Solar Attack (2005)

The largest coronal mass emission (CME) ever detected by scientists breaks off from the sun and hurtles toward the Earth. With temperatures soaring higher, the sky on fire and the continued existence of the human race in question, scientists must explode the polar ice caps to stop the CME. Will it backfire or save life as we know it?

Solar Attack

Movie came fast and in good shape. I have not had time to watch the movie yet. October 30, 2008

An honest "B" disaster movie

The real problem is not sets, special effects or acting:
it is the plot science is just bad to really nonexistent!
These two points are just both false:
1) solar flares of coherent plasma
2) methane enough to combine with all the atmospheric oxygen
Other than that the submarine warfare was pretty good.
Blowing up the polar ice caps with nuclear missiles is
just a really bad idea, too.
It came real close to being a comedy
and would have been if the acting would have been worse than it was.
It isn't in the class of "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes",
but just barely! March 22, 2008

Adequate, but Derivitive

As a long time Sci-Fi fan, I found this film enjoyable, but derivitive. The special effects were good, but not spectacular. The acting was better than I first expected. The story plot itself seems to be largely derived from Irwin Allen's original 1960 movie version of "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", which is the better film in my opinion. February 16, 2008

Sorry, I am not impressed.

I may not be the biggest fan of disaster films, but this movie was even worse than most. The acting is very weak, and the story line is just too weak. I would have turned the movie off, if my husband wasn't one who watches any movie once. I laughed my way through most of it, and finally gave up to read a book. Though the story idea may be a good one and the actors chosen have done great work, this movie was a major let down. The time would be better spent reading. I hope the book was better. September 14, 2007

Another OK Disaster Movie, This Time It's Coronal Mass Ejection

Made-for-TV film "Solar Strike" has little to add to the already overcrowded genre of disaster movies. This time the Earth is facing total destruction by CME, coronal mass ejection which is unstoppable huge flame coming from the Sun. Oh, and don't forget the dangerous methane gas in the air. Only Lucas Foster, maverick scientist knows the eminent danger and the solution of it too, but other scientists including his ex-love Joanna are not willing to listen.

The familiar premise and formulaic development of it is not a problem after all for all we want is thrill and action. Sadly "Solar Strike" has neither of them, with the terribly by-the-numbers script, wooden acting and OK effects. Had one of these been given more decent treatment, the film might have been a more entertaining sci-fi action. Mark Dacascos who was better in "Brotherhood of the Wolf," is miscast as the scientist and Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr. has nothing to do as president of America, except showing his worried face. Why not let them do something better than talking and worrying and staring at computer screens?

Though the story unfolds smoothly, the film itself doesn't have many action scenes. In fact, it is short on almost everything - short on effects, short on tension and logic. I know most Hollywood-made big-budget actions such as "Armageddon" actually don't have the last two items I mentioned, but at least they try to convince us of its credibility by giving us lots of actions. Except some satellites falling from the sky, very few disasters happen in "Solar Strike" and if they do, they are not exciting with so-so effects and cheap productions. And you also have to suspend your disbelief when the cleverest guy in the film is talking about the most incredible scientific theories about CME, Earth's atmosphere and ozone holes.

"Solar Strike" is just OK. Not a bad way to kill time when you have absolutely nothing to do. But you know you have another, and possibly better way to do the same. June 10, 2007

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