The Trigger Effect

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The Trigger Effect ★½ 1996 (R)

Nightmare in yuppiedom when a suspicious electromagnetic pulse knocks out all electrical power, telephone, and broadcast signals for hundreds of miles around a tranquil southern California community, which becomes increasingly unsettled. Matt (MacLachlan), wife Annie (Shue), and friend Joe (Mulroney) hang out together during the mystery power outage with lots of mounting tension both within and without. Film, however dreadproducing, doesn't really make that much sense. 103m/C VHS, DVD . Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Rooker, Richard T. Jones, Bill Smitrovich, William Lucking, Molly Morgan, Richard Schiff; D: David Koepp; W: David Koepp; C: Newton Thomas (Tom) Sigel; M: James Newton Howard.

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