Absolute Zero (2006 TV Movie) User Reviews

not as bad as people say it is

[Erichnathanbennett · 4/10 · 11 June 2011]

OK so the acting, dialogue and all the other stuff isn't as bad as people said it was; it wasn't good.

The thing I will say is that the science is all wrong. They said that science is never wrong. Well unless their talking about some other kind of science, either they're wrong or science is wrong.

If you haven't seen this movie then it's about the magnetic field is acting all goofy and north is south and south is north. And somehow that's going to bring in a new ice age. Tropics are icy, icy is tropic, dry is wet and wet is dry. So Miami (where it's mostly taking place) will somehow get so cold that the temperature will be absolute zero (- 273C).

Now this has never happened because if it did, the atoms themselves would stop moving and collapse on themselves. Why? Because atoms cannot get any colder. But if this would happen there would have to be any light for billions of light years. This will not happen on earth because the sun isn't that far away.

And also oxygen will solidify at -218.4C. If it got at like -200C we would be literally be swimming in liquid oxygen for a split second and then freeze to death. So if your breathing your swimming.

Not Good, but not THAT Bad

[brianjdavies · 3/10 · 7 June 2013]

OK, the Earth's magnetic poles can and have reversed polarity many times in the planet's history. And, as we know, ice ages do happen, and surprisingly quickly, too in geological terms. But one does not cause the other. I guess the scriptwriter needed a plot device to cause a sudden big freeze in which to set the events. But why "Absolute Zero", a temperature not found anywhere in the entire universe, and which causes more plot problems than it solves? I guess it made a better title than "Awfully Cold". And why Miami? There are very good reasons why ice caps are situated at the north and south poles of the planet rather than in a band around the equatorial regions. And by poles, I mean the axis of spin, not the magnetic poles. It may have been a trifle more plausible to have situated the action in Vancouver, where much of it was filmed, rather than Florida, but even then, credulity would be stretched thinner than graphene.

Yes, the "science" is ludicrous, and I can't help feeling that the writer tried too hard to "explain" things. Yet, people seem quite happy to accept the impossible physics and engineering of superhero movies. It's called "suspension of disbelief", though I admit it does jar anyone who has a modicum of scientific knowledge. What I found irksome was the lazy production values: the CEO of a "billion dollar" organisation having such a meagre office; the neatly sawn-off tree flying through the air; the stock shot of rush hour traffic purporting to be the evacuation of Miami. Someone should have told the director that in an evacuation, traffic generally moves in one direction!

Much criticism has been directed at the acting. It's not Oscar standard, sure, but it's not terrible, either. It's hampered by a poor script and even poorer direction. True, the mother and daughter did not show a great deal of emotion when the father died, but I'm sure the actors could have, had they been asked. I think it's terribly unfair (and sexist) to call Erika Eleniak an "aging playmate". One does not refer to Arnold Schwartzenegger as an superannuated bodybuilder. Oh wait, perhaps I'm wrong there. Everyone ages, and I, for one, think that Ms Eleniak has aged gracefully, and is still a beautiful woman.

So there it is: cod science, ropey special effects, dicey script, earnestly acted. "The Day After Tomorrow" it isn't, but even that film would not stand up to much critical climatological analysis. It is a TV movie after all, if not a particularly good one. As entertainment, it doesn't exactly succeed, but it's not a utter failure, either. I think the general consensus of 3 stars is about right.

A Bad Ripoff

[mikerjones · 2/10 · 6 October 2008]

Some movie makers can take another person's idea and make an entertaining movie of their own out of it. That does not describe these movie makers, though. The Day After Tomorrow was a very watchable movie, even if the science did take a back seat to story. In this mishmash, many scenes, including the opening on the ice shelf and the climactic scene where they all finally took shelter in the lab (re: in the NY Library in Day After Tomorrow) while the walls froze up to and including the door, were copied and poorly done at that. The acting was sub-par, the special affects were laughable, but basically the writing was horrid. Hardly anything anyone did made sense. Case in point: Why on Earth would Bryn leave her child alone while attempting to rescue a man trapped in an elevator, when she could have simply told him she would see that he was let out when the men returned? She could never have opened those elevator doors by herself. Also, didn't him not stopping the elevator when she was on top tell her that this is not someone she would want around her child? What good is a movie when all you do is yell at the idiots on the screen? Not much. Give it a skip, even if you like Erika Eleniak. You won't be sorry.

"The Day After Tomorrow" without a budget

[farflungfloyd · 1/10 · 4 August 2006]

It's difficult to say where to start with this movie... The terrible script, the cartoon-like effects, the horrid acting, the stupid premise, the aging playboy playmate, the complete lack of scientific probability...

Take away the hand full of things that were good about "The day After Tomorrow" and pile on a clichéd script and no money, this is what you will get.

Quick plot: The earth's magnetic field switches polarity in a matter of hours, causing the temperature in Miami to drop to zero degrees Kelvin! This movie follows the intrepid band of researchers who said "I told you so!"

Shudder. Shiver. Shudder. Shudder.

This movie was so bad that I couldn't even watch it for the camp value. It was like watching a train wreck. You want to. But at some point, you just have to turn away from the carnage.

Absolute Zero--It's All in the Title

[julioecolon · 1/10 · 26 November 2006]

I like disaster films. It's comforting and entertaining to watch the world suffer imaginary cataclysmic events from the safety of one's couch. On the screen, everything goes kapow. Yet, the bowl of parmesan popcorn is within easy reach of my greedy paw and a cold beer froths in a mug. I sat through this film bored and annoyed, however. This is the kind of movie that begs the question: why make bad movies? Why go through the expense and the trouble when, given the effort, the results are so unaccountably awful? What is it exactly that propels unscrupulous producers, untalented directors, and third-rate actors to collaborate on cinematic ventures that never should have seen the light of day? Who makes the decisions to bring such aberrations to life and who stands the most to gain from them? Adam Sliwinski and Michael D. Jacobs, director and producer respectively, and the many actors of limited craft who participated in this film, all of you should be embarrassed to have this dreck floating about.

Ouch

[bzmingus · 1/10 · 23 January 2007]

I feel dumber for having watched this. The acting is awful. The plot is ridiculous. The storyline is completely nonsensical. Even if you rent this to get a glimpse of Erika Eleniak you will be disappointed. Yes she is in there, but the term 'aging playmate' is painfully accurate. Effects: laughable. Character development: a joke. I can not say enough bad things about this movie. Maybe it was intended as a joke on 'The Day After Tomorrow'. If so, its not very funny. Jeff Fahey's mom turned it off half way through. Ugh. Gack. Bad. Horrible. I want my hour and a half back. It is a struggle to come up with 10 lines about this movie without resorting to repeating the words 'sucks' over and over again. The science is bad. The acting is bad. The filming is bad. The concept is bad. This is a bad movie.

Hilariously Bad

[reo_iv · 1/10 · 1 October 2006]

I rented this gem knowing it was a Day After Tomorrow clone. I expected it to be campy and bad.

The special effects were hilarious and just bad. Some times it would be an entire CG shot that looks like some freshman's work with making a 3D model at art school.

Though the best part of the movie is the constant statement that "Science is Never Wrong." If I was playing a drinking game I would have been plastered by the end of this movie. Even the little kid in the movie said science is never wrong.

The physics in this movie are laughable at best. The idea that the last ice age started 10,000 years ago and lasted 1000 years is hilarious.

It was as if the writers, producers and actors couldn't be bothered to check a history book about the ice age anywhere.

Let alone the idea of absolute zero.

All I can say is they must have made this movie for what it was, a great no-brainer campy stupid flick.

Grab some popcorn, point and giggle

[firedrake-2 · 1/10 · 17 July 2007]

I don't hate this movie. In fact, I quite recommend it. Invite some friends over, make some popcorn, point and giggle. MST3K would have had a field day with this one.

What's wrong with the movie? That might take longer than the actual movie to tell. Start out with the styrofoam and sugar Antarctica set, complete with a size-changing ice cave, a skeletal body (frozen for the last 10,000 years), the amazing archaeological feat, which no one has even got around to mentioning, of dating cave paintings all over the world to the same day, the ability to take scrapings of paint and find out where the magnetic poles were at the time the cave was painted... and of course, no one can survive absolute zero, except the people who painted all these cave paintings. And that's just the first twenty minutes.

And of course, science is never wrong. But your science is wrong and mine isn't.

A definition to start with for the filmmakers: Absolute Zero is the temperature at which all molecular motion stops. It is not a cold and snowy temperature.

Apparently no one can survive Absolute Zero, but people behind lab doors. With skylight windows. And Absolute Zero has the power to cause time lapse photography.

Absolute Zero can be predicted by a pair of ditsy grad students down to the last second. From analysis of paint scrapings. The filmmakers also seem to think that polar shift can occur either in a few hours, or in two hundred years. They need to be gently guided to the concept of geological time. And let's not forget that when telling someone to get into the lab when the compass needle points to a certain direction, it's helpful to say, "When you're facing the lab door" or something like that, because -- uh -- compass needles move when you do?

I was fascinated to find that low temperature is actually what sucks people out of airplanes. I always thought it was low pressure. Hmmm, better be careful next time I go outdoors in winter.

Continuity errors: the prop in Antarctica which blows down three times; the door which comes off its hinges but reattaches itself by the next scene.

And of course, there are the acting jobs. The main character seems to think acting means wiggling his brows. I actually will cut the little girl a break -- and despite her awful stereotypical character, the girl grad student, who might conceivably have a future in acting. Of course, despite all the snow and ice, no one actually shows any sign of being cold anywhere in the movie.

I still want to know why getting the government to fund scientific research is a Bad Thing. Is it just because it involves filthy lucre?

Others have pretty much covered many of the other points I could make -- the difference between polar shift and axial tilt, the "poles" moving to the equator, where are the thousand years of darkness, etc., but I have one last question -- does the newswoman from the TV station have a direct tap on the US government's computers?

Lack of research and no scientific base

[an2597 · 1/10 · 28 August 2006]

This film is something which should never have been made. The acclaimed science in the film has no base whatsoever in fact. Absolute zero is impossible to obtain, the closest anyone has every got it 0.00001 of a Kelvin, which is close but not it. Also this isn't obtained by just shifting the magnetic poles as the magnetic force is too weak to cause this sort of affect. The position of the ice sheets is not caused by the magnetic poles but more the relation to the sun. If absolute zero was reached the atmosphere would freeze well before that point was reached so the people in the film would suffocate if they some how managed to survive. There is also a claim that science is never wrong (which is totally contradicted in the movie itself) as well as science isn't right all the time, it is just the best guess given the information available. Finally there is a scene towards the end of the movie where the building seems to be pressurized and the main character claims this is because the outside air is so cold it creates a drop in pressure which is the same in aircraft, yet another this that is totally incorrect with no fact behind it. So in total this is a movie which should be burnt and the writer should be out of a job for lack of research of common sense.

Absolutely not a great cinematic achievement but, as far as B movies go, I might be tempted to give it a B+

[inkblot11 · 5/10 · 3 May 2010]

David Koch (Jeff Fahey), a climatologist working for Miami-based Inter-Sci, is suddenly sent to Antarctica to investigate a change in climate. Some scientists on the icy continent were killed when there was an abrupt spike in temperature, resulting in shifting ice flows that sent them into the icy waters below. When David arrives down under, the remaining crew tell him that a "cave" has appeared, one that was not noticeable before, and which may have answers to the current phenomena. David leads a group to the cavern but, despite finding prehistoric "cave paintings" that suggest the climate on Antarctica was once warmer, the unstable weather creates death traps. Only David makes it out alive, natch. Back in Miami, David hooks up with a science colleague and his wife, Bryn (Erika Eleniak) who run data and come to the startling conclusion that the earth's "poles" are shifting and that Miami will become the new Antarctice in less than 4 days. Of course, the scummy, money-grubbing leader of Inter-Sci locks horns with David and insists to the United States military that the change in climate will evolve more slowly and that, in any case, the company has it covered. Ho ho, what fun is ahead! David, it turns out, is correct and soon folks sunning by the posh hotels' pools are being pelted with snow and sleet. With only a limited time to get everyone evacuated from Miami and into "warmer" New York and other upper regions, what will be the result? Actually, as far as "B" movies go, I thought this one was pretty entertaining. The cast is not stellar by any means, with Fahey and Eleniak, longtime B stars, looking older and tired and the others not doing Oscar work either. Then, too, the script veers off into silliness from time to time, as it tries to recount a long ago love affair between David and Bryn. But, when it gets down to science and special effects, the film fares much better. The whole premise is fairly interesting and the "chilling" of Miami is fun to watch. Yes, it takes a few pages from The Day After Tomorrow, with its rolling deep freeze frames. But, what the heck, if you love science fiction and chaotic weather situations, you would probably get a kick out of this one, especially on sweltering summer nights when re-runs are the only other options. Go for it.

No Science, all fiction, utterly unentertaining

[lpeters7 · 2 February 2007]

One would think the timely subject of global warming and climate change would offer plenty of good fodder for a competent writer but this movie wastes an embarrassment of riches. All the worst adjectives apply here: tired, hackneyed, predictable, boring, etc. I've sat through some remarkably bad movies but I was actually angry with myself for wasting 96 minutes with this one. It starts poorly and the basement level production quality gives the first hint of what's to come. Even if you can get past the abysmal script and cardboard cut-out acting (can't blame the third rate thespians here, they had absolutely zero to work with), there's such bad science being presented that you can't even relate to the events that unfold. The plot takes place in Miami Florida but was filmed in Canada which means stock footage of the Miami skyline and Florida seashore with bad porn incidental music is cut in with actors walking around the port authority of Toronto, a marina in Quebec or some such place. "I see boat masts…it's gotta be South Beach!" The film's laziness with geography is second only to its ignorance of basic science and the direction of the flow of the Gulf Stream. For once the title of the film advertises exactly how entertaining it is. I'll never admit to seeing this one.

So Bad It's Good (for Ed Wood fans only!)

[rammsteinaregods · 8/10 · 31 May 2016]

This review contains spoilers (sort of!). Everyone has given this film 1 out of 10, and I'm giving it 8 stars!!??? This isn't because I'm taking the mickey, or because I've gone completely insane. It's just because I love this kind of nonsense!

A bunch of scientists who are immune to sub-zero temperatures have somehow discovered by looking at cave paintings that the earth is shortly to tilt on its axis, and thus create a new ice age that will wipe out humanity...except for the indestructible scientists of course! Will they save mankind? You betcha!!!

This film has an absolute zero budget, a godawful script, incredibly bad acting, CGI that looks like an oil painting done by a 14 year old, sets that wobble and fall over, and incompetent direction. So, why do I like it so much? Well, just like the old Ed Wood movies (especially Plan 9) what shines through is that everyone involved in this mess tries so hard, so VERY hard to make some kind of statement - despite their complete and utter lack of talent. I just love this kind of sincerity! I can't help it!!!

"How do you go pee in this thing?"

[Bernie4444 · 6/10 · 18 April 2021]

This is a standard disaster movie. It has the standard characters. It has a standard plot. It has the standard dumb dialogue. It is the standard authority that does not listen. It has reacquainted love. And all those things that make it fun watching the standard disaster movie.

You have probably already seen most of these such as: Arctic Blast (2010) Storm Cell (2008) Polar Storm (2009) MegaFault (2009) Ice Quake (2010) Ice Twisters (2009)

The list goes on.

You know the basics so I will not go through those. In this production called, "Absolute Zero" (2006), the Earth's magnetic field shifts before anybody has a chance to respond; this causes an instant ice age that catches our heroes off guard. There is a series of sub disasters. The highlight is where the guy in the thermal suit asks "How do you go pee in this thing?"

NY Is the Tropics & Miami is the Arctic

[whpratt1 · 1/10 · 22 June 2007]

If you have nothing else to do and want some quick stupid entertainment, this is the film to watch. All the actors gave an outstanding performance, however, the special effects was done on a very low budget and since it really was a TV program, you cannot expect very much from this production. The story is about a company called INTER SCI and a group of Climatologist, Jeff Fahey, (David Koch), Erika Eleniak, (Bryn) and Jessica Amlee,(Sophie) who have reason to believe there is immediate danger from a shift in the Earth's polarity which triggered the last ICE AGE. In other words, Miami, Florida will be completely covered in ice and snow like Anartica and the first warning was a huge ICE BERG floating in the waters surrounding Miami. Erika Eleniak, (Bryn) was not a Climatologist, but a girl David Koch fell in love with years ago and then up and left her. Bryn lost her husband in this Arctic storm and it rekindled an old romance.

Not bad if you have low expectations

[gjones10787 · 5/10 · 28 October 2012]

So the graphics and sets are poorly created, the acting is mediocre, the plot is predictable, and the science is childishly inaccurate... but it certainly doesn't deserve a 3/10. If you expect to see cheesy made-for-TV quality, you won't be disappointed, because that was the intent of this movie. Certainly no blockbuster but it's good in it's own way.

Essentially, a rogue scientist determines that the magnetic poles are going to shift, resulting in the rapid deep freeze of the equator. Of course, nobody believes him until it's too late. Throw in some romantic tension, angry standoffs, an evil businessman, hero kid, a few death scenes, and a semi-happy ending... bam! A cliché sci-fi movie that can be enjoyed by anyone who can appreciate it for what it is.

I would have to agree with most of the opinions not to buy or rent the movie, but if you happen to see it on TV, or flip through and find it on netflix while bored, give it a try. Keep your expectations low, like Battlefield Earth low, and you may actually enjoy it.

Absolute Zero: Absolute 0

[phojo-1 · 1/10 · 27 March 2007]

The really good thing to say about this movie is the title is correct.

This movie reeks of film-school student work. Like the typical high-school paper that has to follow all the rules and regulations in writing the paper, this movie seems to follow some set, or in some case, immovable guidelines.

This movie contain most of the obligatory elements of a movie of this genre....

The top-notch scientist working for a money-hungry bureaucrat,

The "Lab" wooing the military into buying something that may or may not work,

The Old Scientist/Alchohalic,

The Old Lover, now married with a daughter,

The now-mother using product placement; in this case a pair of cheap Radio Shack walkie-talkies (I can say that because I sold them.),

The Little girl, with the modern-but-stupid hair style and on-again-off-again lisp, with the voice of a duck, often saying "Mom," like "Mmmmom!", and who knows Spanish at the "doctorial age" of 8,

The "self sacrifice," where one scientist tells the little girl, "It's OK, I'm alright, go hide over there in the pipe. I'll be alright," which is followed by one of the WORST CGI effects ever seen on national TV, the man dies when a supposed downdraft hits everything, but other places look just fine.

The problems solved by one computer, two big-screen TV, two half-wit grad students, the Hero, and the Trophy wife/mother and daughter combo, fighting to prove that they are correct and the team of over 1,000 scientist from around the globe are wrong.

SPOILER:

AND...(Plot hole), The temperature is supposed to be -439 degrees F. HOWEVER, as our unlikely survivors sit in a cozy greenhouse, they hear a Coast Guard helicopter flying overhead. Now come on! The fuel running the helicopter would be in a gel form if not rock solid hard. How can it fly?

AND FINALLY, the biblical death of the greedy man.

No valid science

[Windrider6 · 1/10 · 18 May 2009]

I watched this movie prepared to see some incorrect science for the sake of entertainment, but what I saw was NO correct science. Well, except for the part where absolute zero is -273 Celsius. That's the only thing they did get right.

The fact that almost all the characters repeatedly say, "Science is never wrong", when the science in this movie is always wrong, must be a joke the writers played on the producers.

The whole premise of this movie is that the Earth's magnetic field rotates 90 degrees in less than 5 hours, and this causes everything at the equator to cool down to -273 Celsius (absolute zero). That makes as much scientific sense as your dog freezing solid because he turned around counter-clockwise before lying down, instead of clockwise.

The "scientists" in the movie even did a small-scale demonstration of this (before the disaster), by artificially rotating the magnetic field of a room full of plants. The whole room and the plants in it reached -273 Celsius. Rubbish.

All the other science in this movie that follows and supports this idea is either flawed, or outright wrong. They even got wrong the conversion of temperatures between Celsius and Fahrenheit on the status display they kept showing.

Not only is the science wrong in this movie, but there is a lack of internal consistency in the movie. For example, it's -170 Celsius outside, but people in a glass-walled building are wearing summer clothes and are not cold. It was previously established that a blast of cold air from the sky will freeze solid everything in an area, but a similar blast only freezes a vehicle and its driver, but not the little girl standing a few metres from the blast. The people in bikinis around a Miami pool don't notice anything wrong until it starts snowing, despite a temperature drop of 30 Celsius before the snow started falling.

The characters are all clichés, and even taking that into account, they sometimes do things that don't make common sense.

Yeah, I watched the movie for it's entertainment value. For the disaster. I'm used to suspending disbelief, and going with the flow of a movie in order to enjoy it. When a movie lacks internal consistency and basic common sense, that's just too much BAD for me.

One of the worst movies I have seen.

[lord_blue_berry · 1/10 · 3 December 2006]

This movie is horrible. I mean the graphics are bad, the acting is bad, the logic behind it is bad, the small bits of humor are bad, the whole movie just sucked, enough said. I can probably draw better special effects on a piece of paper, and the acting could have been better done by a bunch of retarded monkeys. This movie can be one of those cheap school videos they show in science class that are either outdated by 30 years or have extremely badly done ones made by kids of the age they are showing the video to. If anyone voted more then a 2 on this video I feel sorry for you, you must be one very confused human being. I am going to end my insults because I am sure anyone who reads this gets my point.

Absolute Zero was the quality of this movie

[dbbloch-1 · 1/10 · 8 July 2007]

Bad acting, painfully corny dialog, low-budget special effects and just plain bad research makes this movie an absolute zero. The whole premise makes no sense....that shifting magnetic poles would create a zone of -459F degree temperatures from 30 degrees north to 30 degrees south. First of all, absolute zero is not even possible -- all molecular movement would stop. Even outer space is 3 degrees above AZ. Secondly, why their lab is the only place in this belt safe from the iron grip of AZ is never explained....nor why, seconds after AZ is reached, a helicopter suddenly appears through the (hitherto non-existent) skylight windows. Also, I guess the producers don't know that stations east of the Mississippi start with W and west of the Missisippo, with K. The continual "newscasts" from Miami news station KNOV showed the ignorance of the writers and lack of continuity.

Throw in a student who is suddenly an expert in building computer controls; a insipid re-sparked love interest between Fahey and Eleniak; and a painful scene involving space suits and an outside catwalk; and you get the picture why this was more of a comedy than an scifi/action flick.

Absolute trash

[waynermasters · 1/10 · 22 March 2009]

Honestly, this was without a doubt one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I don't know what was worse - the fact that it was a pay per view movie on Cox, or the movie in general for being so terrible. I think it would save time to point out the good parts of the movie... simply put, there are none. It was a nice touch though - Ontario plates for a movie taking place in Miami... like I said - absolute trash. I admire the fact that Canada lends itself to the motion picture industry. But for God's sake, can you try and round up some people that can act? Honestly, Tim Hortons isn't necessarily the place to find actors for a movie that you've invested time and money into. I can't fathom what the producers were thinking to allow this trash to be released to the public. It should have been rated "F" for failure.

Funniest plot point

[BeeMovieQueen · 1/10 · 28 December 2008]

Many reviewers have already commented on how awful the movie is (plot, acting..just how many times was Jeff Fahey told to stay still and stare?, special effects, the "science" etc.) but the thing that really got me was at the end when "the only way to the other stairwell is outside" who designs a building this way? And if you do, wouldn't you have an actual walkway on the outside, not a precarious catwalk? Other highlights are when the dad/husband die and there is no reaction from either the daughter or the wife; when the mom asks if she wants a story, finally the little girl says, "I miss him." The pool scenes are hilarious, and the same two guys keep fleeing the pool. The ocean freezes, yet for a while the pool remains fluid.

Worth My Time To Watch

[cecilliawhite · 6/10 · 24 November 2007]

OK, yeah, not the best of movies, but, by far not the worst. So the graphics were a little 'out there', but hey, I've seen plenty of popular, award winners that had the same problems. I think that yeah, some of the science/reality was off, such as an ice burg in Miami's beach. But, I think that movies that aren't 'that' realistic are actually better than really scientific ones. Because, I want to watch fiction, not documentaries! And so, a little bit of almost impossible science is OK with me. Though, probably the weakest part of the movie, I have to say, is when the girls father is killed. Is it just me or should she of been on the ground bawling? Seriously, she barely shed a tear. And, the man's wife didn't act that emotional either. Out of everything, I think emotions is one thing this movie needed more of. But, again, I do enjoy movies like this, so, enough complaining. I don't regret buying or watching this movie and you shouldn't either.

Absolute Zero is the rating it deserves. Unfortunately IMDb only goes to 1

[rlange-3 · 1/10 · 2 February 2007]

I am a real sucker for disaster movies, and try to find something of value in even the worst of them. This one has no real redeeming features at all.

"Spoilers" Follow The science is beyond preposterous. If the "poles" shift as they have in the distant past, it would produce new poles, not an evenly defined equatorial region north and south of the equator by a precise latitude. That's why they are called "poles", something the bumpkin writer of this turkey apparently never grasped. And why would temperatures drop to absolute zero? Nowhere on Earth is a temperature absolute zero, including the poles. The best laboratories can come close on tiny samples. And for that matter if Miami were absolute zero people wouldn't be flying around in helicopters and there would not be tall buildings covered with snow on the landscape, and a special laboratory that somehow was impervious to it all... and... and... good grief, this is a see to believe disaster.

The plot is jumbled together, makes no real sense in any way other than that almost every disaster movie gimmick and stereotype is thrown in. There is the greedy bad guy, the evil military, the dashing scientist romantically involved, the nerdy kids, the cutesy little girl -- everything but secret radiation of some sort. People are sort of randomly killed off for no reason at all, and other than bringing you closer to the end you really don't care much about them.

Add in bad acting, amateurish special effects on any budget -- one of the big props is a computerized compass needle.

Ouch, this is a disaster of a movie, not a disaster movie.

FilmCreature Reviews 'Absolute Zero'

[FilmCreature · 1/10 · 17 June 2007]

What a bad, bad movie. This movie is crap on every possible level. The acting and special effects are so bad, they literally made me and my mom laugh. For example, when one of the characters (a father) dies, the mother and the daughter never shed one tear, but when another character's boyfriend dies, the girlfriend is bawling. I'm sure Jeff Fahey and Erika Eleniak have done better work elsewhere, but here, they're characters are so emotionless and wooden, it's hard to see why they would want to save themselves!

I suppose I should explain the laughable "plot", I think it's something about the Earth turning around and freezing people or something like that. Oh, what the heck, why am I even telling you this? This movie is a complete waste of time. The fact that you are reading this review means you are interested in this film, which means you are stupid. You do not want to be stupid, so do not see this movie.

An abomination. 1 shifting planet out of 10.

So bad, it was good. But still one star.

[nolawnchairs · 1/10 · 27 February 2009]

A friend of mine found this movie in the 49 Baht (US$ 1.70) bargain bin at the local big-box mart... and that's about all this atrocity was worth.

Disaster movies, but definition are cliché, but at least movies like "Day After Tomorrow" have a budget, some scientific merit and decent acting. The cliché here is the scientist who no one believes, and his quest to save his family by locking them into a pressure-locked laboratory to ride out a nasty cold spell.

Even a movie with a budget as low as this one had, they could have at least concocted a more plausible weather scenario. We all know movies of this nature are rife with scientific inaccuracies, but this was just ridiculous in its hilarity. I won't go into the details on how the earth's magnetic poles do not govern climate, or how absolute zero (0°K) causes all molecular activity to stop, hence turning all liquids and gasses solid, or how the temperature of 0°K has not been attained naturally in the known universe or in a lab. The producers of this dreck could not even consult a scientist - or at least a 5th-grader before coming up with such a scenario? My concern is that there are people out there that watch a movie like this, and believe the science is true.

Nevertheless, after the first five minutes of this movie, I realized why it cost what it cost, and turned in to "comedy" mode, pretending that the mistakes, bad acting and horrible special effects were intentional. Having done that, I enjoyed watching the movie just to see how many things I could find wrong with it. It was like a bad car accident - you know it's gruesome, but you can't turn away.