This DVD cover gets featured not because of the graphics (nothing to write home about, but certainly no worse than the average direct-to-video genre flick), but because of the title:
You look in vain for some sign that, maybe, it’s one of those charming mistranslations of something that makes perfect sense in its native tongue (usually Japanese). But no. They just ran out of good titles.
#1 by RogerBW on December 21, 2010 - 11:28 am
Quote
Sadly, the skull-shaped mushroom cloud does not appear in the film.
It’s great fun, though, with a sufficiency of gin.
Hill Harper shows just how much he benefits from a good director. In CSI: New York he’s reasonably decent. Here… not so much.
And it appears the people putting this film together didn’t have the gumption to do an image search on “Stonehenge” and note that it’s not right next to a forest in the middle of nowhere.
#2 by The Rev. on December 21, 2010 - 1:06 pm
Quote
It’s not the best movie title, but I think it’d make a fine band name.
I think that graphic’s pretty damn goofy, myself.
#3 by Nathan Shumate on December 21, 2010 - 2:38 pm
Quote
Or the name of a protagonist in a Warren Ellis comic.
#4 by The Rev. on December 21, 2010 - 5:20 pm
Quote
Dammit, that’s even better than mine.
Well played, sir.
#5 by Nathan Shumate on December 21, 2010 - 5:29 pm
Quote
That’s why I make the big bucks.
#6 by Jen S on December 21, 2010 - 7:46 pm
Quote
Misha Collins??? Is he a yoga angel?
#7 by B. Wood on December 21, 2010 - 9:35 pm
Quote
Honestly the first thing that pops into my head when I see the phrase “Stonhenge Apocalypse” is the image of Stonehenge flying around shooting things with cartoon lightning bolts.
#8 by Nathan Shumate on December 21, 2010 - 10:16 pm
Quote
The long-lost sequel to Zardoz…
#9 by MatthewF on December 22, 2010 - 5:32 am
Quote
Considering that everyone who built/used/understood stonehenge has been dead for many thousands of years I would think that an apocalypse would be a little beside the point now. It would however wipe out quite a few coach parties and a nasty gift-shop.
#10 by Braineater on December 22, 2010 - 8:23 am
Quote
It might fall over and hit the dancing dwarf.
#11 by Anarquistador on December 22, 2010 - 7:11 am
Quote
It’s actually not that bad of a movie. Not horrible, just run-of-the-mill “ancient doomsday device” adventure. There is an apocalypse, and Stongehenge does play a part, although that’s about as logical as it gets…
#12 by DamonD on December 24, 2010 - 7:11 am
Quote
I remember stumbling across this one a few months back and read the synopsis…sounded like stupid fun.