The Trigger Effect

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Summary: hey, elisabeth shue is in it so give it a try
Review: "The Trigger Effect" is an honest but painful look at the unstable house of cards our society is built upon. The suburbs are full of anesthetized Americans who think they are safe. This movie cuts through the fallacy of safety we all live under. The illusion of security from police protection, government oversight, some money in the bank or a gun under the mattress are shown to be an insubstantial chimera obscuring the underlying harshness of reality. "The Trigger Effect" uses a power failure to graphically demonstrate the inevitable results of the failure of one card in our fragile social system. Not a pleasant movie, but an important one. If you're looking for a linear plot or a strong story line look elsewhere. Recommended viewing for all suburbanites.

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Summary: A harsh dose of reality
Review: "The Trigger Effect" is an honest but painful look at the unstable house of cards our society is built upon. The suburbs are full of anesthetized Americans who think they are safe. This movie cuts through the fallacy of safety we all live under. The illusion of security from police protection, government oversight, some money in the bank or a gun under the mattress are shown to be an insubstantial chimera obscuring the underlying harshness of reality. "The Trigger Effect" uses a power failure to graphically demonstrate the inevitable results of the failure of one card in our fragile social system. Not a pleasant movie, but an important one. If you're looking for a linear plot or a strong story line look elsewhere. Recommended viewing for all suburbanites.

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Summary: a very interesting plot for a movie
Review: As a Kyle MacLachlan freak this film is disappointing in casting him as a spineless husband in the face of fear gaining enough gall to steal medicine for his ailing son once the panic of excommunication sets in. The technological losses and its results are too simplistic, Elisabeth Shue's narrative is irritating rather than eerie, Mulrooney is predictable. Kyle does extreme injustice to himself, but that's my problem. You guys enjoy the violence and chaos that's implied more than demonstrated, and hope you don't have the neighbors they do.

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Summary: hey, elisabeth shue is in it so give it a try
Review: Entertaining, realistic movie. check it out sometime.

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Summary: Man oh man Elizabeth Shue is HOT HOT HOT
Review: HOLY COW! If you like Elisabeth Shue, this is probably the second best movie to see her in (second only to Leaving Las Vegas, where she gets naked!! wahoo!). She walks around in a see thru bra in one scene, then pulls her bra down to touch herself.. mmmm. Great movie, neat story too.

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Summary: Awful movie - stay away.
Review: I actually went to see this move at a movie theater. This was Elizabeth Shue's first movie following her great performance in "Leaving Las Vegas," so I wanted to give it the benefit of doubt - big mistake. But instead of reviewing the movie itself, here's my contribution: Of about 60 people sitting in the movie theater with us, over 40 people left before the end of the movie and those people - like me - who stayed until the bitter end, were probably all hoping there would be this magical thing, this "deus ex machina" experience at the end, that would help us understand the deeper meaning of it all. Wrong. I guess we all wished we would have left with the others - very early in the movie ...

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Summary: Watch It Twice
Review: I didn't like it much the first time I saw it, however it seems much better on the second viewing to grasp the meaning of it all. Besides that, not much anything else to say about "The Trigger Effect", other than it has many comparisons with "Strange Days". I would give it 3 stars on the better 4 star rating scale.

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Summary: a good movie
Review: I first saw this film on cable,it only had a two-star rating,but I watched it anyway.It was pretty good.Its basically a character study of what happens to people in a crisis situation..like how they experience irrational fear,paranoia,selfishness,and even racism under these circumstances.The acting is good,and Elisabeth Shue is always lovely with her short voluptuous body.Omg,I wanna mount her!

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Summary: a very interesting plot for a movie
Review: I really enjoyed this movie. The acting is very good by the
three main characters. The plot is the power goes out in a busy
city for no reason at all. It shows the panic and hysteria
which goes on in a particular neighborhood without getting too
violent. The story centers around Elizabeth Shue and her husband
and another male friend. yhere is tension between the three main
characters, their neighborhood, and the city itself. This movie
shows what panic can do to ordinary people and the good and bad
it brings out in characters when faced with situations which
occur when they come in contact with the unknown. Buy this movie
you will like it especially if you like the three main actors
in the movie

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Summary: Great Y2K Movie!!
Review: I think this movie is a good, overall account of a potential Y2K disaster and nothing more. It came out a few years ago when no one was paying attention to Y2K and is not supposed to be a prediction of it, it just happens to do it anyway! It does seem kind of "Mad Max" -ish, which holds your attention, but the story is corny. However, the redeeming quality of the movie is that it's a good depiction of what might happen with the Y2K scenario: mass power outages, lack of communications, urban decay, personal safety, etc. See it soon, stock your medicine, load your shotgun, and get some cash in small bills....