12 Disasters (2012) (DVD Review)
Directed By: Steven R. Monroe
Starring: Ed Quinn, Magda Apanowicz, Roark Cirtchlow
Rated: R/Region: 1/Widescreen/Number of disc: 1
Available from ANCHOR BAY
It’s Christmas season in the mountain village of Calvary, but merry and bright have suddenly fled town: There are mass bird deaths. Blood red water running from faucets. Grandmas impaled by humongous flying icicles. And for 18-year-old Jacey, a newly discovered gift has led her and her dad to the revelation that a beloved holiday carol may hold the key to a yuletide Mayan apocalypse. Can their desperate search for five golden rings now stop a global cataclysm of tornados, volcanoes and killer twinkle lights? Holly Elissa, Roark Critchlow, Andrew Airlie, Ryan Grantham and Donnelly Rhodes co-star in this hit Syfy Movie that delivers the ultimate countdown of Xmas mayhem!
When this film showed up on the Syfy channel it was titled 12 Disasters of Christmas. I’m not sure what happened there unless the fact it will be released in January had them go and change the name. As for how Syfy movies usually are, this movie isn’t horrible. It just doesn’t always make a whole lot of sense. In this film the Mayan challenges is connected to the twelve days of Christmas song with each day bringing a a new disaster. And, if you think the ling in the song about five golden rings doesn’t always seems to have an empasis on it, just wait until you’ve seen the movie! There is plenty of disasters and there are plenty of CGI to go around. The movie does lack serious logic in spots, even more so than usual for Syfy.
While each day brings new disasters, I couldn’t help but notice that we don’t always see the disaster. Was this for time reasons? Just what was the deal with that? We mention the first two, but just shoot right until number 3. The film isn’t a gruesome films or a bloody one by any means, but the we do have a couple cool deaths here and there. The film is silly more than anything else and the fact it is silly is what makes it watchable. There is no logic what so ever, but there is some silly fun and that does count. Is it a bad movie? Yes, it certainly is. It just is watchable due to how bad it is.
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