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Epoch

Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities

Movie propaganda

Evolution... is this the beginning or the end?

Revisiting Earth after four billion years an entity rises over Bhutan in central Asia.

An electrical storm restores life to a small boy, locals fall to their knees before the towering object.

In Mexico a light bulb flickers as Mason Rand (David Keith), strategic weapons expert, learns he has a year to live.

In Georgetown, USA, Doctor Czaban (Stephanie Niznik), science advisor to the National Security Agency, is receiving her bad news.

A news flash reports a phenomenon causing massive power disruptions around the world.

Both Rand and Czaban are called to investigate the Bhutan site, where the USA and the Chinese are in conflict over control of the mysterious entity. With the clock ticking Rand, Czaban and a USA Captain must get inside to learn its secrets before their superiors command its nuclear obliteration.

Are the investigators being studied... is it time for the next new epoch beyond the human?

Also starring James Avery as Doctor Solomon Holt, Ryan O'Neal as Allen Lysander, Donna Magnani as Jessica Keets, James Hong, Shannon Lee, Brian Thompson and Craig Wasson. Written by Johnathan Raymond, directed by Matt Codd.

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Magna Pacific

Intelligence analyst

Secret Agent Acid Thunder

Theatrical report

Ladies and gentlemen! History has been made! For the first time in history, it's gonna start rainin' men!

No, hang on, that's not right. for the first time in history, a rip-off, straight-to-video film has been released before the original theatrical release film! Epoch is the same as Evolution, but better.

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Not what I expected.

Being released straight to video, I expected Epoch to be a bit dodgy, at best, and at worst a great big dog. What it turned out to be is a B+grade science fiction/action flick with a lot of clichés but all tied up in a very clever package that makes it more interesting than it should be.

Don't get me wrong, Epoch is no Close encounters of the third kind and certainly no Star wars, but it also isn't the kind of video you shudder to take off the shelf of your local video shop yet you have to because of your addiction to all things from outer space.

You'll get a good hit with not too many nasty side effects.