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| Year: | 2006 |
| Rating: | 3.8(789) |
| Listed in: | Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Terry Cunningham |
| Actors: | Stephen Baldwin John Ralston Dirk Benedict Matt Gordon Amy Price-Francis Anna Silk |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Terry Cunningham | |
| Actors | |
| Stephen Baldwin | as John Redding |
| John Ralston | as Dr. Garth Pender |
| Dirk Benedict | as Victor Stevens |
| Matt Gordon | as Albert |
| Jason Blicker | as Tony |
| Conrad Coates | as Will |
| James Gallanders | as Captain Ben Halberstom |
| Richard Leacock | as Ollie |
| John Mackenzie Bell | as TV Reporter #2 |
| Gary Brennan | as Technician |
| Dominic Cuzzocrea | as Homeless Man |
| Neville Edwards | as Airforce Officer |
| Joe Allen Price | as The General |
| Actresses | |
| Amy Price-Francis | as Dr. Lana Gale |
| Anna Silk | as Bryna |
| Jessica Heafey | as Major Rachel Fine |
| Amy Ciupak Lalonde | as TV Reporter #1 |
| Heather Chase | as TV News Reporter |
| Lisa Ciara | as Scientist |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. But when further examination is conducted it's discovered that the moon's structure is now entirely unstable -- threatening all life on earth. With time running out, a team of scientists turn to one man, demolitions expert John Redding, in effort to find a solution and secure the moon. |
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Fact errors: If the moon were in fact composed largely of heavy metals like uranium, scientists would have already determined this by measurements of the moon's density, which is easily measurable from Earth. An incorrect density measurement would have meant that our figure for the moon's mass would be severely mistaken, and spacecrafts attempting operations near the moon would fail to enter orbit properly. Fact errors: Though several scenes depict sound in space, there is no medium through which sound could pass. There is no sound in space. Fact errors: The crew of Shuttle Perseus are seen walking about the cabin regularly, as if on Earth. However, in all these scenes, they are either in orbit, accelerating by rocket, or inexplicably hovering over the moon. In all these situations, Earth-like gravity would not exist. Fact errors: When the Perseus enters the fracture on the moon, it comes to a stop and begins hovering with no visible means of propulsion. In order to stay aloft, the shuttle would need to constantly fire rocket exhaust downwards towards the moon. Fact errors: Several errors in spaceflight protocol plague the film. Fact errors: Much of the plot of the movie hinges on the generation of a "magnetic charge." Magnetic charge only exists if magnetic monopoles exist, which has yet to be demonstrated experimentally. In any case, current theory about magnetic monopoles and magnetic charge is not reflected at all in the movie. Fact errors: Space flight command rooms do not rely on municipal sources for power. They have multiply redundant independent generators to prevent the kinds of power outages that occur several times in the film. This also goes for the communications equipment. Fact errors: On two occasions, Perseus collides with large meteoric debris. Considering the relative velocities of the debris and the spacecraft, both of these collisions should have been sufficient to fatally damage the craft by themselves. Fact errors: In one scene, two fighter jets are sent up to investigate and intercept what turns out to be a piece of meteoric debris falling to Earth. Such an object would be moving so quickly, that jets would not have had time to scramble before it impacted the ground, let alone intercept and the follow it before firing a missile at it. Revealing mistakes: After the asteroid collides with the moon, the female researcher examines an important scientific document. On the document's cover page, Astronomy is incorrectly spelled "ASTRONOMEY." Fact errors: SPOILER: The only way the shuttle could get to the moon in time was using the experimental atomic rockets. Once there, ground control finally figured out that they didn't have enough power to save the moon unless they used the very same atomic rockets to boost the power of the explosion. They dutifully ejected the rockets into the crack on the moon. Without the rockets for the return trip, the shuttle would take too long to return to earth. The crew's supplies of oxygen, food and water would most likely run out. Revealing mistakes: The "ignition module" that John is pulling out from the shuttle's circuits is in fact the circuit board of a standard ATX computer power supply adapter (a low quality and quite old one), complete with its ATX, P4 and 4 pin connectors that are clearly visible. Anyone who opened the case of a PC can recognize it. Fact errors: Technicians at the satellite control center speak as if they will fly the probe through a debris field in real time. In actuality the time it takes for a signal to get from a probe in lunar orbit that shows what is in the way added to the earth and then for earth to send a signal back to the probe and then for the probe to show that it is doing the maneuver would make such control impossible. It takes 1.3 seconds for a signal to get from the earth to the moon. Fact errors: When performing evasive maneuvers, the shuttle Perseus uses its main engines (at the rear), then flies as if the wings were providing lift. To move the shuttle in space in any direction other than forward is done using the thrusters located on various surfaces. Continuity: The large storm that is hitting Florida is seen several times during the movie, both from space and on computer monitors. Sometimes it is rotating clockwise, sometimes counter-clockwise. Fact errors: Whenever the shuttle has to maneuver, such as when avoiding the asteroids, you can clearly hear the sound of turbine engines. Of course, in the vacuum of space, turbine engines wouldn't function at all. Revealing mistakes: When Redding goes back into the building to reset a charge that went off prematurely, the dynamite charge for all of the pillars is shown to be simply attached to the sides. Real demolitions would have single sticks of explosive that would be inserted into bore holes in the pillars to be taken out. Having the charges attached to the side would produce very ineffective and unpredictable results. Fact errors: Asteroids smaller than the one shown colliding with the moon have been detected and are already being tracked. Thus the entire basic premise for this movie - an unanticipated asteroid impact on the moon - could never happen as depicted. Revealing mistakes: When trying to stop the explosions from bringing down the building early in the movie, all that is necessary is to unplug the control wires. The detonator controls on each explosive pack are pure fiction. Fact errors: During the shuttle launch the rocket boosters and external tank are all shown separating from the shuttle at the same time. The boosters separate well before the external tank. Revealing mistakes: The blue telescope the woman is looking through in the opening sequence is aimed backwards, i.e. at the ground, not at the sky. Fact errors: When the building is demolished, the charges all fire together. This is incorrect. Charges are set to explode in a specific pattern to allow gravity to pull the building down in the desired direction. Fact errors: Considering that even Earth-based telescopes have been able to detect objects as small as a hundred meters across at distances beyond the orbit of Mars, the notion that an asteroid of the size depicted could hit the Moon with no prior warning is silly. |
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