The acting is mainly mediocre, but it's not so bad that it keeps distracting you from the characters and the events. (And a few, in fact, are excellent.) And yes, there are a few questionable things in the script, such as how the Chinese first react to the object when they get near it. Okay, the special effects overall may not be up to a big-budget Hollywood movie, but they are far above average for made-for-video movies. There is also some extra tension added with the subplot about the Chinese. And the investigation of the object and the events surrounding it keep up the interest, with some genuine intelligent touches. The movie starts off pretty well, thanks in part to an intriguing premise. All I can think is that they have mostly or completely watched big-budget Hollywood product, and think that the only good films that exist must fit that criteria. That's why I am kind of puzzled with everyone here claiming that those attributes in this movie are the worse possible. Listen, I have seen REAL junk before seeing this movie - movies with worse scripts, worse special effects, worse acting, you name it. Not worth making a special trip to blockbuster, but worth tucking away in the back of your mind for one of those nights when everything else is checked out. I'd classify this, as definitely worth watching for free.if its on TV. I can name 10 movies that have been released in this calender year, ones I've paid 9.00 to see in theater, that I feel are less worthy of 2 hours of my life. As opposed to many, that are just so plain horrible.immersion into the story is impossible. But the script, and their performance allows one to become absorbed in the storyline. The actors are mostly B and C level players. Complete with philosophical issues, a few plot twists.e.g., 80% of the way through the movie, you don't know if the 'thing' is good or bad. This is a very decent, made for TV sci-fi movie. i'm stuck at home on a Saturday with the flu, and luckily I have every channel Direct TV offers, so there's a lot to choose from. Seriously reliant on technical lingo and mystical balderdash, the film tries to make viewers think deeply about planetary creation but winds up boring them instead.I have to agree with the wizard. With its miniscule visual-effects budget and wacky, grandiose premise, it's hard to take this sci-fi effort seriously. It's up to Rand to prevent Torus from initiating a new Ice Age. Why has this advanced alien lifeforce returned to Earth after studying human DNA for aeons? Because it wants mankind to have a fresh start! Torus plans to cover the world with a cloud that will wipe out all flora and fauna within a month, then "re-terraform" our wayward species. It's only a matter of time before paranoid Chinese communists attack the enigmatic Torus, which houses a hologram of Earth's history. When they provoke the alien structure, it defends itself with an energy shield and later releases its attackers unharmed. Chinese Ambassador Po (James Hong) and American spokesperson Allen Lysander (Ryan O'Neal) lock themselves in a turf war over Torus, and as Uncle Sam hogs the spotlight, Chinese commandos circle Torus on the pretext that it threatens their national security. Czaban (Stephanie Niznik), the awestruck Rand, who suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease, realizes his illness has been driven into remission and advises treating Torus with respect. After unlocking the secret of the monolith's entrance point and probing the structure with Dr. Though American defense nabobs dismiss reports of miracles in the vicinity, weapons analyst Mason Rand (David Keith) isn't so certain. When a towering, 300-story structure nicknamed "Torus" appears in Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom becomes the focal point of world interest. Remember the mysterious monolith that cast a long shadow over 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)? In this fil, a similar object portends an alien invasion billions of years in the making.
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