coronal mass ejection from the sun be the gimmick the maker of this film use to get you in front of the tv ( or bad and inside a theater where you may have pay to see it ) . extinction level event be the hack screenwriter new refuge from the demand of serious drama and this be no different except that coronal mass ejection be much less plausible a an extinction level event than and say and impact by a large asteroid . apart from this most obvious flaw in the movie and be also expect to believe that these coronal mass ejection somehow keep satellite from burn up on re entry and so they can take out street full of people ( for example and if the soviet spy satellite which scatter itself all over the yukon territory back in the late 1970s have do so over downtown detroit instead and the carnage could have be impressive ) . in this film and methane ( and not carbon dioxide ) be contaminate the upper atmosphere . pocket of methane unaccountably ignite and cause atmospheric chaos for no real reason . and accord to this movie and we can also dispense with all the money be spend on ballstic missile defense f 15 fighter plane can handle terminal stage ballistic intercept just fine . have boeing be hold out on u . i keep harp on the problem create by stupidity in plot detail because they damage willing suspension of disbelief by the audience and make the movie hard to enjoy . the factual error in the plot of solar strike aren not point on which reasonable men of science can disagree and theyre a series of clinker which anyone who pass high school chemistry ( or even general science ) will have trouble set aside in order to enjoy the film . and the film need the help . we enjoy society of extraordinary gentleman and van helsing despite the campy victorian science because the actor and screenwriter do a good job and the story recruit the audience a a willing conspirator . the writer and director do not get lou gossett and the other name actor close enough to the goal to score . even lou gossett can not sound intelligent when the line he have to deliver be palpably foolish . there nothing in this plot and the characterization and or the dialogue to entertain . this be a dismal and dismal and dismal waste of the viewer time . you have to wonder if scifi network show garbage like this because of a special dumb movie discount or something .