I would rather watch mold grow in a petri dish.

Physics and common sense aside, this movie just plain sucks. It is boring, mediocre on all levels, and hard to follow. I think it's hard to follow because it's just so boring. First there's a "mega fault" opening up over half the country (although not big enough to do anything cool like swallow a whole city), and eventually they freeze it. Then suddenly it bubbles with lava. Whatever.

The actors are L-A-M-E. The CGI is even worse. There's one scene near the beginning where a car falls into a sinkhole, but you see the concrete through the car. It's just dreadful.

And it may not be common knowledge, but you can't just flip a switch and turn on a helicopter like you do a car. They do that a lot in this movie... just turn it on and take off in a matter of seconds. Not possible in real life.

I could go on and on about the errors of this movie, but it's SyFy, so why bother? As usual, don't waste your time. There is no cool monster, no comic relief, no special effects worth seeing, nada. There is absolutely nothing redeemable about this flick whatsoever. There is not one moment where you say, "Yeah, the movie sucks overall, but that one part is awesome!" Nothing. Not even "so bad it's good"... it's just ALL BAD.

I watched the "Special Director's cut" a film cut by the special director. It is nice to know that the world is going to end because of a guy named "Boomer" (Eriq La Salle) who likes to blow things up. A megafault is created and only world renown seismologist Brittany Murphy can save the world...or reunite with her family instead.

The movie uses CG graphics for the special effects.

This film is no different than other Asylum/ SyFy disaster films which all have the same basic plot. This one was not as much fun as some of the other ones, except for the fact Brittany Murphy is the most unconvincing scientist I have ever seen.

It is also nice to know that when an earthquake happens, you do the same thing as when Russian missiles attack... get under the table. Whatever happened to standing in the doorway?

Tough to sit through

The concept did seem good on paper, but potential is ruined by terrible execution. The film is badly made, with static camera shots and some of the laziest both in how they look and how they are used effects I've seen in a film recently.

The dialogue just increasingly gets inane, the story is repetitive and dull with a predictable ending and the characters throughout act like idiots. The direction furthermore is a mess and the pace is uneven and meandering.

The acting despite how talented the cast are is not good at all. Brittany Murphy, she was beautiful, she was talented, sadly she has a poor character and script to work from, so at the end of the day it's all wasted talent.

Overall, terrible. SyFy have done worse, but that's not really a consolation considering how poor an effort this is. 1/10 Bethany Cox