Review – Asteroid

Alas, poor Kansas City. This two-part sci-fi movie got me all set to see my home town trashed by a giant rock from outer space. And then the catastrophe peters out. Instead of a mega-hit, all we get is a medium-sized stone that takes out a (wholly nonexistent) dam, causing nothing worse than some flooding. Instead, a different asteroid comes along later and trashes Dallas. When this plot has to stretch out to fill four hours’ worth of screen time (minus ads, of course), you know going in that you’re going to get a lot of lost kid crap and similar time-killers. Mildly amusing