Post Impact (2004) Online

Throw science out the window along with any ideas about plot development, character development and plausible story lines. The special effects are really "special," too. Much of it looks like something you would see in a video game. In fact, I wonder if they didn't just film some shots from a video game to save money.

I enjoyed the film, however, for the laughs. It keeps you wondering just how bad it can get. Just when you think it can't get any sillier-- it surprises you and does.

Just to give you an idea of how bad it is-- the main character is supposedly obsessed with getting back to the zone where he left his wife and daughter, yet he quickly drops his gloom when this British chick sheds her clothes and joins him in the shower. Only moments later, he is clearly hitting on the German chick. Of course, we know he is sensitive and caring, because every now and then he drops his gaze and supposedly thinks of the family he abandoned.

This was a German co-production. I thought the Germans were smarter.

Someday I'm going to learn not to waste my time on made-for-TV movies shown on the Sci-Fi Channel (on USA cable). Admittedly, the special effects on this one were above its normal 1950's B-movie level. Nevertheless, the plot is full of obvious holes that even a child would choke on (e.g., people being shot in all four limbs and still able to win a hand-to-hand fight against an expert fighter). The acting is wooden, the editing is abrupt and annoying, and much of the key dialogue is incomprehensible even with repeated playbacks on a good sound system using a digital feed.

This one isn't worth watching even if you are terminally bored. Read a good book. Heck, read a BAD book; you wouldn't have the intelligence to visit IMDb and own a book THAT bad...

Did you ever read "Time of the Great Freeze" by Robert Silverberg or go see "Damnation Alley?"

If so, then you've seen this film before--only this time, it's a post Tunguska-like comet impact instead of World War III and no giant cockroaches this time. Dean Cain and a husky named "Sasquatch" lead a team through Ice Age Europe to rescue lost scientists trapped in Berlin in Landmaster-like vehicles. A B-movie science fiction film with all of the associated trappings. Not too bad digital special effects.

Turn off your brain and enjoy, then go get "Damnation Alley" for a (slightly) better performance.

do not watch this movie. I have to go with some/most of the other commentators, admitting I have not been able to finish it. The acting is abysmal and makes cardboard characters look lively. The plot is confused and harebrained. Don't waste your life in front of the TV, go outside, to the beach, shopping, do your laundry, just do something other than watch this movie, pretty much ANYTHING is better.

I actually wanted to submit this now, but the IMDb guidelines demand I submit at least 10 lines. I'm having a hard time writing anything more about this low point of movie history. Well, I liked the dog - one of the best actors in the whole movie!

Honestly, I don't understand why they called this movie post-impact. When you title post-impact, you think of how people might be able to survive after the impact of a meteorite.... Well that's not the issue on this movie, the true issue is about the guy trying to come back to rescue his daughter and wife who got trapped in the disaster zone.... no no no.... I'm sorry that's not the issue. the issue was about saving the world from a crazy genocide who controls a massive destruction weapon.... no no no that was wrong too, the issue is about an infiltrated enemy who tries to get control of the weapon to jack up the prices of oil... no no no, I'm sorry the issue is about restoring the world to its initial state prior to the meteorite impact. No I'm sorry that was not the issue either... The issue is about... Yikes, The truth is I can't summarize the movie. In fact, I really don't know what the movie was all about.

This movie really doesn't deserve the bashing it's received. Granted, it's a TV movie. Talent and production value are correspondingly lower than a better-funded Hollywood project, but they did very well with what was available.

Dean Cain plays his usual character; slightly bland, but generally likable. Bettina Zimmermann and Joanna Taylor are both very hot, and turn in decent performances, to boot. Special effects are nothing special, but better than most TV movies and some Hollywood films. I thought the premise was interesting, too, although they didn't have time to explore it the way a mini-series might have. Still, I think they did a fine job of addressing the major points.

There was an acceptable level of action. It could have been better, but then again that is usually the case.

The pacing was actually excellent on this, never bogging down. It takes enough time to do the scene, but doesn't linger (except for a brief 'villain's exposition' scene that seems overdone, mainly because he's rambling pointlessly. I could have done without that.)

All in all, a solid film.

I rented this movie thinking it would have been like The Day After Tomorrow, but boy was I wrong. Post Impact stars Dean Cain (known for being Superman from Lois&Clark, and the Ripley's Believe It or Not guy) and a bunch of other small time actors. The plot revolves around a meteor hitting Europe and sending it into an ice age. Sounds like a good movie so far, right? Well.. so far. However, the plot gets completely ridiculous where a 'bad guy' takes over some kind of satellite that could melt the ice but instead uses it to destroy cities (ironically in the same city the meter hit). So Dean Cain and a bunch of soldiers set out on a mission to stop him (the closer they get to him, the colder it gets). The movie gets incredibly boring towards the last half (unnecessary and slow gun fights) with a rather hilarious ending that defeats the entire purpose of the movie. Also, very horrible special effects and mediocre acting; lots of goofs (i.e. going outside in -50C temperature). My suggestion is to pass it up and to completely forget it ever existed.

In my local rental place, I found this movie, and ended up picking it up because the person I was with was thoroughly convinced that it looked good, like "The Day After Tomorrow".

Ha! Far from it! Trust me, I've seen many movies, this was probably the worst one I've ever seen. Don't even bother with this movie, you know...unless you want to get a good laugh at how bad a movie can be. The acting in reminded me a lot of an elementary school play. From the horrible acting, to the ever changing accents, to the cheap sets and screenplay, this movie was just a horrible entertainment experience. It caused me to do something that I've never done while watching a movie...Leave the room.

(as they were known before their spell checker stopped working).

Don't understand the venom here. The movie isn't great, but it isn't terrible either; don't know the preferences of the other reviewers but I would watch movies like this before crap like Hostel or another remake of a 70s movie that wasn't that good the first time.

Post-Impact is a mid-Europe production crew making a movie with an interesting premise; a comet strike renders northern Europe uninhabitable. After a rescue mission is destroyed by a microwave satellite controlled from the impact zone, a team moves in to discover the truth. The source is found, and it turns out not everyone on the team is working with the same agenda.

Yes, there are Euro-accents all over the place, the equipment is wrong, wrong, wrong (the .22 inserts on the M16s, and, well, pretty much everything about the military and government aspects). Sometimes it sounds like Hanz und Franz from SNL wrote and directed an action movie. But it's a interesting premise, Dean Cain hits the marks and says the lines and it brings an interesting setting into your living room. Some characters have good turns.

No, it's not great. Nevertheless, I find SciFi (no, I'm not going to write Syfy, because I am not Hooked on Phonics) movies more interesting than 99% of the crap and recycled garbage that comes out of the big entertainment houses these days.

No, really. No matter how bad the acting, how laughable the special effects, SciFi movies nearly always have a gem (sometimes a very tiny gem) in there, a premise or a characters or a setting which transcends the Robert McKee/focus-group fueled McMovies. Yes, you have to reach pretty deep into some of those things to pull out the diamond but it's nearly always there, and it's there in Post-Impact. Look for it.

What a terrible movie this was. The only reason I rented it, was because I got a job at Blockbuster and I get 10 free rentals a weeks.

Couple of things about this movie: -Apparently they forgot how to COUNT past 2010, and started all over again at 03 P.I. (Post Impact) - how clever. But wouldn't that screw up all the computer networks that these poor post impact citizens are still highly conveniences with? -I guess Dean Cain was the only guy who couldn't find a razor after this post apocalyptic asteroid hit earth, or at least a month before the camera crew showed up. All of the extras and other actors are freshly shaven, except for Dean who looks like he pulled a Beavis & Butthead and glued hair to his face.

-The 'ice' was terrible, whoever headed the arts department must have been blind. At times the ice looked like bricks with cloth on them, and other times it looked like Saran Wrap.

-It's negative 53 degrees C, yet they walk around this barren winter wasteland with little toques on...they don't even cover their faces. At those temperatures, your skin would frost bite in 2 minutes...but don't worry, Dean Cain's 'beard' will provide sufficient warmth, and if it doesn't the terrible 'jokes' in the movie will take your mind off the suck.

-Terrible acting & writing. The characters spent more time with small talk than they did with dramatic dialogue, seriously, they do an awful lot of small talk, even at the climax of the movie, they small talk.

-The united states, although not affected, has renamed itself as the 'National United Northern States' or NUNS, how dumb is that.

-The guy that played a blind man is a terrible actor. He's looking all around as if he doesn't know where his daughter is, when she's holding his head and speaking directly to his face.

-The rest of the world casually assumes that nobody lives in Berlin (where the comet struck) anymore, and that's how they explain it too. "We didn't think anyone was alive, so we didn't bother sending rescue missions." -All these 250 survivors living in tunnels or whatever somehow managed to scrape enough P.I. Currency together to buy some new coats and barrels to burn their fuel source (beats me) in. The barrels are BRAND NEW, shiny and red...doesn't add to the 'barely surviving in a harsh winter desert for 3 years' feel they were going for.

-The gun sound effects sound like something from an old western movie. The WORST sound in a feature, seriously.

-Apparently gun shots don't hurt that much in 3 P.I., as Dean Cain gets shot in the kidney and the knee, but it doesn't effect him...Dean, you're not superman anymore.

OK I could go on forever, this movie is the pits, 1 out of 10, only because I can't go lower. It's so boring and terrible, it felt like I watched a 3 hour movie...but truthfully I only finished it so I could write this review.

The only thing this movie had going for it was the fact that there wasn't any gigantic snakes...but they made up for that with terrible computer effects and CGI that looks like it came out of the late 80s...along with the rest of the props for the high tech 2013 missile base that downgraded itself when the comet struck.

I'd go on more, but there's a word limit of 1000, don't bother renting it unless you work for Blockbuster like me and get the rentals free - and don't waste the bandwidth trying to download it.

This is an interesting post-apocalypse film with some decent action scenes. Solid job done by the B grade actors. The film centers on the mixed crew attempting to reach the ice and snow covered Berlin three years after a comet slammed into the Earth and created a nuclear winter to destroy a command and control center for a solar power satellite that someone under Berlin is using to destroy cities with a focused microwave beam. Not a lot of time is spent on the governments or situations created by the comet strike, this mostly covers the crews trek to Berlin and their adventures there. Dean Cain has all the makings of a solid B grade action star. All in all, a fine way to spend two hours.

This definitely is one of the worst movies ever. I still don't know why i watched it all the way through. The acting is poor, the plot/script as well, the special effects are outdated and the movie is just riding on the popularity wave of the "Day after tomorrow". Another noticeable thing is, that Berlin seems to be populated mostly by Americans in the near future and the scientific Research facilities, the Airport and everything else seems to be run by the U.S. Air Force...this is a German/American Co-Production. I would have expected from them to be at least a little bit more accurate.

Don't watch this movie! Go out and rent "The Day After Tomorrow" when it comes out. Until then, your time would be better spent doing anything else but watching this movie 0/10!!

Let me start by saying this is my first post on the site, and I was actually moved to write this by PI: Post Impact. The plot comes down to this: After earth is hit by a meteor we fall into a new ice age. The new government of the Northern States sends a mission to Berlin, to try to get control of a weapon which might be able to defrost earth. My wife rented the movie thinking it might be a bit of harmless fun- I found myself laughing hysterically even though there's no comedic moments to speak of. The plot is thin, it contains probably the most unnecessary sex scene I have EVER seen in a movie (counting late night adult dramas), the main character is one of the most shallow people I have seen in a movie (even though he is on a mission to find his wife and daughter, he falls for just about every girl that looks at him), the acting is, well, not great, and the best part: The awesomely bad CGI effects that wouldn't find a place in a computer game. There was just no way this was believable, even my four year old daughter spotted it. I would not recommend this movie to ANYONE, not even really die hard Dean Cain fans.

I know that this movie has had some BAD reviews,but I decided to watch it anyway. The basic story is that a meteor hits earth,this movie however is about the effects after the event,hence its name POST impact. The storyline is enjoyable,the acting is actually not as bad as some would have you believe.The computer generated effects weren't exactly brilliant,but they also weren't so terrible. Dean cain's acting near the end was getting bad though,that scene where he gets shot twice and barely flinches did make me laugh. All in all it is a good movie worth renting/watching,it is NOT a big budget Hollywood blockbuster however,so don't expect a Hollywood movie,and you wont be disappointed.

... and I din't know what really does! I wasted a cheap blank DVD recording this movie from the Sci-Fi channel. I was unsure just how dire this film was until I saw the action (bad adjective) scenes where there were shoot-outs between the characters.

The budget on this movie was obviously so low that it allowed only one shoot of each scene, and it was in the can, regardless of how good or bad it was. The acting was of the poorest quality, including Dean Caine, who I know can do much better.

Mustn't forget the dog though... he was pretty much on queue in the attack sequences, and lived through the movie. I was fully expecting the old 'dog saves master and is killed doing so' cliché, as that is where the whole movie headed.

If you are thinking about watching this move, please save yourself the time and do something more enjoyable like pulling out your fingernails!

It was great to see Dean doing some more work making movies which he would do much more. For a low budget Movie,this movie was not as bad as the critics here has said. I and my family totally enjoyed it..it even opened up some ideas about what really could happen if this situation ever occurs. Yes it has humor and the acting did not suck as bad as they said..it could've been better..I admit this as there was a lot more room left to do much more for improvement, with such a good plot/idea which they had.

We all in the end agreed that this would make a great Video Game...not sure if it is already one..but I has great qualities and computerized video aspects within it to make it such. I would enjoy playing a game of it is is somewhere out there.

It was funny to read some of the critics especially one which someone made after they said that they turned off the TV and did not really even watch it at all..but still in the end to come give the world a big summary of it.

Just got done watching this dreadfully awful movie. Dear God, why did they bother? Thankfully, I rented it and it was free. I work at a major video store and this title will not be recommended..at all...not a chance....don't waste your money, your time or your life by watching this utter piece of garbage. An all time low for the Sci-Fi Channel. Ooops, maybe I should have said the B-Movie Channel. Besides the terrible plot holes, the bad acting, the sorriest special effects I've seen in a while, I thought it was comical that it was a movie about the Earth being froze over ...and not once did I ever see anyone's breath...and the "ice" around everywhere just screamed Styrofoam. Pathetic, bad, terrible...etc.

While the graphics pretty much sucked.. I did like this movie. The acting could have been better in many parts but it overall was a pretty good movie. I love the Dog in this movie and was very happy that they don't kill him off like they usually do in movies like this.. They didn't go with the typical dog saves human and dies.. However the sex in the shower part was poorly done in my opinion.. guy searching for his wife and child ends up screwing some other lady? wow. If you are planning on watching this movie, I advise that you not expect awesome graphics because as stated above they aren't the best.. It is clear this was probably a low budget film, I feel that had it had a slightly higher budget graphics probably would have been much better, or at least slightly better. For a "end of the world/Disaster" movie it is pretty good. I happen to like movies like this, but I have seen a few that are much better.

I read the reviews during opening credits and decided I want to see just how bad a movie could be. I have to admit---I did some channel surfing during many parts. The acting was thin and it had the macho woman/emotional man bits as with a lot of made for TV movies these days. I have to say, its not the worst I've seen and others that could come close are shown right here on the SCi Fi channel. I liked the hard nosed commander though. I kept thinking that if I made a movie, I could do so much with his character.

Maybe an OK movie for a bunch of young teens during a sleep over or if you have a serious case of insomnia at 3am. Other than that, watch one of those old B&W Sci Fi's with the space ship hanging from a string

I'll be honest, unless I had a couple of hundred hours of recording space, I wouldn't have bothered with this. US TV Movies rarely pack a punch (there ARE some notable exceptions). This is clearly one more sci-fi disaster pastiche in a long run that have been foisted upon us since the success of Deep Impact, The Day After Tomorrow, etc. Its cast has television actor written all over it, whether US or UK performer - for Dean Cain refer to Superman, for the UK dwellers amongst us, Joanna Taylor (Clark) is an escapee from Hollyoaks, the vapidly bland teen soap opera. Basically, it should never be expected to be anything near engaging. However, as I said, I had lots of space available and I'm a great lover of all aspects of the Fantasy genre: Sci-fi, horror, old, new, big budget and zero budget, UK, US, anywhere in the world. Now, having established what this film IS, let's re-emphasise what it ISN'T. It isn't a megabucks Hollywood production, it has no aspirations to be original and it is making the most of a committed cast and crew more likely to be seen on television.

Everybody got that? No problems in understanding? So, metaphorically speaking, why the hell kick a donkey for being a donkey?! Would you order a lasagne from a restaurant and then complain because it wasn't a curry? Okay, metaphors over, hopefully my point is grasped: a sci-fi TV movie starring Dean Cain is what it is. It's not got loads of money for effects and box office smash cast lists. It's intended to provide lightish entertainment for people relaxing in their own homes and looking to kill an hour or two.

For once, why can't we just judge a film on what it is? Let's try it...

Dean Cain makes a likable good guy and at least tries to rid himself of Superman's clean shaven and impregnable heroism.

Joanna Taylor works well as a waspish tough girl and then **SPOILER** manages to successfully present another character development reasonably convincingly.

The effects are not great but successfully convey their intent.

There are things that happen that avoid the usual need to give absolutely everyone and everything a happy ending.

TV Movies like this NEED to be made because if everything was Michael Bay then film-making would be moribund, if not completely, officially dead! Post Impact is a low-budget and derivative sci-fi disaster movie featuting television actors. Does it succeed within those parameters? Yes, it does.

Next, please...

I think this movie was worth watching for the entertainment value alone. Others have really ragged on it as being so bad they could hardly watch it and how it was so hard for them to even write their review comments. Well to them I ask this : What did you expect? You knew it was a "B" class movie and starred Dean Cain. All his foreign made films are about the same style. I like them; he is not a bad actor and all his co-stars were OK too. The thing people forget when they watch "B" movies is that they have to make the movie on a very low budget and make the payroll too. Now I say if the movie has a good story line and the plot is coherent and you like the stars then it is a movie worth the time to watch. Besides it goes along with the other class "A" movies made this pass year on the same type subjects "Category 7" and "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Deep Impact" etc. This make a nice addition to anyones collection. It may not be the best one of your collection but I have seen a lot worst. Dean Cain has appeared in many movies of this type and if you like this one at all you should try a search on his name for the others he made, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

I think this was a total waste of time and effort. The movie was sooooo bad, I turned it off. Thank Heaven I only paid $0.25 to rent it. The best part was the first five minutes (when the comet struck). The plot was weak, acting was bad, and my favorite character was also the dog. I really can't think of anything else to say about this sad piece of junk, except if you don;t have a beach, library, do the dishes, go to the dentist, rake leaves, dust the house, do anything but watch this movie. Hopefully I've taken up the required ten lines, because i feel obligated to tell my fellow movie watchers to please find something else to do instead of watching this junk.

Not exactly as awesome as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW(2004), but POST IMPACT is worth your attention. This post-apocalyptic thriller has Captain Tom Parker(Dean Cain)joining a strangely mixed team of military officers and scientists searching for remains of civilization in Europe, after a comet causes a new ice age on Earth. There is a possibility that the solar powered satellite, that is believed to have hastened the frigid nuclear winter, could just be the answer to correcting the desolation. Some real expansive snow and ice scenes; story line is at times hard to follow; and some brief nudity that will bring a rise in heart rate. Other members of the cast: Bettina Zimmermann, Hanns Zischler, Nigel Bennett and Joanna Taylor, who proves to be more than an eyeful. Cain is a clean-cut hero, who shows he can be tempted. That-a-boy, Dean.

the plot starts out simple, big meteor goes bang = nuclear winter, 3 years P.I (post impact) someone uses a microwave beam to destroy a plane. a team of military types head for Berlin, where the control point for the satellite is - lead by their colonel, with 2 civilians, our hero, who used to work for the colonel and wants to go to Berlin to find his wife and daughter (who he finds at the end,dead) and the daughter of the lead scientist who was in charge of the satellite. One 'truck'was destroyed by ice, the other was blown up by a few evil guys shooting at our guys, so they headed inside where they found 250 survivors. they were getting all their food supplied from the doctor (who was the lead scientist) and his distributors. they go to see him to find out about the satellite, turns out his distributors have betrayed him and the doctors assistant is crazy, sitting in the control room. well they kill the doctor and the military types enlist the help of the survivors to provide a distraction while they storm the control block. only the colonel, the daughter, the second in command, and our hero. our hero leaves to go check on his dog, while the second in command decides she is going to shoot her boss (she does), then she holds a gun to the head of the daughter, telling her to aim the beam at the Arabic states, to make then put down the price of oil, our hero returns to save the day, kill the evil second in command and with the help of the daughter, uses the beam to kick stars the worlds climate. resulting in the sun rising.

the effects are not blockbuster material, but its not a blockbuster type film, the acting could be better and some things don't make sense, such as its -57degrees outside, but you cant see any breath and they don't freeze to death, (which while its a good thing, it's not very realistic,) i recommend the film - just don't look for errors enjoy the film, really get into it and the 'wooden-ness' wont effect you.

its like a 'day after tomorrow' film, only not as dramatic or blockbuster-ish

i didn't mind this movie.it's not the best movie i've ever seen,and it certainly isn't the worst.it's basically about post apocalyptic world after comet has destroyed much of the earth.most of the movie takes place after the comet has struck,so there are no big budget special effects for the disaster itself.i thought the filmmakers did a good job showing what the world might look like after much of it is decimated.there is more drama than anything in this movie,but i thought it was done well.i didn't get bored.i thought the acting was good enough,and there was a bit of action.i don't think the movie was original,but so what.most of the stuff churned out nowadays isn't.in my opinion,"Post Impact" is a 6/10.