Random sudden sinkholes threaten to spoil everyone's Mardi Gras fun in New Orleans. It's up to rogue geologist Matt Andrews (a solid and likeable performance by John Corbett) to save the day.
While director Mario Azzopardi keeps the enjoyably asinine story moving along at a brisk pace, maintains a serious tone throughout, and offers a flavorsome Big Easy atmosphere, he crucially fails to provide much in the way of any essential tension. The dodgy CGI effects and the inevitable cornball subplot about greedy jerks refusing to evacuate the city because they place more value on money over human life don't help matters any. Fortunately, the game cast do their best with the silly formulaic material: Jessica Steen as the sweet, but fed-up Allison Beauchamp, Brittany Daniel as the spunky Cinder Evers, Andrew Kraulis as the dashing Dalton, Peter Stebbings as wormy and conniving city official George Regan, Derwin Jordan as the valiant Remy, and Eugene Clark as concerned Mayor John Lafitte. Moreover, this teleflick deserves some praise for not punking out on its premise: A bunch of Mardi Gras celebrants are killed and others severely banged up after a sinkhole opens up in the middle of a street. A passable time-killer.
While director Mario Azzopardi keeps the enjoyably asinine story moving along at a brisk pace, maintains a serious tone throughout, and offers a flavorsome Big Easy atmosphere, he crucially fails to provide much in the way of any essential tension. The dodgy CGI effects and the inevitable cornball subplot about greedy jerks refusing to evacuate the city because they place more value on money over human life don't help matters any. Fortunately, the game cast do their best with the silly formulaic material: Jessica Steen as the sweet, but fed-up Allison Beauchamp, Brittany Daniel as the spunky Cinder Evers, Andrew Kraulis as the dashing Dalton, Peter Stebbings as wormy and conniving city official George Regan, Derwin Jordan as the valiant Remy, and Eugene Clark as concerned Mayor John Lafitte. Moreover, this teleflick deserves some praise for not punking out on its premise: A bunch of Mardi Gras celebrants are killed and others severely banged up after a sinkhole opens up in the middle of a street. A passable time-killer.