The Storm

This plot is right out of Evil Villain 101, "Control the Weather, Control the World."  But the real reason I watched this movie is because it has two Medusa's Face alumni.  James Van Der Beek (Eye of the Beast) and Luke Perry (Sea Snakes).  Who wouldn't want to watch this one?  Okay, .. dumb question.

 

The Storm is such a long movie, that they had to make it into two parts.  Thankfully (or not), I was able to view this movie in its entirety.  They probably could have shortened the movie by taking out some of the personal story elements, but it gave this movie heart.  And if you had a heart, you would want those stories to be told.

 

Robert Terrell is partnered up with General Wilson Braxton for "Operation Rainbow".  Too bad it couldn't have been named "Operation Double Rainbow".  Anyhow, "Operation Rainbow" is a weather manipulator that can bring rain to deserts and warmth to frozen areas of the world.  It is still in the testing phase and Dr. Kirk (James Van Der Beek) notices that there is a problem.  Terrell wants the project to remain on course, but Kirk thinks that he should shut it down.  Kirk's morals win out and he quits.  The project goes on.  And with the help of Dr. Jack Hoffman, a hole is torn into the fabric of the atmosphere that causes severe weather all over the world.

 

Nearly every time that Dr. Jack tries to solve the problem, he creates a bigger hole that forms more severe weather.  It's not until Dr. Kirk is tricked by Stillman (Luke Perry) that the solution to the problem is conceived.  But Stillman works for Terrell and he only wanted the solution to save the government contract.  Dr. Kirk eventually saves the day with his solution and the people involved with "Operation Rainbow" are killed.

 

Bottom line: Don't bother.  I was hoping for more mayhem from the storms, but instead I got a lot of split screens for phone calls.  One of the funnier things about this movie was when a code 6047 was called into the ambulance.  A code 6047 is when a homeless man is stuck in a tree.  Those people must have a code for everything.

 

I give this movie 1/2 our of 5 electromagnetic wave pulses.

Eye of the Beast

Most movies that I have seen with large digital threats have an unexplained "expert" who just happens to be on the scene.  At least provides a small reason for the expert to be in the movie.  Too bad the expert is James Van Der Beek and every time that he shows up on the screen I silently sing to myself, "I don't want to wait ...."

 

What we are dealing with is a large squid that has been eating all of the fish (and a few humans) near the fishing village by Fells Island.  Dawson, who's name in this movie is Dr. Dan Leland, shows up on behalf of the National Oceanographic Research Agency to collect data on why the fish may be disappearing.  He teams up with Katrina, who is the local officer for the Department of Lakes and Fisheries, and one of the fishing vessels so he can gather his data.

 

The locals have their own opinion on why the fish have vanished.  The native-Americans think that the "white man" has over fished the area and the others are blaming the native-Americans because they do not need permits.  While each of those groups argue, more people go missing and more limbs keep turning up as evidence.

 

The groups have to ultimately work together to nab the creature.  Which the squid conveniently comes out of the water to have a harpoon, connected with an electrical line, penetrate its eye and electrocute the beast.  However, it's not all digital tentacles during the movie.  Which does help the "realism" of some of the scenes.

 

Of course Dawson falls for Katrina and with the squid now defeated, they can begin to explore a relationship.  Isn't that lovely.  Awww.

 

So predicable.

 

As far as B movies go, it didn't have a lot of violence or mystery or intrigue.  The movie is nothing more than a handful of people trying to make things right for the other handful of people that were attacked by giant foam tentacles.  Not much to see here.

 

I give this movie 1 out of 5 squid t-shirts.