There has been quite a bit of buzz in the preparedness community about the new movie from Mike Norris (son of Chuck Norris) Amerigeddon. Unfortunately, it is only being released in 8 states, but fortunately ours was one of them.
If you haven’t heard about this movie, here is the basic plot and the video trailer.
It will take a dedicated family of patriots armed with strong survival skills and the remains of the Second Amendment to save America and reclaim its freedom.
From the Amerigeddon website:
“The fact that a recent poll showed a majority of Americans are enraged with the federal government points to a frenzy of unrest with the dictatorial way in which our country has been run,” said Norris. “My family has long been involved in protecting the rights of Americans. We are concerned about the future and and see this film as a call to action. We urge people to join us in theaters and show Hollywood and politicians that true patriots will fight for their rights and want to see their values represented on-screen.”
A collaboration between Norris and entrepreneur and writer Gary Heavin, AMERIGEDDON seizes on fact-based threats and asks the ultimate question, “What happens when government turns on the people it’s supposed to protect?”
Mike Norris recently did an interview with 4th Watch Radi talking about the movie and the challenges he faced. Click here and listen.
My Thoughts on Amerigeddon
Before going to see this movie I read some mixed reviews, but because this movie was banned in Hollywood and agents advised their clients not to be part of the movie I thought the bad reviews were a little unfounded.
With the limited resources available to Mike Norris he actually did a good job, and you could tell that if they had more to work with it could have been done much better. It did have that “low budget” feel to it, but considering it was basically blackballed by Hollywood, they did a very good job with what they had.
No Hollywood Nonsense: Like I said earlier, you are not going to see the sex and violence or the pop culture brainwashing you see in a typical Hollywood movie in Amerigeddon. The movie sticks to the story line and no one has complex issues with their sexuality.
Believe it or not there is no cussing, and no sex scenes in the movie. The closest they came to cussing was when one of the “domestic Terrorists” said “oh spit!” This could be another reason Hollywood wanted nothing to do with the movie.
Conspiracy theory, or Conspiracy Fact: The fact that this movie was banned in Hollywood only give the plot more credence in my opinion. Hollywood has no problem pushing the envelope when it comes to sex and violence, but when it comes to questioning our governments motives, they want no part of it…even if it is “fiction”
I personally think that there are other scenarios where an EMP is more likely, but that doesn’t mean this scenario is impossible to fathom. People probably thought the movie 1984 was unrealistic too, but we can see some of that playing out even today.
The Story Line: This movie stayed on point for the most part, and hit some good preparedness bullet points like OPSEC, Skills, Faraday cages, security, community and critical thinking.
The story was based around a group of people, and even though I was hoping for a little more about how people would react (the masses) the story takes place in the first couple days of an EMP and Martial Law being enacted. Hopefully there is enough interest in this movie for them to make a sequel, I think that would be a great movie.
CGI: The worst part of the movie was the CGI (graphics) but it wasn’t needed very much. The graphics were something like you would see in Sharknado, but I was willing to look past that considering the budget they had.
Final thoughts
If you go in expecting a Hollywood blockbuster you are going to leave disappointed, and some parts were a little unrealistic, but it is a movie after all. I’d say this movie lies somewhere in between American Blackout (very good) and the Collapsed (very bad)
With more financial backing the sequel to this movie could be great!
If you have ever seen a Chuck Norris movie you know those are not the greatest movies ever either, but he’s still Chuck Norris right? Because he is so passionate about this topic I can see Mike Norris following in his father’s footsteps and creating some pretty good movies in the future.
The good side of this being a limited release, is that it will probably be available on DVD soon. This is not a movie that you are going to want to put in your preparedness library, but it is worth watching if you go in understanding what it is, and what it isn’t.
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3 replies to "AmeriGEDDON Movie Review"
I happen to live in one of the states that this movie is not showing in? Will it be available on DVD? I would really like to see this move.
Personally, I thought this movie was a disaster. As a prepper what did you really gain from the movie? I didn’t gain anything, I had very high hopes for this movie and I think if the movie was written and directed correctly it could have been a wonderful movie. The movie has a great premise as it starts out, a shadow government has put plans in motion to take down the current American government so they can create a NWO. Very nice idea, but the movie is so poorly executed it reminds me of nothing more than a drunk uncle rambling at a Christmas party as he wears a tinfoil hat. A wonderful series that goes into this Idea was the show Jericho it only lasted two seasons, but the way they explore the idea of a shadow government is much better in my option.
The worst part about this is entire thing is, I really like some of the characters Charlie and Sam were awesome, and they even had some pretty decent acting. I’m kind of sorry they got stuck in this turd of a film.
I thought it was a great Norris movie, looking forward to the sequel