Super Cyclone (2012)

hyped garbage

Good movie but grossly overrated

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Usually, even the worst of the SyFi movies are relatively watchable for their comedic value if for no other reason, but this one is clearly one of the exceptions! Any budget in excess of $25.00 was a gross waste of money. I gave it one star only because negative stars are not offered... had they been, I'd have gone with a -3 stars.The few recognizable actors clearly mailed in their "performances" and the special effects are so bad that in many cases they would've been more credible if shot with a hand-held camera and the camera had been jerked around periodically... so many shots of explosions and high seas, yet in most of the interior shots on both the boat and the oil rig showed no movement at all.Even had they resorted to the typical SyFi expedient of throwing in a handful of bikini-clad Playmate wannabes in danger, it couldn't have bumped this one up a single star.

I only stumbled across this movie while channel hopping with a coffee. This is a terrible film, even if it was a "made for TV" special.The acting is simply awful. It's like watching a bunch of Star Trek fans who have filmed their own episode! Every line is delivered with exaggerated breathless earnestness. It becomes painfully obvious that you're watching a low budget production.The cheesy script and cheesy acting is, at least matched by the cheesy CGI. Digital rain overlaid onto the scene of a bone dry van driving down a bone dry road. Very fake looking clouds, lightning and so on.If this film was a pizza, it'd be a quattro formaggi.On the plus side, if you're in the right frame of mind, it's so bad that it's almost laughably enjoyable! :)

By 10 and brilliant I mean as a comedy. I stumbled upon this gem and I have to say I cried hysterically throughout the entire film. It was non-stop laughs from start to finish. The worst writing, acting, visual effects and music I have seen in my entire life. Totally ridiculous plot with twists that will make your head spin. The rain and fire effects and the complete disregard for continuity are unreal. They must have known how funny it would be to make it this bad. Nobody makes a movie this bad by accident. The car scenes are great; a bunch of actors at rock bottom bouncing around in a car that isn't moving pretending to be in the middle of a super storm when it's clearly like 80 and sunny outside. Absolutely priceless. The end scene where a bunch of idiots jump like 4 feet into a pool that's supposed to be a boiling ocean was a highlight for me. They just flail around in the water yelling while the magma heated ocean cooks them, fantastic. Should have won a Golden Globe for best comedy. A brilliant mockuscifithriller. I highly recommend this film. Bring your tissue box though, you will cry tears of sheer joy and amusement.

The blurb from DirecTV about this movie mentions that 2 of the characters are trying to stop a superstorm from devastating the entire EASTERN (my emphasis) seaboard. Only problem with this blurb is that, as you find out within the first 5-10 minutes of the movie, the storm is set to hit California which is about 3,000 miles from the EASTERN seaboard because it is actually on the WESTERN seaboard. As is typical for fare from The Asylum, bad overacting, bad special effects, bad everything is the norm but that is what makes them enjoyable for me because I get to laugh during the majority of the "disaster". Do not get me wrong, I also enjoy mainstream disaster movies such as Armaggedon, 2012, Meteor, Asteroid, Twister, Deep Impact etc but I enjoy the mainstream ones because they make me have appropriate emotions for there being a disaster occurring.In a nutshell, if you have enjoyed other The Asylum movies, then you will enjoy this one but if you are looking for it to be on a par of a movie like Armaggedon, then look elsewhere.