It seems redundant and needlessly cruel to give a movie like this a one-star review. What you have here is an extremely low-budget production that turns out a lot better than it might have done. Better, in fact, than a lot of hundred-million-dollar atrocities.
The plot is simple: one of two radar stations that can protect the US from ICBM attack is hijacked by some loons trying to start WW3. The newly-appointed station commander must try to defeat them.
The action is essentially confined to one room and a stretch of hallway, other than the final sequence which expands to a hokey CG view of the exterior of the station, floating in mid-Pacific like an oil rig.
There are moments of originality in the back-and-forth between hijackers and defenders, and also plenty of cliches. But the story works well enough if you keep your brain in Neutral.
Some low-budget movies are just pure garbage - unwatchable performances, rambling script, amateurish direction. Interceptor is better than that. It's a professional-looking movie: well-directed, with a script that just about hangs together, supported by acting that's really not bad at all. I particularly enjoyed the way the filmmakers exploited their meager resources and managed to wring a few surprises out of an admittedly minimal premise.
To put things in perspective, I recently saw Avatar: Shape of Water, and, despite its billion-dollar aspirations, I can't say it made much more sense than Interceptor.
Final verdict: Interceptor is a worthwhile popcorn flick. It's not great, but it's far from terrible. Enjoy it for what it is... or just change the channel.
The plot is simple: one of two radar stations that can protect the US from ICBM attack is hijacked by some loons trying to start WW3. The newly-appointed station commander must try to defeat them.
The action is essentially confined to one room and a stretch of hallway, other than the final sequence which expands to a hokey CG view of the exterior of the station, floating in mid-Pacific like an oil rig.
There are moments of originality in the back-and-forth between hijackers and defenders, and also plenty of cliches. But the story works well enough if you keep your brain in Neutral.
Some low-budget movies are just pure garbage - unwatchable performances, rambling script, amateurish direction. Interceptor is better than that. It's a professional-looking movie: well-directed, with a script that just about hangs together, supported by acting that's really not bad at all. I particularly enjoyed the way the filmmakers exploited their meager resources and managed to wring a few surprises out of an admittedly minimal premise.
To put things in perspective, I recently saw Avatar: Shape of Water, and, despite its billion-dollar aspirations, I can't say it made much more sense than Interceptor.
Final verdict: Interceptor is a worthwhile popcorn flick. It's not great, but it's far from terrible. Enjoy it for what it is... or just change the channel.