Review of Collision Earth (2011) by Graham C — 10 Aug 2013

This started off beautifully. It had all the makings of a good disaster movie. Then around fifty minutes in or so, all of a sudden they started throwing in things that didn't advance the plot, storyline, suspense, character development or for that matter anything at all.

Then they started throwing in things that were downright nonsensical. They completely lost the thread of the movie. We as an audience were left bored, which is the last thing we should be feeling in a good disaster movie.

All the unnecessary plot devices took away from the sense of impending doom. They also fell into the trap of thinking that everybody with decision making power has to be an idiot in order to create suspense, one of the hallmarks of bad writing.

Mercury crashing into earth is enough suspense, you don't need the people in power to all be stupid too, the annihilation of the human race is enough. The plot, pacing and dialogue all became downright foolish and unnecessary.

It ruined what was otherwise shaping up to be a great story and film. In the end, a complete disappointment.