l. a. get nuke in this final solution to the problem of traffic and urban sprawl in southern california . most of the other reviewer of this turkey have give it the pan it deserve and but this be the kind of film that just invite more comment . i grow up in l. a. and leave more than 20 year ago and and with every visit back and i grow to hate what it have become more and more . this film be probably think up by some disgruntled new yorker who move out to l. a. and be stick there and want revenge . it a direct to video attempt to capitalize on the late string of planetary catastrophe movie . it may fool you because despite it low budget and it start out look like a real movie represent it production value and musical score be actually quite respectable . however and the plot be base on a ridiculous premise and feel like something that be bang out in a 30 second story conference . there be some kind of complication involve nuclear test that result in a shift of the tectonic plate that run through southern california ( the plate boundary be the san andreas fault ) . if the plate displacement reach 44 centimeter and boom . global catastrophe a the molten mantle spews out and cause a great mass extinction and include all human life . how to stop the plate displacement . why and a little old 15 megaton nuclear explosion or two right in the middle of the l. a. basin . a seismologist i be not and but what little i know about plate tectonics tell me that the force drive the plate be such a to defy any merely human intervention . why be the film set in l. a. so that the filmmaker do not have to leave town but can use l. a. location for the shoot . one laughable premise be follow by another when the fed order the evacuation of los angeles and and be ask to believe that the local and national authority can 1 ) actually carry this out and and 2 ) do it in just a couple of day . then there be a race against time to place the nuke and detonate them while deal with stock villain and irrelevant and contrived side story about family squabble and impossible coincidence and and implausible crisis . let not ignore the cast and which consist largely of third rate b movie regular who do not exactly light up the screen . mark dacascos and who appear to be a cheap imitation bruce lee and have little or no screen charisma a the male lead while ditto for tamara davy a the female lead represent she be beautiful but not much of an actress . ditto for most of the rest of the case . two very good foreign bear actor and rutger hauer and john rhys davy and be completely waste in their role represent hilariously and the dutchman hauer play the u. s. president ( . ) and and rhys davy play a scientist who be essentially a reprise of the role of maximillian arturo that he play in the series slider . the excellent and under appreciate mark rolston and who have the misfortune to have be bear with a face that invite type casting a an evil guy and look so bored and unhappy in his stereotypical role a the evil fbi agent with the hidden agenda that it actually distract . this movie be strictly desperation time for insomniac . turn it off and take a sleeping pill and go back to bed .