Stonados (2013) (DVD Review)
Directed By: Jason Bourque
Starring: Paul Johansson, Sebastian Spence, Miranda Frigon
Rated: UR/Region: 1/Widescreen/Number of disc: 1
Available from Arc Entertainment
When a tornado appears in the waters south of Boston, former storm chaser Joe Randall is intrigued by the unusual weather. But as twisters begin to strike across the Boston shoreline, Joe quickly realizes this is no ordinary storm front. As the storms threaten to move inland, the citizens of Boston find themselves trapped in a tempest turning deadlier by the minute. With the city under siege, Joe, his sister Maddy and his old storm chasing partner Lee realize they re dealing with a never before seen weather phenomenon known as Stonados. The only chance of stopping the storm is an untested theory about weather manipulation… the same theory that Joe has been trying to prove for over a decade. But with the storm spreading and threatening the entire Eastern Seaboard as well as Joe s children who are trapped in a storm-besieged stadium Joe and his motley crew will have to give it a try, either saving the world… or accelerating its destruction!
Here we are with the latest in wacky extreme disaster movies from the SyFy channel. This time around the disaster comes in the form of stone throwing tornadoes and bad one liners. There is always some entertainment with these films, sometimes that comes from moments that are soo bad that they can’t help but entertain. There is, of course, moments that are soo bad that they are just bad and can make moments in a film like this drag on and on with what seems like no ending in sight. Stonados has a few of those moments. It tries, we can’t say that it doesn’t, but it doesn’t work out very well for a good portion of the film.
The film also goes well out of it’s way to be extremely dramatic and you just can’t force some things. This is a film that doesn’t need to be taken too seriously. We shouldn’t go into something like this expecting Gone with the Wind and it would help if the film seemed to take that same method as well. All of this being said, the movie does have a few fun moments and we all like fun moments. I just wish it had a lot more fun moments than it ends up with. When these movies are done correctly they can be a good time for everyone watching. When they seem to forget what they are along the way you end up with stuff more like this.
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