Nature Unleashed: Earthquake
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Directed by | Tibor Takács |
Written by | Andy Hurst |
Produced by | Jamie Brown Michael P. Flannigan Gary Howsam |
Starring | Fintan McKeown Jacinta Mulcahy Michael Zelniker |
Cinematography | Barry Gravelle Rolandas Joneliukstis |
Edited by | Ellen Fine |
Music by | Jacqueline Loran |
Production companies | GFT Entertainment Studio Eight Productions |
Distributed by | Nu Image |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Countries | Canada Lithuania United Kingdom United States |
Languages | English Lithuanian Russian German |
Nature Unleashed: Earthquake, or simply known as Earthquake,[1] is a 2005 American-British-Canadian-Lithuanian direct-to-video disaster film that is directed by Tibor Takács and written by Andy Hurst. It stars Fintan McKeown, Jacinta Mulcahy, and Michael Zelniker.
The film focuses on an 8.2.-magnitude earthquake destroying a Russian nuclear power plant called the Kasursk Nuclear Power Plant, triggering a nuclear meltdown.
Summary[]
The people arrives at the Russian Nuclear Power Plant called the Kasursk Nuclear Power Plant. When an 8.2-magnitude earthquake of all time rips through Europe, it levels Russia and sends shockwaves through the lives of Russian people who live there. An earthquake destroys a Russian Nuclear Power Plant, triggering a nuclear meltdown and people in Russia need to survive. The cinematics of the film rely on other films scenes to hash out the story. Most notably, scenes of collapsing buildings and highways from the 1997 film Dante's Peak.
Cast[]
- Fintan McKeown as Josh
- Jacinta Mulcahy as Rachel
- Michael Zelniker as Viktor
- Zoe Thorne as Cherie
- Damian Hunt as Dylan
- Patrick Monckton as Emilio
Release[]
Home media releases[]
In the United States, the film was released on DVD by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment on September 13, 2005.[2]
On September 9, 2009, the film was re-released on DVD by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, as part of a double feature with the another disaster film, Nature Unleashed: Avalanche.[3]
Television broadcast[]
The film was premiered on the cable television channel Sci-Fi Channel in the United States in November 2006.[4]
See also[]
- Atomic Twister - similar disaster film about a tornado damaging a nuclear power plant
References[]
- ^ "Earthquake". Millennium Media. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Earthquake: Nature Unleashed". Amazon. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "Nature Unleashed: Earthquake/Avalanche". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Syfy Channel schedule for November 2006". Inner Mind. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
External links[]
- 2005 films
- English-language films
- German-language films
- Lithuanian-language films
- Russian-language films
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- 2000s disaster films
- 2000s thriller films
- Films set in Russia
- British direct-to-video films
- British disaster films
- British films
- Canadian direct-to-video films
- Canadian disaster films
- English-language Canadian films
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- Lithuanian films
- English-language Lithuanian films
- Films about earthquakes
- Films about nuclear accidents and incidents
- Nu Image films
- 2000s thriller film stubs