Terra Kaffe - Shop now
See All Buying Options

500 Mph Storm

Casper Van Dien (Actor), Michael Beach (Actor), Daniel Lusko (Director) Format: DVD
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 509 ratings
IMDb2.3/10.0
Additional DVD options Edition Discs
Price
New from Used from
DVD
April 10, 2017 		—
1
$9.44
$8.08 $5.88
DVD
February 26, 2013 		—
1
—
$19.98 $7.40
DVD — —
—
— $7.99
DVD
February 26, 2013 		—
1
—
— —
Watch Instantly with Rent Buy
500 MPH Storm $4.99 $12.99

Product Description

When an energy experiment goes haywire, a rash of massive hurricanes rips across North America. A high school science teacher must get his family to safety before the hurricanes merge, creating a "hypercane" with the power to wipe the US off the map.

Product details

  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.52 x 5.35 x 0.55 inches; 2.6 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Daniel Lusko
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, AC-3
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 26, 2013
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Casper Van Dien, Michael Beach
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Asylum Home Ent - Video Service Corp VSC
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AAQ7JZS
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 509 ratings

Customer reviews

3.9 out of 5 stars
509 global ratings

Review this product

Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review
storms are very powerful
5 out of 5 stars
storms are very powerful
strong winds Mother Nature
Hide
Thank you for your feedback
Sorry, there was an error
Sorry we couldn't load the review

Top reviews from the United States

  • dano
    5.0 out of 5 stars Moive
    Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2024
    Verified Purchase
    This was a good movie to watch
    Helpful
     Report
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars DVD Review
    Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2023
    Verified Purchase
    DVD case sealed and undamaged. Movie played without recording defect.
    Helpful
     Report
  • scm1893
    1.0 out of 5 stars Run! The [choose one] Storm/Tidal Wave/Fire is Coming!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2018
    Verified Purchase
    500 MPH Storm - 1 Star - Nah

    Let me tell you, right off, there's no 500 MPH storm. I watched to see the SFX of a 500 mph storm. There weren't any. There was an aerial view of a massive "swirlie" that constituted the "hypercane". There's lots of footage of ordinary F5 inland hurricanes. Boring, paltry 100+ mph winds. Nascar does better than that. Some balloonists get spun around. Whoo.
    I don't want to see a bunch of buildings fall into ruin with bodies strewn everywhere. I want to see the land wiped clean of man's existence. Blow it all back to Canada, where it came from. Now. that's biblical!

    For the most part, the movie consists of the main characters being chased by hurricane SFX. They outrun the hurricane in a car. Then they out run it on foot. Then they outrun it in a car. Then they outrun it on foot. And so it goes. The hurricane is obviously messin' with them. It only moves fast enough to panic them along; whether they're running or driving. It'll stop chasing them just long enough for some crap drama and then it's back to the race. To break the monotony of being chased by water; they get chased by fire. Oh, not to worry, hero can also fly helicopters; can't everyone? I swear the script reads like a Reader's Digest submission.

    How did the great catastrophe occur, you ask? NASA built a powerful energy beam that was gonna save 'Merica. Well, they fired it up and it punched a big hole in our atmosphere, causing storms of biblical proportions. Well, dang it, anyway. Who'd a thunk a nuclear powered energy beam could damage the atmosphere? Live and learn.

    Now, the guy who created this technology isn't a part of the initial test. He's ballooning with his family. This makes sense. He and his family must be loners. They know no one else at the balloon festival. And when he realizes a storm is building, he doesn't warn any of the other balloonists in the area. Which is good for us as we get to watch balloons go round and round. Some of 'em pop like regular balloons; which I don't understand. I would think the hurricane would cool the airbag. Then basket and all would tumble as it spun through the air. But these balloonists are Xtreme. They ride the currents like champion surfers, until they pop, reminiscent of Carousel in Logan's Run. It looks like one big massive Tilt-a-Whirl at a carnival.

    And so it drags on. They got it fixed. It isn't fixed. They got it fixed. It isn't fixed. They got it fixed. Whew, finally. Well, that was fun; only trillions of dollars in damages. Thousands of people were killed. But, hero and family bonded and that's all that's required for a happy ending.

    Oh, and their fix only stopped the current storms. It didn't repair the hole in the atmosphere. Que sera.
    26 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • dotnroo
    4.0 out of 5 stars Disaster movie
    Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2022
    Verified Purchase
    Good feature and always looking for more.
    Helpful
     Report
  • Joe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good action movie
    Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2023
    Verified Purchase
    It was enjoyable
    Helpful
     Report
  • Einsatz
    3.0 out of 5 stars "People exploded! They blew up!"
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2015
    Verified Purchase
    Hot air balloons on a collusion course fill the sky, meanwhile there's an infusion reactor thingy going haywire because some dopey scientists thought to invent a means of making energy. Something immediately goes wrong, and an instant storm develops. Chaos. Everyone run screaming.........................! Abandon balloons and all hope, it's another weather disaster flick starring Casper Van Dien. In this particular offering, Casper must protect his family and the planet from a colossal doohickey he had some small part in creating. To that end, he drives and drives and drives, when he isn't running and running and running to escape the terror unleashed! In the interim, at the site of the hubbub, two guys argue over how to correct their enormous blunder. They haven't a clue. It doesn't appear that anyone does. But at least our heroes, the plucky family of three, had enough sense to head for higher ground, for all the good it did them.
    Considering all the driving and the time spent in vehicles, you could easily classify this as a road picture. With incredibly bad weather. No matter where they go the storm follows, and inexplicably, so does a lot of sunshine.

    Depending on your sense of humor, this crap-fest of a sci-fi disaster flick could be considered quite diverting. Or it could just land like a giant thud in your brain, a complete misfire. It is a bit overwrought in its presentation. Everyone `acts' with such a heightened sense of urgency, frantic to produce a display of forced dread, that none of the performances feel genuine. It doesn't help that Casper is constantly pausing to pose for the camera, hair wind blown, looking worried and distressed. I'd look worried too if I saw my career blowin' in the wind.
    13 people found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • Debbi C
    5.0 out of 5 stars I may be the only one ...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018
    Verified Purchase
    From looking at the review I may be the only one that loved this movie. If you like Assylum and other B - disaster movies you will love this movie. I love watching this type of movie for fun light movies. If you are looking for technical and reality reasons, keep moving on.
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report
  • al
    5.0 out of 5 stars A family that out runs storms stays together
    Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2018
    Verified Purchase
    I usually am not picky when it comes to natural disaster movies. Adds a new definition to powerful and windy. But I personally don't know how the family would be able to out rut the storm.
    One person found this helpful
    Helpful
     Report

Top reviews from other countries

  • HATCHET
    3.0 out of 5 stars HATCHET
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on April 11, 2024
    Verified Purchase
    I must say this movie was not so good . The effects , and catastrofe are very bad . The acting was for a B movie ok . It was overdone if there was a wind around 500 mph nobody could survive this , but they found to put some SF to it to make the story complete . If you like this movie remember my notice of it . Some movies from THE ASYLUM are for B movies well done , but this one is not one of them . 5/10 .
    Report
  • Miamoo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas present
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 5, 2022
    Verified Purchase
    Bought for my mum who loved it
    Report
  • cflipper
    5.0 out of 5 stars loved the
    Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2016
    Verified Purchase
    plenty of action from beginning to end, loved the movie
    Report
  • Susan g.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good plenty going on enjoyable.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2021
    Verified Purchase
    Enjoyed it I loved effects.
    Report
  • neil broughton
    5.0 out of 5 stars stormy
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2017
    Verified Purchase
    not a bad movie but could have spent more money on it
    Report