Post Impact (2004): A Movie Review

Post Impact is an action adventure starring Dean Cain as Capt. Tom Parker. After a meteor hits earth, killing billions and starting an ice age, a group of survivors try to find a device that could either destroy millions or jump-start the climate. Nigel Bennet plays Col. Preston Waters, the leader of the military group. Bettina Zimmerman plays Anna Starndorf, the daughter of the scientist who created the "microwave beam device." Joanna Taylor rounds out the cast as Sarah Henley, second in command and all around #@$*&.

The movie is bad, really, really bad. Not even a naked shower scene with Dean Cain can save this movie. My first complaint is that Tom Parker is supposed to be the good guy but he isn't a really likeable character. After being forced to leave his wife and child behind in the dead zone, he spends three years unsuccessfully trying to reach them. He is just so torn with grief that he jumps in the shower with Sarah Henley. He is also so grief stricken that he fawns over Anna during the whole expedition. After finally reaching the frozen bodies of his wife and daughter, he displays one second of grief.

My second complaint is the movie can't makeup its mind about the plotline. The group is sent to destroy the device because someone is going to use it to destroy the new government. After losing most of its team members, the group manages to reach the device but then they are double-crossed by Sarah who now wants to destroy the Saudi's because "they are charging us $100 per gallon of gas." (that was my favorite line in the movie). But wait Tom saves the day and now Anna realizes that she can use the device to jumpstart the climate. Too bad she didn't realize that three years ago. Oh and Tom is trying to find his family but that can take the backburner since they are probably dead anyway and he has found a new girlfriend. He even found a new daughter in a mute orphan. The movie really is as bad as it sounds.

When Sarah says she wants to fry the Saudi's because they are charging $100 per gallon of gas, I laughed out loud. And then I stopped laughing because I realized with the way gas prices are going, that might happen. But I do know people can't walk outside in -50c temperature unless you are Dean Cain and just want some fresh air. I give the movie 0 out of 5 stars.