Release Date:
01/21/2000
Air Date:
Sunday, June 11, 8 P.M. ET
The earth literally opens up and swallows New Orleans in the middle of Mardi Gras. It’s a “well, duh,” for anybody who saw what God did to Sodom and Gomorrah, and the stuff of TBS Superstation’s On Hostile Ground.
You know the rules for this kind of Nature’s-fury thriller: There’s a smart, assertive woman (Jessica Steen); the flawed, fallen idealist (John Corbett); and the cute girl who wanders unwittingly into danger’s maw (Brittany Daniel). It could be pretty by-the-numbers stuff. But this cast is better than it has to be, particularly the underrated Corbett, driving the story through a quick two hours.
The special effects are ambitious for a TV movie, and surprisingly effective: the sequence in which a giant sinkhole devours Bourbon Street block by block could be a handy emergency management guide for when the Almighty’s inevitable vengeance really does strike the Big Easy.
You know the rules for this kind of Nature’s-fury thriller: There’s a smart, assertive woman (Jessica Steen); the flawed, fallen idealist (John Corbett); and the cute girl who wanders unwittingly into danger’s maw (Brittany Daniel). It could be pretty by-the-numbers stuff. But this cast is better than it has to be, particularly the underrated Corbett, driving the story through a quick two hours.
The special effects are ambitious for a TV movie, and surprisingly effective: the sequence in which a giant sinkhole devours Bourbon Street block by block could be a handy emergency management guide for when the Almighty’s inevitable vengeance really does strike the Big Easy.