Category 7: The End of the World [Blu-ray] | ![Category 7: The End of the World [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bGKP9mVOL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Dick Lowry
Actors: Gina Gershon, Shannen Doherty, Robert Wagner, Randy Quaid, Tom Skerritt
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 11614
Format: Color, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 169 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 11
UPC: 096009000110
EAN: 0096009000110
ASIN: B0013DI4K6
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: April 1, 2008
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Who doesn't enjoy watching big things fall to pieces? Category 7: The End of the World wreaks havoc on the Eiffel Tower, Mt. Rushmore, the Pyramids, and a midwestern trailer park, among other things. More or less a sequel to Category 6: Day of Destruction (presumably the latest in a series that began with Category 1: Don't Forget Your Umbrella), Category 7 offers the reassuring sight of Gina Gershon, skilled with disasters like Showgirls, taking control of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Confronted with city-destroying weather, she calls in rebel meteorologist Ross Duffy (Cameron Daddo, star of such classics as Pterodactyl and Anthrax), who runs the Extreme Weather Lab and harbors theories that threaten the political status quo. Ross brings in Tommy Tornado (Randy Quaid, the sole returning actor from Category 6), Faith Clavell (Shannen Doherty, Charmed), and Col. Mike Davis (Tom Skerritt, Alien) to gather data...which isn't the most dramatic of activities (even when it involves souped-up cars and superjets), so the movie adds a subplot about a religious zealot (Nicholas Lea, The X-Files) who wants to unleash the plagues of Egypt so that everyone will realize it's the End of Days. What does it all add up to? A lot of over-the-top hooey (and that's not including the assorted family turmoils), but pretty entertaining nonetheless. It's like a lesser Michael Crichton novel: Take an inflammatory vaguely scientific premise, add two-dimensional characters, cheesy but spectacular effects, and a full-throttle if nonsensical plot, and presto! Over three hours of silly yet utterly watchable television. For added fun, drink a shot every time one character tells another "You're the most important person on the planet right now." --Bret Fetzer
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CATEGORY 7: THE END OF THE WORLD
As a deadly Category 6 storm descends upon the Earth, unleashing violent winds, hurricane force pressure, and devastating tornadoes, officials scramble to pinpoint the cause. Though global warming is suspect, beautiful but discredited scientist Faith Clavell (Shannen Doherty, Mallrats, TV's Charmed) realizes that something else is triggering the extreme weather. Teaming up with storm chaser Tommy Tornado (Emmy nominee Randy Quaid, Brokeback Mountain, Elvis) and Judith Carr (Gina Gershon, Sinatra, Face/Off), head of FEMA, Faith realizes they must enter the storm itself if they hope to stop it. While the country is at its most vulnerable, the government becomes aware that it is the target of a terrorist organization. Now, it's not only man against nature, but man against man as an intensified Category 7 approaches...
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
A great review January 5, 2009
M. Marcelis (Bloemendaal, Netherlands)
The Amazon review by Bret Fetzer is very informative and great fun. I'm very sorry I'm not able to select 'by reviewer'.
 PURE GARBAGE!! December 3, 2008
J. Dalton (West Palm Beach, Florida United States)
This movie is absolutely PURE GARBAGE. Horrible in every respect. Do not waste your money on this and certainly do not waste your time on this joke of a movie. The idea that the thermal footprint of a city can reach the mesosphere is hilarious. Not only is the plot completely stupid, but the acting is some of the worst I've seen.
And, who was the spastic camera man? Terrible, terrible, terrible!!! I am giving a one star rating only because I cannot give it a zero or for that matter a negative 5.
What a stinker October 9, 2008
Daniel B. Yoe (Marietta, GA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll preface my review by saying that I generally like to indulge in the fantasy of disaster films. Without doubt, though, this is the worst movie I have ever attempted to watch. After watching the first fifteen minutes I assumed it was going to be a comedy or a spoof and sat in stunned amazement for another 20 minutes before getting the disc out of my player and throwing it in the trash. Besides the premise being laughably silly, the writing and acting are both deplorable. How do these things get made? It's unbelievable that a genuine producer actually read the script for this dog and decided to put money behind it. Imagine Al Gore and George Soros coming up with the most preposterous weather-related doomsday idea they could dream up, teaming up with the worst screenplay writer in the history of Hollywood, then recruiting the least skilled actors they could find in the unemployment line, putting them all together and adding some computerized special effects after directing the production themselves and you have Category 7. Movies this bad should come with a warning label that says "take a good whiff before buying". Horrible, just horrible.
 Movie review October 3, 2008
George Felder III (Annville, PA)
The usual catastrophic film! Blu-ray made it more palatable, but more expensive too. If you like these films, you will like this one too. If not....(?) Personally, I don't mind any type of sci-fi flick, so I will continue to purchase them--although maybe I will not buy Blu-rays to save on costs.
Category 7: End of the world - should be End the Movie! September 7, 2008
Stephen K. Von Bargen
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This has to be the biggest waste of Blue Ray technology yet. The acting was bad - the visuals were bad - the story was bad - need I say more!
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