Good start, but then it gets ruined

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Alright, before I'll lend my personal opinion about this movie, let me first try and tell you a bit about the plot, and yes, I am trying very hard not to laugh while using the word "plot", but stick with me, there is sort of a story here, bad... really bad, but a story nonetheless.Maxwell is the leader of a cult (the Cult of Fury I am guessing?). He does not like where the world is headed, kids (*looks through my hastily scribbled notes*) killing each other, and pornography everywhere (there was a third thing that he didn't like, but I didn't have time to write it down, and I AM NOT seeing the movie again to get it!). The state of the world is in a bad place, but luckily Maxwell has a plan to make all this right: blow up a cruise ship killing hundreds (if not thousands?) of innocent people. Now, you gotta admire a man like that, for standing up to his convictions... and yes, that was sarcasm, pure sarcasm. But honestly, that's not entirely true, you see, he is really doing it to impress his girlfriend (soon to be wife) Tracy, like he says, as a "wedding present". Unfortunately Tracy doesn't feel quite the same way about this present, and leaves him. Luckily for her, Maxwell is nearly blind and deaf and doesn't see her 30 ft. away escaping into a car.2 years later, we are in Las Vegas. Tracy has managed to elude her old lover, but only because of sheer luck, you see, she has been hiding in Las Vegas as a showgirl with posters everywhere. You gotta admire that kind of courage, but perhaps her plan was to lure Maxwell to Las Vegas because (and I am sorry for revealing the end of the movie here) that city ultimately becomes his downfall. Sorry for that, let me try to get back on track. Maxwell has now found Tracy, but he has also found Roger and Kenny, two cops, one an egotistical clown and the other an alcoholic (who has a really cool kid, btw, with nerves of steel), who will, of course, foil his plans and save the city. Fast forward through an endless series of pointless explosions and we arrive at the Hoover dam where Maxwell finally dies, but not before bringing disaster to the movie, erh... city.OK, many good reviews have already covered all the technical faults of the movie and the extremely bad acting, so I'll skip that. Let me instead try to sell the movie to you, because there is a few good reasons to actually see the movie... 1) go see "Disaster" if you like one-liners, because I am pretty sure that the writer was paid per pound of one-liners (I am guessing that the movie made him a millionaire). 2) go see the movie if you like really bad foley work, because this movie is just awesome in that regard. The sounds are just so, awesomely wonderfully ridiculous. and 3) if you liked the bad action movies of the 80's, because this must be a homage to those, just look at the haircuts, the way they talk and even how they are dressed. Of course, since the director borrowed scenes from actual 80's films, he had to make this a period piece.Ultimately all I have to say is this, Well done to all the involved parties! You have succeeded in wasting my time and anyone else who have ever watched Disaster. I sincerely hope that you were at least paid well to sell your soul like this.

I bought this on DVD as Amazon put it into my "recommendations list". Shame on you, this movie should never be recommended to anyone (except perhaps serial killers who want to reform). As someone who after watching just about every disaster movie there is (and now I know how to pilot a 747 in a lightning storm,what to do if ever a volcano springs up in Doncaster in England, or tornado landslide or earthquake)thought, oh I saw Jim Davidson (not our English comedian) in a movie called Crowfoot and thought it was watchable (perhaps Erin Gray was the real reason for watching it, but thats besides the point) I wondered if he could repeat the role of an American Cop who plays by the book. NO. Here we have the usual cop who wants to be Mr bigshot and knows it all, fine if you are Bruce Willis or Mel Gibson, their acting skills can add a hint of irony and comedy to this sort of thing, sorry Jim, you are not in the same league.I think that there was a storyline but in got lost in the timeless world of constant explosions, how the casino remained standing after the amount of explosions beats me, Gerry Anderson did a much better job in the puppet series Thunderbirds back in the 1960's.The ending, well it was incredible in that it was so lame. There they were baddie and ex girlfriend stood on top of the Hoover Dam, by this point I was guessing what effects could be used, I thought we would end up with the rerun of the dam that cracks open in the first Superman Film, which I believe was partly edited into an episode of the A-Team or something in the eighties, but no we had a picture postcard of the dam been blown up several times and in between shots it magically part repaired itself.I'm glad it only cost me £1.96 from Amazon otherwise I would be returning it to the seller wanting my money back, whether the charity shop that is going to get lumbered with it sell it remains to be seen, at least if they get it donated back several times, they would make more of a profit for a good cause.As for Amazon, sorry I will not be taking you up on any more recommendations from now on.

Oh this is bad. I knew within a couple minutes this was going to be awful. The cruise ship scene with the flames was a riot. It only got worse from there.Some spoilers with questions:When the attack on the casino happened, what was up with the guys coming down from the rafters on ropes? This place obviously had no security so they could have walked right in, automatic weapons and all. Also, when one of the swat guys gets blown backwards, you can see the rope pulling him backwards, twice. Oh yeah, since when does the SWAT team use a school bus (painted white).The sports car (a Miata) on the casino floor. Keys just happened to be in it and to give the illusion that one of the bad guys was going fast while driving it, they showed close ups of his face and the background as a blur. When he was shown from 20-30 feet away, he was going all of 15-20 mph (if that).Why are they always blowing up slot machines with grey painted tap lights?Numerous stock footage of police cars, ambulances, etc. Rather obvious since the film color didn't match. Also, when the bridge blows up, there is one car that goes over that makes more of an explosion that the Shell tanker that went over first!What happened to the scaffolding that Maxwell was on when they showed him at the bottom of the dam?Too many other things to list. Wonder what the budget was for this...

I won't even bother to discuss the plot because it would be degrading to me as a human being. I'll make this quick. Some of the outrageous characteristics of this "movie" (located in Las Vegas) include the following: so-called "special effects" that were created by a computer and a blue screen, out of place stock footage provided by ABC News, a car which is driving in a straight line and goes by the Bourbon Street Casino FIVE times(!), a horribly cheesy set that we are supposed to believe is an actual casino, voice dubbing that is so out of sync that I might as well have been watching a kung fu movie...and on and on and on.The silver lining to this cloud is that I did laugh about five or six times while watching "Cult Of Fury". It almost could work as a comedy...but not quite. AVOID!!