Scorcher (film)
Encyclopedia
Scorcher is a 2002
science fiction
disaster
film
directed by James Seale and starring Mark Dacascos
, John Rhys-Davies
, Jeffrey Johnson
, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston
and Rutger Hauer. It was first released in the USA
in 2002. It concerns a group of scientists who discover, after a disastrous nuclear accident
, the Earth's tectonic plates
are shifting and creating immense pressure that will destroy the earth in a fiery global eruption
, and it's up to a few top scientists to find a way to stop it.
) is called in by the President of the United States (Rutger Hauer) to save the planet from imminent destruction after a Chinese nuclear testing accidentally loosens the subterranean plates and exposes the Earth's core, which threatens to bring "Hell on Earth" in just three days.
Beckett assembles a crack team to deliver and detonate not one but two nuclear bombs that must go off simultaneously in the only place on the planet in which they will do any good at stopping the movement of the plates—Los Angeles. The city is evacuated in a panic, but Beckett's teen daughter (Rayne Marcus) is abducted by a religious-fanatic pyromaniac and Beckett must save her before he saves the world. Meanwhile, Beckett strikes up a romance with Julie (Tamara Davies), a scientist on his team who is having a feud with her scientist father (John Rhys-Davies
), also on the team.
Little do they know that also on the squad is the evil Kellaway (Mark Rolston
), who hates Beckett so much he'd let the planet blow up just to kill him. In the end Faith (Beckett's daughter) manages to get her hands on a cell phone and text messages him an SOS. He and Julie head to rescue her and Beckett kills her insane kidnapper.
They need to find a hole deep enough to drop the device down a few hundred feet and Faith knows of one in a subway station. They head there but meanwhile Kellaway murders the rest of the team (except the pilot who's waiting at the airport to fly them to safety) and comes to stop them. Beckett ends up throwing him down the shaft with the device.
Beckett, Julie and Faith head outside and are shocked to find that the pilot of the team has landed a Presidential jet in the middle of the road. He was ordered to wait there for Kellaway and flies them to safety as the two devices go off destroying Los Angeles and stopping the movement of the plates just before it's too late.
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
disaster
Disaster film
A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...
film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
directed by James Seale and starring Mark Dacascos
Mark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
, John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies is a Welsh actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
, Jeffrey Johnson
Jeffrey Johnson
Jeffrey S. S. Johnson is an American actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Brady McDaniels in Letters to God.-Life:...
, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston
Mark Rolston
-Career:Rolston played PFC M. Drake in Aliens , Hans in Lethal Weapon 2 , Stef in RoboCop 2 , Bogs Diamond in The Shawshank Redemption , J. Scar in Eraser , Chief Dennis Wilson in Daylight , Wayne Bryce in Hard Rain and Special Agent in Charge Warren Russ in Rush Hour...
and Rutger Hauer. It was first released in the USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in 2002. It concerns a group of scientists who discover, after a disastrous nuclear accident
Nuclear and radiation accidents
A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility...
, the Earth's tectonic plates
Plate tectonics
Plate tectonics is a scientific theory that describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere...
are shifting and creating immense pressure that will destroy the earth in a fiery global eruption
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
, and it's up to a few top scientists to find a way to stop it.
Plot
Renegade soldier Col. Ryan Beckett (Mark DacascosMark Dacascos
Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
) is called in by the President of the United States (Rutger Hauer) to save the planet from imminent destruction after a Chinese nuclear testing accidentally loosens the subterranean plates and exposes the Earth's core, which threatens to bring "Hell on Earth" in just three days.
Beckett assembles a crack team to deliver and detonate not one but two nuclear bombs that must go off simultaneously in the only place on the planet in which they will do any good at stopping the movement of the plates—Los Angeles. The city is evacuated in a panic, but Beckett's teen daughter (Rayne Marcus) is abducted by a religious-fanatic pyromaniac and Beckett must save her before he saves the world. Meanwhile, Beckett strikes up a romance with Julie (Tamara Davies), a scientist on his team who is having a feud with her scientist father (John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies is a Welsh actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the charismatic Arab excavator Sallah in the Indiana Jones films and the dwarf Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
), also on the team.
Little do they know that also on the squad is the evil Kellaway (Mark Rolston
Mark Rolston
-Career:Rolston played PFC M. Drake in Aliens , Hans in Lethal Weapon 2 , Stef in RoboCop 2 , Bogs Diamond in The Shawshank Redemption , J. Scar in Eraser , Chief Dennis Wilson in Daylight , Wayne Bryce in Hard Rain and Special Agent in Charge Warren Russ in Rush Hour...
), who hates Beckett so much he'd let the planet blow up just to kill him. In the end Faith (Beckett's daughter) manages to get her hands on a cell phone and text messages him an SOS. He and Julie head to rescue her and Beckett kills her insane kidnapper.
They need to find a hole deep enough to drop the device down a few hundred feet and Faith knows of one in a subway station. They head there but meanwhile Kellaway murders the rest of the team (except the pilot who's waiting at the airport to fly them to safety) and comes to stop them. Beckett ends up throwing him down the shaft with the device.
Beckett, Julie and Faith head outside and are shocked to find that the pilot of the team has landed a Presidential jet in the middle of the road. He was ordered to wait there for Kellaway and flies them to safety as the two devices go off destroying Los Angeles and stopping the movement of the plates just before it's too late.