gergen45 Reviews

Killer Flood: The Day the Dam Broke (2003 TV Movie)

Well directed , well acted thriller-Do'nt miss it.

[10/10 · 8 March 2006]

This is a well directed well acted disaster movie. The script keeps the interest up right from beginning to end. This may not have the special effects budget of other like movies but that does'nt stop it packing a real punch. When it comes to casting this movies leaves the likes of Day After Tomorrow in the shade. Bruce Boxleitner is super as the baddie, this actor does'nt put a foot wrong and if this is anything to go by is very underrated. Michele Greene is top notch as the mayor and watch out for Mathew Ewald as her son. The term the next James Dean is often used loosely but it can be used confidently in relation to this young actor. This kid is going to go far. Finally Joshua J Masters puts in a lovely performance as the Deputy Sheriff. Do'nt miss it!

First Target (2000 TV Movie)

Slick thriller.

[10/10 · 3 February 2006]

This is a really good made for TV movie. Daryl Hannah turns in a top rate performance. Direction is excellent. The pacing is fast and I never lost interest during the whole movie. There are good supporting performances all round particularly Peter Fleming as Mcall. This went out on TV3 Ireland January 2006, just the tonic for a dull winter's Friday night!. I noticed at the end that it was made in Canada. Usually what we get here from Canada is pretty awful but this one is superior in a whole lot of different departments. If it is low budget it never shows. There are lots of clever twists so anybody could be a bad guy! Watch out for this one!

Killinaskully (2003–2008)

Unfunny drivel

[27 November 2005]

This show is one of the worst things I have ever seen. Pat Shortt who can be funny totally dominates the proceedings here, he probably has to because the rest of the people on the show are so bad. I would have liked this to be good or great but it is absolute drivel. One can see the jokes-if you can call them jokes-coming three miles off. This is the type of thing some infantile people who never left their home town in Ireland probably would think is very funny. If there were sharp writers perhaps it could have been an interesting comedic take on rural Ireland but it seems they've drawn on the local pantomime writers for this one. It's when you see great shows like Seinfeld from the US or The Office from the UK do you realise how unsophisticated Ireland and Irish TV is.