karenthomas61
Lexa Doig and Ian Sommerholder were very likable in their roles. They had sexy chemistry together, though the characters never consummate the attraction. Their characters had charming goodbye scene, which left things between them ambiguous and open.In fact, I would love to see them again in a romantic comedy together. The supporting cast was solid. The villain was compelling. Colin Cunningham had a wonderful comedic role in this movie.Like all SyFy original films, the special effects are a bit weak at times and the script does have a cliché or two.But this is worth watching for the Ian Sommerholder, Lexa Doig and Colin Cunningham.
Wizard-8
There's no question that "Fireball" is a very dumb movie. It starts with a flash-forward that only seems to be there to pad the running time. Some of the acting is atrocious. And there are continuity goofs, like how a vehicle is blown up with one person in it, and later a fireman says they found TWO bodies in the vehicle. But I must admit that I had a lot of fun with this movie. I like movies that show seemingly indestructible guys on a rampage, and there's plenty of rampage here. And while it may be cheap and stupid, it is never boring for an instant. Oh, for extra fun, watch this with the close-captioning on your TV turned on. Not only does the close-captioning list dialogue that isn't actually spoken by the characters, it also completely changes some dialogue as well!
Paul Magne Haakonsen
This movie was actually alright for a movie of this genre. Unlike so many others that fail to be entertaining or full of super crappy CGI effects.The story of this movie was fairly much similar to the old movie "Firestarter", but of course not a step by step copy. There were similarities, but that was alright. If you liked "Firestarter" or its sequel, it is most likely that you will enjoy this movie as well. And the story pretty much evolves around only 3 characters, and that works out good as well.As for the acting? Well it was alright, nothing award winning here, but still adequate and decent to look at. I must say that Lexa Doig actually pulled off a scientific character quite well, especially when she was rambling on about science stuff and facts, it was quite believable, so hats off for that.The CGI effects were fairly alright, and looked okay. Except for a scene where a glass dome exploded, that looked horrible. Besides some small flaws, the effects were alright.Actually the music score throughout the movie was quiet nice, and really worked well.In overall, this movie was adequate, but there was just something missing from it, something to make it unique and stand out. For me, it is one of those movies you watch once and then forget about it.
Theo Robertson
I didn't have high hopes for FIREBALL since it's on the Sci-Fi Channel , a station best known for broadcasting material involving the worst CGI to have featured outside a Stephen Sommer film . But still anything would be better than the no budget sword and sorcery stuff they've transmitted recently The synopsis reads like like an episode of THE X-FILES in " Bitter sociopath finds that he has the ability to cause people and objects to burst in to flame " and early episodes of THE X-FILES such as Fire and Soft Light do have similar plots . Unfortunately if you compare these episodes with FIREBALL you'll find it sadly lacking That's not to say it's a bad SF TVM because it's certainly better than a great number of stuff the station shows . It's just it goes out of its way to be inoffensive . At least with THE X-FILES it didn't pull any punches in giving the audience sleepless nights . For example the villain gets revenge on someone who betrayed him and burns him to death off screen . Likewise a scene where the villain walks in to a nuclear power station he dispatches the guards on the gate off screen and you do become irritated by the TVM's obvious agenda of telling a thrilling story without upsetting the audience
AD
