With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
Practical Effects
Practical destruction of miniature Dallas is weirdly charming.
Acting
Michael Biehn commits harder than this script deserves.
Score
Ominous synths that scream 'ABC Sunday Night Movie.'
Director
Bradford May
Michael Biehn
FEMA Director Jack Wallach
Annabella Sciorra
Dr. Lily McKee
Don Franklin
Ben Dodd
Carlos Gómez
Adam Marquez
Michael Weatherly
Dr. Matthew Rogers
Jensen Daggett
Dr. Valerie Brennan
Anne-Marie Johnson
Karen Dodd
Frank McRae
Lloyd Morgan
Denis Arndt
President
Anthony Zerbe
Dr. Charles Napier
Jon Cedar
General Smith
Victoria Hoffman
Alicia
Michael Flynn
Kansas City Fire Chief
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before Deep Impact and Armageddon, this NBC miniseries got absolutely buried by its bigger theatrical cousins. It's basically the 'also ran' of 1998 asteroid panic.
Michael Weatherly plays one of the Dallas doctors here, years before becoming NCIS's Tony DiNozzo — spotting him in scrubs is a weird time capsule moment.
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