10.5: Apocalypse

The disaster-movie clichés pile up in 10.5 Apocalypse.

"10.5: Apocalypse," is visually dazzling, relentlessly hysterical and also a sequel, which means that most viewers sitting down to watch it know what they're getting into. That should damp down any untoward expectations -- the appearance of a believable character, for instance, or piece of dialogue, neither of which, be assured, is to be found here.

A pastiche of disaster movies past with everything from tidal waves to erupting volcanoes, the some-star cast gamely waltzes through writer-director John Lafia's silly plot beats, which pass at such breakneck speed there's barely time to giggle at them.

Everything about the [miniseries] is so lousy, it's difficult to pick just one failure. [19 May 2006, p.65]

A laugh-out-loud disaster.

Forced, frantic and continually preposterous.

The four-hour project was written and directed by John Lafia, who managed to find new and creative ways to turn every scene into a cliche and get a cringe from every line of dialogue.