script and storyline that was very, very generic and predictable for a natural disaster movie. And trust me when I say that there are far better natural disaster movies with subzero temperatures out there. And there really is no particular reason to sit down and spend 85 minutes on watching "Ice Storm". So many things throughout the course of the bland narrative just makes you shake your head in disbelief.
The cast ensemble in the movie was relatively unfamiliar to me, which is usually something I enjoy in movies. However, the script in "Ice Storm" was every bit as frozen and rigid as the natural disaster was supposed to be, so the actors and actresses virtually had nothing to work with, and it showed on the screen. I was only familiar with William Baldwin.
Visually then you're not in for anything great here. But on the upside, then the effects weren't as bad as you might expect from a movie from the dreaded The Asylum movie company. However, nor was it among their best of work. It was, for a lack of better words, mediocre and bland.
"Ice Storm" was a struggle to sit through, and your eyes will probably freeze solid from boredom long before you get through the 85 minutes it runs for.
My rating of director Jared Cohn's 2023 movie "Ice Storm" lands on a generous two out of ten stars. Quite amazing that such laughable movies get made still.
chunks as big as bowling balls ... Do you know what we're up to? No. Hold on ... I hope the parachute holds
e_epistle9 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
(so I watched this trash with the subtitles turned on and it then made this movie stupid-funny-WTF-trash)
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REACT is the controversial crisis team which saved countless lives ... crisis team from California is led by the environmentalist dr. Molly Martin and financed by the billionaire Griffin Richards and managed safely by the shady David Diaz. We are starting a preliminary investigation ... but the whole REACT for fakes information and to create panic. Sooner or later, REACT makes a mistake. / do they help or do more harm? The natural disasters has been added a lot. Could they have made it worse? People are
at risk, perhaps due to REACT. Eric. What are you doing here? Griffin let me in. Yes, he lives here. Do you want coffee? Did you know that Clay will start to go to a psychologist? Is it true? That is great. Sheep! It was just us. I let it stand, just like Sven! Yes. And therefore I know how easy it is to let it stand. I don't want to disappoint you! That's right, mate. Is this how a billionaire lives? You even have a rocket. Yes, nice rocket. It looks new. I have never seen such big hail. We have to go to the command center. The Duopolar Radar shows strong energy levels here. The hailstorms are getting larger with chunks as big as bowling balls ... So we dampen the hail with sky rockets filled with silver iodide ... Big as bowling balls? ... Be aware of snow-fog, black ice and hail as large as bowling balls that come flying ... The difficult thing is that the forks should preferably be placed at the same time ... Here is everything about where you are going, how You place the fork and triangulate ... If you hear or see anything, call. This is my personal mobile number ... We will not be stopped by guards ... We are literally driving in the snow on the way to Mount Olive to set up tuning forks
and send rockets up into a blizzard ... Have you installed one before? A fork? I've never seen one before. But Molly knows all about it. She has always been a geek ... It sounds like balls, that hits the car. That is it. Look how big they are ... Look how big it is. It's like a baseball. Did he say baseball? Eric, are the hailstones bigger
than those at the hangar? Yes, Griffin has one. It's like a baseball ... Imagine them as bowling balls. We hurry to change the wheel ... When this is over, I want to talk to you about REACT ... We'll talk about it later ... Strand Hospital will not cooperate. They fear that the electromagnetic forces from the fork disturbs the equipment in the hospital ... We need to place the forks within this time frame ... Let me know when yours fork is in place and activated ... We called back to install a tuning fork ... He needs a wheelchair now ... I don't want to make a scene or give you trouble, but i do what i have to if you don't get a wheelchair now ... Our tuning fork is ready ... We only have four minutes. If it doesn't come up, everything is in vain ... Molly, now it's counting those bowling balls you talked about ... The rockets have been sent up ... The hail is smaller. It's just snow. We did it ... Do you want a cookie? Quiet now. Did you get an answer to the question? Yes ... Yolanda? Are you feeling well? Yolanda? Are you okay? Yes sorry ... Yolanda, you won't lose me. Is it true? Yes ... Satellites that capture solar energy ... Do you suggest that we heat the storm with microwaves? Yes. From satellites. They contain solar energy ... They are not wrong. The temperature drops ... When the vortices meet, the whole planet will be frozen ... which shows an ice age. What? Wait a minute ... I'll call Dunfield back. Wait a minute ... All forecasts and all map software have dismantled ... How is it possible? It seems like the weather service
has stopped posting data. Ling, What happened? We have lost NOAA. Natasha, what's going on? We have lost the office, the satellites and the product company ... We can't communicate with the satellites. It has happened. We can not link us to the satellites now ... The Arcstar mk8 spacecraft ... Are you asking if we can fly the transmitters closer to the satellites? Now we use the same brain ... How do we solve it? Well, the train that crashed, transported it ... Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine freezes at minus 75.3 degrees ... We must take REACT's command center ... it probably won't freeze since it's made of the same material as the suits ... The cold is extreme. We freeze on the spot, if the core temperature drops. So everyone must wear protective thermal suits ... Do you remember what I said? You won't lose me ... Without the rocket there is no earth left ... What does it mean? Aner doesn't know, it's David's department. How's it going over there? The transmitter has been reprogrammed ... That literally is a train wreck ... What was it called? Unsymmetrical dimethalhydrozine. It's in the cylinders ... Senator? Are you there? Senator Carlson? Can you hear me? I have you. Griffin! What happened? It's broken. A cylinder fell on him ... so we have about five hours before the vortices meet and freezes the whole world ... Failure is not an option ... Eric, are you ready? Yes, if you are ... The stabilizer and heat shield are damaged but not broken ... What do I do? The stabilizers are damaged ... Griffin, how do I fix this? You can not do that ... The parachute is huge. It is silver colored and reflects heat and light. Can we put it right, it becomes the heat source ... What does it mean? Mother? Sheep? Come in, change! Mother! Sheep! Power off. I don't want to hear them. I have to concentrate ... Do you know what we're up to? No. Hold on ... I hope the parachute holds. There is something wrong. The parachute is gone. What do we do? What are you doing? We have to jump out! What? The rocket is destroyed ... Eric? Are you okay? Are you in one piece? Yes. Are you okay? Funny, right? Shall we try again? No thanks ... I love you to the moon and back ... Shall we save the world again? Not directly ... But as REACT's new owner I will make some changes ... What? David, what's going on? Griffin. Your money was essential. You are arrested ... And Molly. Return to your protests. You and your family are fired. What? Yolanda ... What do we do now? Mother? Sheep? What happens?
So bad that it could be a drinking game
jseine16 January 2024
This was such a poorly thought out story 4 minutes in, it was a father-son bonding moment, and 8 minutes in the world was going to end. It was like watching a bad episode of Power Rangers, crossed between a live action Johnny Quest and Spy Kids. I kept hoping it would get better. I wonder if someone was using a magic 8 ball to make decisions when they were filming this.
The trailer did look promising, and I thought it would be a cross between of Snow Piercer and The Day After Tomorrow. On the bright side, they did not spend any money on gratuitous blood and gore. The ending did make me snort, and I won't give that away. At least nobody was inappropriately dressed, other than the neoprene suits looking rather uncomfortable, but hey, they had those fancy lights!
The trailer did look promising, and I thought it would be a cross between of Snow Piercer and The Day After Tomorrow. On the bright side, they did not spend any money on gratuitous blood and gore. The ending did make me snort, and I won't give that away. At least nobody was inappropriately dressed, other than the neoprene suits looking rather uncomfortable, but hey, they had those fancy lights!
None of these people can act
SomeLikeItNot28 January 2024
This movie could have been "so bad it's good" like those ridiculous bad CGI gator movies but it's not. The actors take themselves too seriously but they just can't convey emotions. None of them. Sometimes it seems like they don't even know their lines. When they act like they're cold, it reminds me of Joey on Friends. And the "science" part of it is like a Facebook comment section where people are confidently using a lot of big, long words to say essentially nothing.
It's like a crazed killer kidnapped these random people off the street and forced them to play out his stupid script.
A very long, unfunny SNL sketch spoofing disaster movies.
It's like a crazed killer kidnapped these random people off the street and forced them to play out his stupid script.
A very long, unfunny SNL sketch spoofing disaster movies.
curious
ellis-a817 February 2024
The film reminded me of watching episode 2 of a 3 part series.
There were references to the team having been active in previous disasters, including something to do with a volcano being 'put out'.
There was a political side that started in the middle with the removal of the 'hero' from being CEO of a company, an antagonistic relationship with NOAA and FEMA that was not fully explained and left with a political cliff-hanger.
It seems unfair to give a realistic rating to what appears to be part of a movie, so my question is/are, 1 Was the other parts of this made?
2 if made, what is/are the names of the other parts?
There were references to the team having been active in previous disasters, including something to do with a volcano being 'put out'.
There was a political side that started in the middle with the removal of the 'hero' from being CEO of a company, an antagonistic relationship with NOAA and FEMA that was not fully explained and left with a political cliff-hanger.
It seems unfair to give a realistic rating to what appears to be part of a movie, so my question is/are, 1 Was the other parts of this made?
2 if made, what is/are the names of the other parts?
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