Earthstorm (2006 film)

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Earthstorm
Directed byTerry Cunningham
Screenplay byMichael Konyves
Produced byStefan Wodoslawsky, Gordon Yang
Cinematography John P. Tarver
Edited by Robert E. Newton
Music by Sean Murray
Production
company
Release date
June,2006
Running time
1 hour 30 minutes
CountryUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish

Earthstorm is a 2006 science fiction TV movie directed by Terry Cunningham. [1] It is a science fiction-catastrophic genre film starring Stephen Baldwin (who in 2006 also starred in Dark Storm) and Amy Price-Francis

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Plot

Hit by a Asteroid , the Moon risks breaking apart. Dr. Lana Gale(Amy Price-Francis), the daughter of a famous scientist who had vainly predicted such an event, is alarmed by the rapid climate changes and the large lunar fragments falling on the planet, and attempts to mobilize the leaders of the American Space Institute to find a solution. Once she managed to convince the skeptical Victor Stevens(Dirk Benedict), without whose consent the operation could not have been carried out, she involves the building demolition expert John Redding(Stephen Baldwin) with the aim of embarking him on the Space Shuttle Perseus and mine the satellite's rift with nuclear charges [2]

Cast

Reception

The film was generally received negatively. [3] The cinema portal IMDb assigns it 3.6/10 (based on 2020 votes), [4] while the aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes reports 10% score from the audience, based on 581 votes. [5]

Release

The film is now available on various streaming platform. [6] As of March 2024, Earthstorm is available to stream on several services, including Thriller Movies & TV by Fawesome, Plex Inc. - Free Movies & TV, Fandango at Home, FilmRise Western, Tubi - Free Movies & TV, Peacock (streaming service) TV, Amazon Freevee, FreeTube Movies, and Roku [7] [8] .

See also

Notes

  1. Cunningham, Terry, Earthstorm (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi), Stephen Baldwin, Amy Price-Francis, John Ralston, Cinetel Films, S.V. Scary Films 5, retrieved 2024-03-20
  2. "Earthstorm | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  3. Earthstorm (TV Movie 2006) - IMDb , retrieved 2024-03-20
  4. Cunningham, Terry, Earthstorm (Action, Drama, Sci-Fi), Stephen Baldwin, Amy Price-Francis, John Ralston, Cinetel Films, S.V. Scary Films 5, retrieved 2024-03-20
  5. "Earthstorm | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  6. "Prime Video: Earthstorm". www.primevideo.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  7. "Earthstorm on Roku".
  8. "Earthstorm on JustWatch".


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