Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004

Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 2774 2.8K

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Plot summary

Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.

Director

Dick Lowry Photo
Dick Lowry

Top cast

Arnold Pinnock Photo
Arnold Pinnock as Jason
Brian Markinson Photo
Brian Markinson as Chris Haywood
Nancy McKeon Photo
Nancy McKeon as Amy Harkin
Dean Norris Photo
Dean Norris as 747 Co-Pilot
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806.81 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1
1.46 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by drystyx 5 / 10

not much in spectacle or story, but OK

Average film. Very routine formula film about a disaster.There a few things going for it, and a few things against it.Against it are the settings. Too many city shots, with buildings, motor vehicles, people in suits and ties, all that which makes for dull spectacle. There are some very trite situations, the young lady not taken seriously by a trite bespectacled wimp, the fascination with computers, the power plays that bore most people, the predictable outcome of the storm chasing moron.For it, while the characters at first begin to sink into stereotypes, each one is brought out with at least one saving grace. Not sure if this saves the film, but it does show some semblance of style and intent to keep it from being too silly. We aren't left with too many predictable and trite results, and it still has entertainment value.
Reviewed by soforkwerecat 4 / 10

OK acting, mediocre plot, lousy SFX

The first two hours of the televised version are full of character and plot exposition -- after an early brief sequence of Las Vegas being hit by tornadoes, the action doesn't really start until the second two hours. Still, some character relationships don't become clear until the second part. The actors turn in competent performances, but nothing special (however, better than those in "Aftershock: Earthquake in New York"). An exception is Randy Quaid, whose character is superfluous and incredibly annoying. The plot is a pretty standard mix of parts of "Independence Day", "Speed", "The Day After Tomorrow", "Earthquake", "The Towering Inferno" and several other films. You can predict what will happen next, and come close to predicting the dialog, word for word. The special effects are unbelievably bad. Despite the effects in "Twister", the tornadoes in this film seem less realistic than the one in "The Wizard of Oz" and other effects were obviously done for less money than such series as "CSI" and "Cold Case" spend on the totality of a single episode. If you have to see a made-for-TV disaster film, see "The Day After", "Asteroid", or "Special Bulletin" instead -- you'll get better plots, acting, and effects.
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