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The Trigger Effect

starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Richard T. Jones, Bill Smitrovich
directed by: David Koepp

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783224299
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 078322429X
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 20, 1999
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 44776
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: August 30, 1996



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Product Description:
When nothing works anything goes. When a mysterious power failure cuts off all forms of communication and leads to a social melt down annie and matt a young suburban couple are thrown into a chaotic test of survival. An unexpected visit from an old friend joe spurs a venture into the city. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/06/2004 Starring: Elisabeth Shue Dermot Mulroney Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R Director: David Koepp

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Do yourself a favor and buy some canned goods, a flashlight, and a radio before you watch this film. Unfairly dismissed by the critics and missed by the public, this pre-Y2K suspense film by writer-director David Koepp (the writer of Jurassic Park and Apartment Zero) is a chilling, sobering experience that will turn any practical person into a paranoid, apocalyptic loon. When the power goes out in the big city and society starts to break down, husband and wife Matthew (Kyle MacLachlan) and Annie (Elisabeth Shue) find out that not even suburbia is safe. Complicating the situation is their mutual friend Joe (Dermot Mulroney), who stays with them during the blackout, partially because of his interest in Annie. Koepp's inventive and authentic take on interpersonal relationships (Shue and MacLachlan are great as a foundering couple) and the assault on the white-collar male ego are spot-on. Koepp doesn't stop there. He also plays and builds imaginatively on suspense conventions (including the casting of character-baddie Michael Rooker), race relations, and our prejudicial, judgmental attitudes toward strangers. The concatenation of events, how they affect us without our knowledge, and our dependence on the machinery and power that prop up our society complete this involving, perceptive analysis of our very weak social fabric. (The DVD includes some interesting production notes, including the fact that Annie and Matthew live on Maple and Willoughby, a nod to two famous episodes of The Twilight Zone, one of them being the paranoid 'The Monsters Are Coming to Maple Street' episode.) --Keith Simanton



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - short, sweet and to the point
It's not overly complex and it's not profound, but the actors are good in their roles, the movie has ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Well worth the rental / purchase price!
I've always kept the "The Trigger Effect" in the back of my memory after watching it on TV years ago, ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Pretty good
When a power failure sends their suburban town into chaos, Matthew (Kyle MacLachlan) and his wife (Elisabeth ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Horribly written stinker
One of the stupidest, badly-written dramatic movies I have ever encountered. They took an intriguing premise ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Doesn't explore the trigger concept to its full extent
Maybe I am on the wrong wavelength here but the film reminded me somewhat of Pay it Forward, i.e. the way people ... Read More

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