Supernova (2005)

How sad is this?

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I've seen some really horrible movies in my time. I'm one of those movie fans that likes terrible movies, if only to laugh at how horrible they are. This movie is beyond horrible. It's so bad that you can hardly grasp where it is set geographically. Is it Australia? Is it Africa? Who knows.. definitely not the writers. Apparently, they were too busy trying to stuff as much character development into their plot that they couldn't be bothered with factual story lines. For example, the film is supposed to be set in Australia. They say the murderer is locked up in Pretoria, which is in South Africa. That'd work if it weren't for him getting loose and somehow driving a truck back to his Australian victim's house. You may be asking yourself such questions as, "Why is there a murderer in a movie about the sun exploding?" or "Why is a small factual hiccup such a problem?" Trust me, there are way more than that. Like the genius scientist that doesn't verify Luke Perry's mathematical computations and instead decides to flee to Maldives with beautiful mountains in the background, and apparently a single shack which contains a single blonde Jewish hottie bartender. Luckily, their discourse spawns the only remotely clever line in three hours of garbage. It quickly went downhill when that hottie slept with Peter Fonda, who looks old enough to be her grandfather. Why is that unbelievable? It's not, it's just highly unlikely.I was so tempted to turn this movie off after an hour, but I stuck with it through the whole film. It has some of the worst acting I've ever witnessed. If you've seen Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, the acting is pretty much on par with that. The biggest difference is that Lorenzo Lamas and Tiffany had chemistry. The only people who had chemistry in this movie were Peter Fonda and the hottie Jewish bartender. There were so many scenes in this movie that I thought were outtakes that I had to check to make sure I wasn't watching some extended director's cut. My wife even commented after the first half of the movie (and after our laughing fit had died down), "Did they really think they couldn't have cut some of those scenes? This is ridiculous."If you're planning to relax and watch something that makes you think, stay away from this movie. If you love terrible movies, you may like this one... that is if you are into story inconsistencies, poor acting, poor research, poor writing, scientific inaccuracies, and a slew of other high-schoolers-could-do-better problems that are found in this movie.

"An astrophysicist has made a cataclysmic discovery. Then sun is set to explode, bringing about the end of civilization. As a team of fellow scientists race against time to stop his predictions of apocalypse from coming true, the world is already becoming a whirling inferno out of control," according to the DVD sleeve description. As Luke Perry (as Chris Richardson) explains, it's "the end of the world as we know it," in an original two part Hallmark Channel TV movie.This film simply fails to take advantage of what it has to offer. The locations are great, but passed off as something they are not. There would have been nothing wrong with setting the movie where it was shot, and letting people marvel (instead of laugh) at the luscious scenery. And, the likable stars aren't scripted to do much of what made them likable; their roles seem carelessly assigned. The cast and locale should have made "Supernova" shine much more brightly.**** Supernova (9/5-6/05) John Harrison ~ Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Emma Samms, Peter Fonda

SuperNova is an astonishingly cheeseball TV disaster miniseries--not that I expected much more than that. The acting is truly awful, the plot is utterly riddled with clichés. The Spunky Hero (Luke Perry) has to stop the sun from exploding or something like that. Tia Carrere plays his butt-kickin FBI gal pal. But there's no friskiness between these two--he's got a loving wife and adorable daughter at home.Who are in danger from (*gasp*) a RAPIST! The series stupidly segue-ways from an exploding sun to a convicted rapist going after the Loving Wife and the Adorable Daughter.The Adorable Daughter is played by Eliza Bennett, who sadly had to take a stop in this miniseries before she stars in the highly anticipated 2008 fantasy film 'Inkheart,' also starring Brendan Fraser and Paul Bettany. And Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent.You get my point. There are probably people with potential talent here, but is is, of course, wasted in this awful film. Don't pick this one up.

The only reason for wasting my time on this production was the good acting by the cast. They should have been employed in a true movie.The main plot is ages away from being convincing, inciting, even interesting. That's probably why a stupidly exaggerated subplot was inserted. The camera work is OK and the CGI fits. But there's nothing more.The only point in watching this third rate production might be the acting, as stated above, notwithstanding the charming beauty of Burton-Hill.2 for the sake of the cast.