Right, well I can't exactly claim that I was harboring any high hopes for this 2017 disaster movie titled "Shockwave" from writers Blaine Chiappetta, Rafael Jordan and Ari Novak. Sure, the movie's cover was rather interesting, but then again, they tend to be that way and the contents are rubbish when it comes to the majority of disaster-based movies. But still, I opted to give "Shockwave" the benefit of the doubt, and it might actually be a surprisingly good disaster movie.
But no, it wasn't a good movie. The storyline in "Shockwave" was very generic for a disaster movie, but that is something I can manage to endure, as many disaster movies follow the same formula. But it was the lack of common sense in the storytelling, the atrocious special effects and the lack of realism in the movie that made "Shockwave" into an abysmal movie experience.
Director Nick Lyon was on wobbly ground here with "Shockwave", because the writers definitely hadn't provided him with much of anything solid to work with. The storyline was laughable and insanely generic, the character gallery was bland and forgettable, and the special effects were so bad that they indeed were 'special' effects. Not to mention the somewhat wooden, rigid and toe-curling acting performances.
And don't we just love these localized disaster movies? You know, where all the mayhem and destruction seem to be narrowed down on following a select group of people. Yeah, "Shockwave" was one such movie.
90 minute of this ordeal was bordering on more than what should be endured, but I stuck with "Shockwave", hoping that the movie would improved. It just never did. As it is with the majority of disaster movies actually. In fact, the best thing about "Shockwave" was actually the movie's cover.
My rating of "Shockwave" lands on a two out of ten stars.
But no, it wasn't a good movie. The storyline in "Shockwave" was very generic for a disaster movie, but that is something I can manage to endure, as many disaster movies follow the same formula. But it was the lack of common sense in the storytelling, the atrocious special effects and the lack of realism in the movie that made "Shockwave" into an abysmal movie experience.
Director Nick Lyon was on wobbly ground here with "Shockwave", because the writers definitely hadn't provided him with much of anything solid to work with. The storyline was laughable and insanely generic, the character gallery was bland and forgettable, and the special effects were so bad that they indeed were 'special' effects. Not to mention the somewhat wooden, rigid and toe-curling acting performances.
And don't we just love these localized disaster movies? You know, where all the mayhem and destruction seem to be narrowed down on following a select group of people. Yeah, "Shockwave" was one such movie.
90 minute of this ordeal was bordering on more than what should be endured, but I stuck with "Shockwave", hoping that the movie would improved. It just never did. As it is with the majority of disaster movies actually. In fact, the best thing about "Shockwave" was actually the movie's cover.
My rating of "Shockwave" lands on a two out of ten stars.