Uriah43 Based on his exhaustive analysis the world's foremost astrophysicist named "Dr. Austin Shepard" (Peter Fonda) concludes that the sun will turn into a supernova within a week which will cause the destruction of all life on earth. Not wishing to cause any panic he notifies a few colleagues in other parts of the world and quietly goes to a remote location to spend his last days. Unfortunately, his disappearance causes immediate concern to his staff along with suspicion by several intelligence agencies most notably the National Intelligence Organization (NIO) who dispatches "Special Agent Lisa Delgado" (Tia Carrere) to investigate. Not long afterward, the esteemed colleagues of Dr. Shepard are rounded up by the NIO along with another astrophysicist by the name of "Dr. Chris Richardson" (Luke Perry) to analyze the accuracy of Dr. Shepard's work. Meanwhile several natural disasters caused by solar flares wreck havoc upon the earth which increases speculation and turmoil throughout the world. Along with that, a serial killer escapes from prison and is targeting the woman who testified against him—"Brooke Richardson" (Jessica Brooks)—the wife of Dr. Richardson. At any rate, rather than detail the entire plot and risk spoiling the movie for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that this turned out to be rather disappointing overall. Not only was it a bit too long (172 minutes) but it also has some incredibly slow moments combined with several subplots which didn't seem to add much to the main plot. It almost seemed like the director (John Harrison) was totally confused about what to keep in the film and what to edit out so he didn't bother to cut anything. Be that as it may, although I liked Tia Carrere, I didn't particularly care for the performances of any of the other actors. That said, this film has too many weaknesses for me to rate it higher than I have. Below average.

Mike_Noga Peter Fonda, Tia Carrera, Emma Samms and Luke Perry team up to save the world from our exploding sun! Whew! Well as long as it's THOSE guys on the job, I'm not worried! Made for the Hallmark Channel this one is short on good FX and a bit long on padding. Actually, padding is mostly what you get. There's a story about a serial killer and then the guy who is supposed to save the world is also very concerned about attending his daughter's musical recital. There is also a government conspiracy to keep the public from learning about our impending doom, which was the only part of this magnificent opus that rang remotely true. It's readily obvious that this was stretched and strung out in order to fill 2 slots in Hallmark's programming schedule.There's been a lot of talk about how scientifically inaccurate this movie is and I have to say I found that endearing. It's about as scientifically accurate as an episode of Gilligan's Island. But neither this movie nor Gilligan are documentaries. They're just meant to entertain. The same applies to all the other inaccuracies, such as the fact that most of the Australians speak with American accents, the fact that Australia doesn't have the death penalty (an important plot point) and the license plate debacle. There's also a futile attempt by the characters to escape the explosion of the sun by hiding in tunnels deep underground(with a lot of dry ice) and then coming back up to the surface and building a "new sun" once the whole "exploding star" thing blows over. Like there would even be an atmosphere(or a planet) left after all that. But once again, it's not a NASA training film. This is just a quickie made for TV movie and it need only entertain.The problem here is that unless you're a fan of really bad movies, movies that blatantly and callously insult the intelligence and taste of all who watch it, then you probably won't like this movie at all. You may even throw a shoe at the TV screen just out of spite. But if you're like me, and you do find that type of movie amusing, then it's fun. It fondly reminds me of those end-of-the-world movies from the 50's and 60's like When Worlds Collide and The Day the Earth Caught Fire.If you have several friends who like to get together and rip on terrible films, then it might even make for a fun party movie, assuming your keg or wine cellar doesn't run dry.

Ronald Purviance I actually stopped watching this movie about an hour in. I think I will wait for the Mystery Science Theater version. I don't know what I can say about this movie that is positive. It was nice to see Emma Samms, still looking hot. I did like the blond bartenders outlook, doesn't matter what happens next, only what you are doing now. And I do remember some of my college astronomy, enough to know our sun wouldn't supernova. I could have at least over looked that if the whole thing had been presented better. I don't understand why the subplot about the murderer either, total waste of time. Maybe a re-edit might help, but I doubt it.Oh well, at least I didn't buy it!

Mouzafphaerre HB The only reason for wasting my time on this production was the good acting by the cast. They should have been employed in a true movie.The main plot is ages away from being convincing, inciting, even interesting. That's probably why a stupidly exaggerated subplot was inserted. The camera work is OK and the CGI fits. But there's nothing more.The only point in watching this third rate production might be the acting, as stated above, notwithstanding the charming beauty of Burton-Hill.2 for the sake of the cast.