In a climate change ravaged world in 2012, after 240 days without rain Sydney has only two weeks of water left. When the city is then ringed by severe bushfires, the question becomes, how do you fight fire when you have no water?
Practical Effects
Realistic fire sequences on a TV movie budget—surprisingly convincing.
Acting
Vince Colosimo carrying every scene he's in, as usual.
Director
Tony Tilse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 2008 during Australia's Millennium Drought, it accidentally predicted the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires with eerie accuracy.
The entire film was produced for Channel Nine as a telemovie; its theatrical release in some markets was a complete accident of distribution.