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Impact
EMAILPRINTMINISERIES: ABC, begins Sunday 6/21 at 9:00p
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 7 critic reviews
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Show Info
Genre(s): Sci-Fi & Fantasy
First Air Date: June 21, 2009
Summary
Starring David James Elliott, Natasha Henstridge, Benjamin Sadler, Florentine Lahme, James Cromwell, and Steven Culp
Earth is under threat of destruction after a meteor sends the moon on a collision course toward Earth.
Episode Guide & More Info: More about this show at TV.com
Also On The Web: Official Show Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Impact marks neither the first nor the last time TV tackles the potential destruction of the world, and summer seems to be prime time for that kind of good solid escapism.
Read Full Review >VarietyBrian Lowry
Director Michael J. Rohl and his cast--including Steven Culp as a U.S. president dealt an even worse hand than Obama--tackle the increasingly preposterous gobbledygook with admirable conviction.
Read Full Review >The New York TimesGinia Bellafante
I didn’t mind Impact’s well-paced goofiness, despite really wanting to mind it.
Read Full Review >Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
You’ll be subjected to awkward plot exposition about the disaster via urgent news reports on TV, sputtering experts, and oh-so-shocked politicians--the kind of stiff exposition that gives scripted TV a bad name.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Once presented, however cheesily, as major events, shows like ABC's two-part Impact, are now treated as the summer afterthoughts they seem to be: barely scripted programming built for an international audience and employing actors who generally deserve better.
Read Full Review >SalonHeather Havrilesky
There are a few random action sequences, but the mounting catastrophes feel like a lukewarm side dish to the big, bland entree of Impact, a stunningly slow, arduous journey through flat dialogue and idiotic astronomy.
Read Full Review >Washington PostLeslie Yazel
We like the sexy people in Impact. We just miss the sexy plot.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this show is 4.1 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jack H gave it a1:
Poor, very poor, terrible script, unrealistic stereo typing of the Army, President, the whole of Britain, Germany, scientists, Scooby Doo without the fun.
M S gave it a0:
Insulting, vapid, insipid, dull, dim.... Yes, the perfect script for JAG goes to the moon.
Mike D gave it a2:
Really!? This is being broadcast on network TV? I watched 10-minute sections of it with my jaw open at just how bad this thing is. Was there no one anywhere who was willing to say, "Just say no.?"
