10.5: Apocalypse

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10.5: Apocalypse

Directed by	John Lafia
Produced by	Howard Braunstein Rustin J. Feldman Michael Jaffe John Lafia Gary Pearl
Written by	John Lafia
Starring	Kim Delaney David Cubitt Dean Cain Carlos Bernard Frank Langella Beau Bridges
Distributed by	NBC & USA Network (USA)
Release date(s)	May 21, 2006 (USA)
Running time	240 min. (with commercials)
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
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10.5: Apocalypse is a 2006 television miniseries written, directed, and produced by John Lafia. A sequel to 2004's 10.5, the film follows a series of catastrophic seismic disasters (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, and sinkholes). Critical reaction was similar to that of its predecessor, with much criticism for its scientific basis and clichéd plot and character development.

The miniseries was filmed entirely in the Montreal area, where many of the scenes can easily be linked to areas in the outskirts of the city. The Sun Valley scene was filmed at the Mont Tremblant Resort, a popular skiing resort north of the city. All of the news reporters that appeared on TV in the film are all local news reporters for various news stations in Montreal. The visual effects company that created the visual effects for the movie is called "Hybride", which is based in Piedmont, Quebec, 40 minutes north of Montreal.

One of the places destroyed was Las Vegas. Several casinos were destroyed including the Bellagio. The survivors in one of the casinos worked together to reach the top and get rescued. Some survivors were, Dr. Hill, Jenna, Marie, Anne, Julie, Joe and Jesse. The plot of the movie centers around the occurence of a major earthquake in Los Angeles which triggered ancient fault lines (one of which may by the New Madrid Seismic Zone) throughout the entire continent eventually resulting in an earthquake which created a split in the midwest, starting in South Dakota, going through the entire continent of North America, and ending in the Gulf of Mexico; thereby splitting the United States and Canada in half.