Diagonaldi Very well executed

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

mason_612 I watched this Canadian-made (BC) TV movie all the way through, just to see how bad it could get. I was not disappointed. This is the kind of movie that insults your intelligence, even if it is a work of fiction. This Canadian says that this is the kind of stuff that gives all Canadian movies a bad name. The "science" stuff was pure junk, with the final solution to preventing the end of the world coming from a 15-year old kid with a generator made of scotch tape and pop cans. The family problem sub-plot was totally superfluous, with his mother worrying about her lack of compassion etc, right at the time of crucial execution. We find out that the teenage whiz-kid is actually her sister's son, but we never find out, and no ever mentions his father. WE are left to assume that his adoptive father maybe is actually his real father, or not. Sorry, 2 out of ten, no more

queenlars Wow. Quite possibly one of the worst movies I have ever watched. As an environmental scientist I shook my head and smirked through most of it, then wondered why I sat through it. Ridiculous science aside - the plot was awful - it had potential, gratuitous destruction of the gas station near the beginning was fun to watch (medicore special effects aside), but this movie really didn't pull it off. The family storyline was completely redundant to the plot of the movie, and the acting was really sub-par.I'm all for weather 'sci-fi' movies if they have an entertaining plot, e.g. "Twister", "Volcano", "Dante's Peak" - all somewhat 'unrealistic' weather-type movies - but all in a plot category somewhere far far above "Heaven's Fury" a.k.a. "Lightning: bolts of destruction".The writers could have done a much better job with this movie. Truly awful in all aspects.

Bob-45 "Lightning: Bolts of Destruction" has enough good science to hook me for it's two hours (including commercials). Unfortunately, that's just about all it has going for it. While Ellen Dubin makes the most of her small, tritely written role, the only other memorable acting comes from the unnamed named actress that plays Joanna Pacula's assistant. She's pretty hot to boot, a sensuous combination of beauty, intelligence and charisma. Too bad Pacula's such a cold fish in this one. One longs for a little over-the-top acting to fill out the character, often described as crazed, crusading, brittle and a control freak; "Janine Turner: call your office". The story boasts too many coincidences. Pacula's husband "just so happens" to be working at an experimental power station. Pacula's son "just so happens" to be a high energy physics genius working on the very experiment which could save the day. Worse, the director fails to capitalize in the slightest on the suspense. The movie plays out by the numbers.Still, there's enough here to give "Lightning:..." a weak ^6".

gmcdouga-1 Interesting concept, tho a lot of time was wasted on the usual academic in-fighting and the sub-plot of Pacula raising her sister's son was not really necessary to the plot and, in my opinion, distractd from it.