Stargate Theatre - Stonehenge Apocalypse
Stargate Theatre
Stonehenge Apocalypse
Stonehenge Apocalypse is the latest movie I am taking a look at under the Stargate Theatre banner and this made for tv movie stars Misha Collins and Torri Higginson along with other notable actors we have seen on Stargate including Peter Wingfield, Michael Kopsa, David Lewis and Aaron Pearl. The movie premiered in 2010 on the US Syfy channel and globally on the Syfy platform over the next few years along with DVD releases in 2010 and 2011.
Far below the town of Waterstone in Maine a well armed and guarded mining operation is underway led by the archaeologist/scientist Dr Joseph Leshem ( Hill Harper ), a wall is found covered in pictographs and hieroglyphics and when he takes a golden Ankh from a case it embeds itself into the wall and an energy discharge takes place. Meanwhile a group of tourists are visiting Stonehenge in England when the central altar begins to glow and the stones start to revolve, lightning is discharged between the stones and as the people flee a pulse of energy is released which vaporises them. Dr Jacob Glaser ( Misha Collins ) a discredited yet brilliant scientist is hosting his conspiracy themed radio show when he hears about the events at Stonehenge and the fact that the army has cordoned off the area. He contacts his former colleague (Joseph) who remains timelipped over his specific discovery but armed with nothing but the desire for the truth Jacob heads to Stonehenge.
Dr Kaycee Leeds played by Torri Higginson and Dr John Trousdale ( Peter Wingfield ) are heading the team who are investigating Stonehenge and they discover that the soil composition has changed and Kaycee barely escapes with her life as once again the energy pulse discharges from the monoliths. Jacob is apprehended in the vicinity and his research is discovered, he believes that there are huge primordial energy conduits that span the globe with certain places on Earth that can access this energy marked buy constructs built by ancient societies. The pyramids at Giza, Yucatan Peninsula and Java are such sights along with Stonehenge and many more and Jacob believes they could elements of a terraforming system which made out world so many millennia ago and may once again be gearing up to cleanse the planet and begin again…
Stonehenge Apocalypse is a fast paced and fun disaster movie with an impressive and respetable cast of actors who bring life to a wide variety of characters who for the most part suite the narrative perfectly. Misha is great as the driven but disgraced scientist and Torri the one who puts aside her rigid beliefs and is willing to listen. The Military characters are as stubborn as you would expect but even there we see some flexibility as the events unfold and Dr Trousdale is wonderful played by Peter. The downside of the movie is that well location shooting was very good the CGI used for the pyramids and surrounding areas were pretty poor, it may be a choice to spend money on the cast or location shooting and just go with basic CGI elements but it hurt the movie. All in all though a fun movie and well worth sitting down to watch, even more so if you can kibitz along because ain’t that what a “b” movie is for?
My thanks for listening to my take on Stonehenge Apocalypse and if you would like to join me to discuss a movie with Stargate actors links or a Stargate episode itself then please get in touch. Any ratings and reviews are welcome on Apple podcasts or where ever you listen to your podcasts, sharing and liking our social media posts is also appreciated. The next episode from the podcast has yet to be decided but I am leaning towards another monster themed movie, I hope you tune in and find out.
