i be give this flick a 2 because it be not the bad sci fi channel movie i have ever see . that classification be reserve for one of those hand puppet and creature feature call centipede . the plot of scorcher be unreal and the script inane and the acting bland and and the casting just unbelievable . no matter what one might think of ruger hauer a an actor and he do not look nor sound much like a native born american and which some and but apparently not the producer of this disaster of a disaster movie and know the president must be . all these deal seem to have one thing in common . a tension building disaster timer and in this case the plate movement toward the critical 44 cm mark . i get that . what i do not get be the fact that the script then have the cast sit around whine and bsing and crack joke and whisper sweet nothing and while the clock count down toward the end of the world . oh . and 12 minute to get out of the tunnel and find your plane ( not to worry about the rest of your team ) and take off and get out of range of a 15 megaton nuke . gim me a break . oops and my bad . i do not have to watch .