This mini was entertaining and the science wasn't TOO bad (at least, in comparison with most of these sort of shows). I enjoyed the "mockumentary" style, with a storyline interspersed with mock interviews with the major players, and it was visually quite impressive.
My biggest beef, however, came from the ending. Just when I thought this show was about to move into the next phase, with the eruption and its aftermath, the credits rolled! I don't know if they'd blown their visual effects budget or what, but we were left with a dozen or more characters hanging, their fates unknown, and about a gazillion unanswered questions (like how did Rick get into the underground installation in Colorado?).
I would have given it an 8 or 9 had it not been for this atrocious, up-in-the-air ending that was worthy of a 1970s B-grade sci-fi or horror, not a current BBC production.
Personally, I wouldn't bother with it again. If it comes onto a TV channel, you might want to watch it out of interest's sake, but don't waste your money on the DVD like I did...
My biggest beef, however, came from the ending. Just when I thought this show was about to move into the next phase, with the eruption and its aftermath, the credits rolled! I don't know if they'd blown their visual effects budget or what, but we were left with a dozen or more characters hanging, their fates unknown, and about a gazillion unanswered questions (like how did Rick get into the underground installation in Colorado?).
I would have given it an 8 or 9 had it not been for this atrocious, up-in-the-air ending that was worthy of a 1970s B-grade sci-fi or horror, not a current BBC production.
Personally, I wouldn't bother with it again. If it comes onto a TV channel, you might want to watch it out of interest's sake, but don't waste your money on the DVD like I did...