Saturday, January 28, 2012
Edohotep
Director: Todor Chapkanov.
Writer: Paul A. Birkett.
Cast: Jason London, Wes Brown, Erin Cahill and Stacy Keach.
With a title like Weather Wars, some viewers may think that the Gods of Olympus are feuding. Although David Grange (Jason London, Dazed and Confused) has issues with his brother Jacob (Wes Brown, We Are Marshall), these two forge an uneasy truce so they can deal with father dearest, Marcus (Stacy Keach). Dad has gone off the deep end. Ever since he showed favouritism towards David and left his boys to fend for themselves, he immersed himself in his work.
His inventions look like they are taken from what famous inventor Nicolas Tesla wanted to create; both had ideas in how to manipulate atmospheric ions so it could control the weather. Although Marcus was not able to build the HAARP array, his inventions are smaller and far more sinister. They could be subverted to become weapons of mass destruction. That was his plan.
But ever since his funding got cut, Grange Sr. has harboured a grudge towards the military, namely Senator Aldrich (Lance E. Nichols). To show the world what these 'weapons could do, the mad scientst does what any insane person woulld do: to turn Washington, D.C. into a combat zone. The carnage is delivered quite well, and this movie does a better job at budget made special effects than any other SyFy product.
After all, for world annihilation type films, who doesn’t want to see Washington, D.C. get taken down first?
At the same time, the two brothers are acting like they are back at school. The subplot of Jacob yearning for his father's acceptance sadly gets lost in the tempests going on, and when some movement happens in the plot, the steps taken are very short. Sadly, the scripting comes through as very uneven. It has a scene defining moment that is ripped off from a particular science fiction movie involving a father and son, which only diminishes this product. But for those looking for a subtext, that moment takes a turn for the worse, and it leads in to the other subplot.
The Grange boys are interested in Samantha, (Erin Cahill, "Saving Grace") the romantic lead. While that does not get fully explored, the hints of where the movie could go — if it gets a sequel — is a tale that not even George Lucas would explore. The strife is very evident in how Brown plays the part. Both Keach and Brown deliver the better performances in the road they have decided to travel.
Sometimes being evil is just fun, and Keach certainly was enjoying himself in this film.
But as with most SyFy products, many of the movies aired are just one-offs instead of a series of action-adventure trilogies that other networks used to produce, like TNT’s "The Librarian."
Overall: 6 out of 10.
Weather Wars at Active Entertainment:
Weather Wars at Active Ent.
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