Review of Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010) by Taylor S — 13 Feb 2011

You have to give credit to the writers of the various SyFy original movies as their imagination truly knows no bounds. They seem to come up with ever more ridiculous concepts with Stonehenge Apocalypse being one of the strangest of the lot. Even if the film itself is terrible you just know that entertainment awaits as the ludicrousness of the plot is slowly unveiled.

A group of tourists visiting the site of Stonehenge bear witness to the ancient stones beginning to move independently before a huge electro-magnetic charge instantly vaporises them. Jacob, a disgraced scientist with a penchant for conspiracy theories, notices a number of electro-magnetic field lines running from Stonehenge to various volcanoes around the world. He believe Stonehenge to be an ancient terra-forming device that has turned itself back on and which may lead to the destruction of earth as we know it. It's up to him to convince the world's scientists of what he knows and find the key to stop this tragedy before it happens.

Yes you did read that right. Stonehenge is a terra-forming device put there by Aliens in order to make Earth a habitable planet. Only the writers of a SyFy film could come up with a concept so utterly stupid. Unfortunately for us though, the silliness of the plot is about the only entertaining aspect of this film as it's littered with terrible CGI, terrible acting, terrible dialogue and boring scene after boring scene. Usually you can depend on SyFy for providing a fast paced film with plenty of silly action but Stonehenge Apocalypse is almost entirely devoid of action, instead we get scene after scene of pseudo-science nonsense until it finally kicks off for the final ten minutes. Yes there are plenty of laughs to be had as the various plot elements are revealed and terrible CGI destruction scenes play out but it's not enough to stave off the huge amount of boredom in between. More action and less talking was badly needed but be safe in the knowledge that you will be unable to contain your laughter as the film unfolds.

Certainly one SyFy's more ridiculous concepts, Stonehenge Apocalypse lacks the action and fast pace that usually make their films entertaining. Do yourself a favour and just read the plot instead, it's far more entertaining than the film.