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Aftershock: Earthquake In New York

1999, Movie, NR, 139 mins

Aftershock: Earthquake In New York: Review

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The premise that drove New York-area news anchor-turned-novelist Chuck Scarborough's bestseller was simple: that Manhattan's frustrated visitors and residents would love to see New York City get leveled. In this made-for-television adaptation, the special effects vary in quality and the interlocking survival stories are trite. But there's no denying the guilty pleasure of watching the Big Apple take a big hit! Dori Thorell (Sharon Lawrence) has noticed that her husband keeps attending out-of-town medical conferences ever their son was crippled in a car accident for which she was responsible. Meanwhile, busy ballerina Diane Agostini (Jennifer Garner, later star of TV's Alias) hits up her rich daddy for money, and Fire Chief Ahearn (Tom Skerritt) clashes with Mayor Lincoln (Charles S. Dutton) over policies. In another part of town, Lincoln's mother, Emily (Cicely Tyson), tries to rehabilitate a street punk while his daughter, lawyer Evie (Lisa Nicole Carson, of TV's Ally McBeal) tirelessly defends client Joshua Bingham (J.R. Bourne), who's facing manslaughter/homicide charges. These conflicts shrink in significance when a major tremor sweeps Manhattan. As the city reels from aftershocks, the Mayor and Ahearn swallow their differences. While Ahearn endeavors to extricate his daughter from a collapsed building, Evie is stuck in a subway tunnel with Joshua, who slowly reveals a darker side. And Dori dusts off her rappeling skills, so she can scale the side of a crumbling school and rescue her terrified son. You won't care about the fates of any of these cardboard characters, but Manhattan-bashers will get a charge out of seeing the city that never sleeps laid low. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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