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Blu B This really isn't a disaster movie as much as a game of cat and mouse thriller like Speed or In the Line of Fire type stuff. Problem is it's nowhere near as good as those. Most of the problems are in the first half where it bounces around terribly and drags constantly. This confuses dragging out things with building tension. A scene that should take 3 minutes take 6-7. This easily could be 90 minutes long. Like gettng on the rides just clearly is filling runtime, the opening scene drags, and it meanders. Why Henry Fonda is in this as the company president I have no idea besides having a big name in it. His family going to the park when you know something has to be up is so stupid and pointless. They don't even get kidnapped so there literally pointless characters. In the second half though it stops jumping around so much with stock characters and out of nowhere focuses just on the main guy and the bombing plot and gets suprisngly better. The setting is memorable, colorful, and things pop visually. The cinematography, music, and editing isn't bad here overall. It really is a testament to how much better things get. I think also the first half where they are trying to figure out if it was a accident or not is a problem also because we see right from the start this is not an accident so it feels pointless and no suspense is built. Besides that opening crash there is no other destructive scenes in this. It's all just cat and mouse. The villian is ok and forgettable. He's no John Malkovich. Widmark isn't bad and probably the best thing in this. Everyone else is very forgettable. It's a mircale the pacing overall is passable because man it's terrible out of the gate. If your a big fan of any actors in this honestly this may be worth a watch. There really isn't enough here for disaster movie fans and there are way better thrillers from this decade. So most could skip this and not miss out. It's interesting and probably could be remade better. Better than I thought it would be. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/24/24 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Solid quasi disaster movie, suspenseful, well written, smart dialogue, George Segal well cast, and if you saw it in 1977, it was in Sensurround !! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/16/24 Full Review Thomas H This was a great movie, not what I expected. I think the bad reviews are from people who expect lots of explosions and cheesy special effects. This was a cat and mouse type suspense film, very well made. Timothy Bottoms and George Segal were both perfect for their roles. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/13/23 Full Review Steve D Little to the characters and nowhere near as exciting as it thinks it is. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/12/23 Full Review Jens B pretty suspenseful with a lot of cool shots and scene-setups, great for a hot summer movie night (I hated the band scene, almost as bad as the band in "Graduation Day") Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/07/23 Full Review Physco G Its slow and two hours long, I was hoping it would get cooking but it was just too dam slow but that's the least of your worries it feels like a rejected inspector callah aka Dirty Harry script, other than a basic plot (no spoilers) a crazy guy up to no good, I can't tell you a lot it's considerably confusing! Is he a cop or a safety inspector or both I'm not sure I wouldn't watch it again anytime soon. I seen this movie based on a giant 90×90 movie poster in a coffee shop it looked great! It was considerably toned down to avoid an R rating its PG by the way Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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