Disaster

	BRITANNIC CAVE IN CITY ON FIRE DARK SKIES FAULTLINE FORCE OF IMPACT GROUND ZERO: THE DEADLY SHIFT KILLER BEES	LAVA STORM NUCLEAR HURRICANE THE PARADISE VIRUS STORM CHASERS SOLAR DESTRUCTION TERROR PEAK TORNADO WARNING WILDFIRE 7

Britannic Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: Based on the true story of Britannic, the sister ship of Titanic, which sank under mysterious circumstances during the early days of World War I.  A romantic spy thriller which follows the events surrounding the fateful voyage of Britannic. The ship is commissioned as a hospital vessel for wounded soldiers.  Everything is not as it appears aboard the great ship, as a beautiful British secret agent posing as a nanny will soon discover. She must confront the skeptical commander and double agents in a delicate and harrowing attempt to discover the dangerous truth of Britannic’s last voyage.  Event premiere on the Fox Family Channel-the highest rated and best reviewed in history. An excellent film in all respects. Cast: Jacqueline Bisset John Rhys Davies Edward Atterton Amanda Ryan Bruce Payne, Ben Daniels Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith

Cave-In Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: Pat has seen it all. She’s the daughter of long-time mine superintendent Cappy, who she’s just been hired to replace as Superintendent of the Greymount Mine. She’s confident she can do a better job than her father. The Fourth of July Holiday is shattered by  a tragic development.  An accident floods the mine shaft, trapping four miners underground, including Pat's son and husband.  Pat is now faced with the crisis of her life while being second-guessed by Cappy and the veteran miners.  Cut off from their escape route by a raging, freezing current, the four trapped miners must brave a rising water level, freezing cold temperatures, and a dwindling supply of oxygen. Cappy and Pat realize that the only way to succeed is to work together.  They're going to have to put their differences aside and cooperate if there is any hope to save their family.  Tense action at a fever pitch. Cast: Mimi Rogers Ted Shackleford Director: Rex Piano

City on Fire (2008) Genre: Disaster Rating: Running Time: 74

Synopsis: When a sudden, unexplained rise in local temperatures threatens to turn the whole of Los Angeles lifeless desert, one scientist believes she knows why it is happening. But, in order to prove her theory, she must expose the greed of a giant corporation out to make money. It's now a race against time to stop a catastrophe from happening. Cast: Jamie Luner Greg Evigan Barbara Niven Director: Rex Piano Writer: Jody Wheeler, Paolo Mazzucato Producers: Charles Arthur Berg Music By: Eric Allaman

Dark Skies (2008) Genre: Disaster Rating: Running Time:

Synopsis: A corrupt business owner creates acid rain in order to increase the value of the shares he owns in a disaster relief business; but his plan is discovered by his one of his own scientists, whose children and friends are caught by the rain while staying at a cabin. Both the scientist and the others work to neutralize the acid rain while trying to bring down the businessman. Cast: Shawn Roberts Leslie Hope Director: Ron Oliver Writer: Paolo Mazzucato, Jason Crain Producers: James Shavick Music By:

Force of Impact Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: An asteroid is on a collision course with the Earth and only one woman, Dr. Madison Taylor, knows the terrible truth. But how can she stop it in just 24 hours? With the clock ticking, she rushes to friend and colleague, Dr. Michael Covington, who arranges for her to meet the Chairman of Project Safe Skies, a secret military project rumored to have an asteroid-busting laser. The Chairman chooses to ignore her warnings. Desperate, she turns to retired Major Richard Donovan, who developed the prototype.  After initial hesitancy, she realizes he must help her in her impossible task. Joined by their trusted associates, they develop a plan. First, they must sneak into Fort Kirk, where the laser is housed. Then, Donovan will fire it and try to destroy the asteroid. It won't be easy and they're nearly out of time. Can a small group of scientists armed only with their courage and intelligence beat the clock and save the planet? Cast: Antonio Sabato Jr. Rae Dawn Chong Michael Moriarty Director: Sam Irvin

Faultline Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: In the beautiful underwater reefs off the coast of Florida’s pastoral Pajaro Island, a fissure rips open in the ocean floor. When graduate student Greg Chambers encounters the seismic readings, he rushes to tell his professor, Anthony McAlister. Greg suspects that a massive earthquake is about to give the small island a rude awakening. To make matters worse, the epicenter is right under Pajaro Island’s new resort, where Anthony’s estranged wife Lynn is working. As they drive to warn Lynn, the quake tears through the small town, damaging downtown and leveling several homes. The bridge connecting the island to the mainland is wiped out.  Lynn and three others are trapped underground in the resort’s utility tunnels. When Greg is killed during a rescue attempt, Lynn is forced to rally the survivors to try and save themselves. With aftershocks tearing through the site, the tunnels growing more and more unstable, and each passing minute bringing them closer to failure, the rescuers and survivors must use every resource they have to escape total disaster. Cast: Doug Savant Brandy Ledford Director: Rex Piano

Ground Zero: The Deadly Shift Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: Scientist David Terran has written bestsellers about the dangers of Earth's magnetic fields, but his unconventional theories have made him a joke to his colleagues. Even his best friend, Martin Ward, refuses to take David's scientific ideas seriously.  Denied the respect he deserves, David gives up on his career and retreats to a remote cabin to live out his days alone with his father. Meanwhile, halfway across the globe, the Iranian government has begun a series of rogue nuclear tests which unexpectedly sets into motion a series of dangerous events.  A sudden spike in solar radiation and devastating earthquakes threatens to destroy all life on the planet. Desperate to do something, the US government calls on David for help. But the only way he can succeed is with the help of the friend who didn't believe in him. Now David and Martin must pull together to rebuild their friendship and save the world from total destruction. Cast: Tracy Nelson Charles Shaughnessy Ken Barnet Beth Grant Director: Fred Olen Ray

Killer Bees Genre: Disaster

Synopsis: Surrounding a sleepy Northwestern town are hundreds of square miles of organically grown produce, acres of cornfields, and herds of prize cattle.  Each year the farmers pay top dollar to roving beekeepers to pollinate nature’s bounty.  Among this year’s batch of honeybees, however, is a gang of killers – killer bees that savagely attack all that move. The arrival of the bees first appears as a series of mysteries:  prize cows killed in their barn, a farmer dead at the side of the road.  For local Sheriff Lyndon Harris, there’s no connection.  That is until a local bee expert identifies the killers as African killer bees.  For Lyndon, it’s his worst nightmare come true – he’s terrified of bees. The alarm is raised, but the town is skeptical – until a huge swarm descends on the town.  When a group of townspeople, including his family, become trapped by the swarm, Lyndon must face his biggest fear to save them. Cast: C. Thomas Howell Fiona Loewi Tracy Nelson Director: Penelope Buitenhuis

Lava Storm Genre: Disaster

Synopsis: Lori Pratt is a brash safety inspector for the largest mining company in the country who throws herself into her work to escape a less-than-perfect personal life. Although her husband John is an emergency rescue worker and scientist, he's clueless when it comes to saving their marriage. In the middle of a routine accident investigation, a freak explosion traps Lori deep below the surface. When John reaches her, he notices a mysterious heat source behind the disaster but has no time to figure out the real cause in the unstable tunnel. Once they climb out of the mine, the horrific scene that meets them above ground is far worse than anything they could have imagined. An extremely rare and powerful volcanic eruption is underway; Lori watches helplessly as burning acid bubbles up into the river and fires race through town. Meanwhile, John's father and young children are desperately trying to find a safe place from the torrent of hot ash and lava that threatens to bury them alive. Lori's only thought is to save her family, but John knows that the disaster will reach far beyond their own lives to destroy the entire planet if he cannot warn the government in time. Finally realizing that they need each other more than ever, the couple will have to band together if they want their outrageous escape plan to work. Cast: Ian Ziering Valerie Valois Director: Sean Dwyer

Killer Bees Genre: Disaster

Synopsis: At a nuclear power plant, the cooling system becomes a problem when the “mother of all storms” is headed straight towards it. As the hurricane gets stronger, and with the nuclear core in serious danger of meltdown, time is not on its side. The workers have to thwart nature’s fury to help prevent a catastrophe. Cast: Jamie Luner Jack Scalia David Millbern Meredith McGeachie Director: Fred Olen Ray

The Paradise Virus Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: Barsarato Island is a sun-splashed spit of sand in the Caribbean, the perfect winter vacation for Doctor Linda Flemming, and her 18 year-old son, William. When a local man named Poppy suddenly collapses in front of their Jeep. Linda, a virologist specializing in infectious diseases, sees that the choking, gasping Poppy has contagious viral lesions. At that moment, Joseph, the charismatic leader of a local religious group called The Faithful, strides into the scene and takes the ailing Poppy away, despite Linda’s warnings. With whatever disease Poppy has now spreading rapidly,  Linda quickly alerts the Center of Disease Control in Atlanta. For Linda, the struggle becomes deeply personal as William and Kathy become infected. It is up to Linda to find a cure quickly and the only man with the cure is Joseph as his blood possesses the antibodies needed t defeat this virus.  With seconds to spare, will Linda be able to extract the antibody, contain the virus and save all those infected, including Kathy and William? Cast: Lorenzo Lamas Melody Thomas Scott David Millbern Ralf Moeller Kristin Swieconek Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith

Solar Destruction Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: An only child raised by a tough-talking single mother, fifteen-year-old Riley has always stood out.  A math genius fascinated by the universe, Riley has developed a groundbreaking new way to accurately predict the frequency of dangerous solar flares.  Soon he discovers that a huge solar storm is hours away from frying the earth's power grid.  With the help of his professor, the no-nonsense Dr. Clark, he sets out on a race against time to convince the world to prepare for the worst before it's too late. But things take a darker turn when Marshall Pryor, the head of a powerful corporation, learns of Riley's prediction.  Pryor thinks the coming global disaster could be a huge moneymaking opportunity, especially if it comes without warning.   Dr. Clark's discovery of this terrifying plan instantly makes her and Riley the newest targets of Pryor's murderous wrath.  Narrowly escaping Pryor and his henchmen, they decide their only hope is to deliver a warning directly to the White House. As the huge solar storm enters its final stage, Riley and Dr. Clark have one last chance to stop the disaster--if they can survive long enough to convince the most powerful man in the world to act. Cast: Tracey Gold Michele Clunie Director: Fred Olen Ray

Storm Chasers Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: A female storm chaser who has lost her husband in a deadly tornado, teams up with a dedicated FEMA agent to investigate mysterious ball lightning and other strange weather phenomena in Colorado. The situation turns sinister when certain authorities try to stop her from discovering secret, government experiments. Cast: Kelly McGillis Wolf Larson James MacArthur Liz Torres Adrian Zmed Director: Mark Sobel

Terror Peak Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: Dr. Janet Fraser and her husband Kevin are scoping out exciting tours for their clients back home and have brought along Janet's daughter, Melanie.  They meet with Patrick who takes them to Mount Extreme despite a warning from a native Maori elder not to go to the mountain. Once there, Janet discovers a scientific facility with evidence that the mountain is becoming more active.  That night, Melanie and a new friend, Jason, get lost on a hike.  Janet's growing concerns about the mountain results in an evacuation plan.  Meanwhile, Kevin finds and rescues Melanie and Jason from a cave as they wait for a helicopter to save the trio all before the mountain explodes. Cast: Lynda Carter Parker Stevenson Emily Barclay Peter Elliott Director: Dale G. Bradley

Tornado Warning Genre: Disaster	Synopsis: Humiliated by the public failure of his new tornado warning system, renowned scientist Jake Arledge (Gerald McRaney) teams up with former protégé Mark (Steve Braun) to fix his system and warn residents of a nearby small town about an impending deadly tornado. Jake is surprised when his estranged weather reporter daughter Dee (Thea Gill) appears to chronicle the success or failure of his predictions for television. Jake and Mark are alarmed when the town mayor (Joan Van Ark) insists on going forward with an outdoor celebration in honor of the town’s birthday and disregards their prediction. Jake, Mark, and Dee must then work together to save the small town from certain destruction. Cast: Gerald McRaney Thea Gill Steve Braun David Millbern Joan Van Ark Director: Tibor Takacs