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Ground Zero(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-05-12
41%
13 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
...when the Earth shakes!
Overview:
When a series of tremors rocks Los Angeles, seismologist Kimberly Stevenson is sent to investigate the quake's epicenter, a desolate wilderness known as the Angeles National Forest. Two hundred miles from civilization, Kimberly and her son, Justin, set up a research facility in an isolated mountain cabin. The project takes a sinister turn when Kimberly discovers that she has stumbled upon a test site for black market nuclear weapons. With the help of mercenary Michael Brandeis, Kimberly must race against time to stop a final underground test that could trigger the most powerful quake California has ever known.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Wishing Star Productions
Videal GmbH
Movie: Ground Zero
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jack Scalia
Michael Brandeis
Janet Gunn
Kimberly Stevenson
Scott Terra
Justin Stevenson
Martin Hewitt
Robert Stevenson
Reginald VelJohnson
Burt Klavan
Vladimir Kulich
Bateman
Roxana Zal
Victoria Heflin
Christopher Neame
Andrew Donovan
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When a series of tremors rocks Los Angeles, seismologist Kimberly Stevenson is sent to investigate the quake's epicenter, a desolate wilderness known as the Angeles National Forest. Two hundred miles from civilization, Kimberly and her son, Justin, set up a research facility in an isolated mountain cabin. The project takes a sinister turn when Kimberly discovers that she has stumbled upon a test site for black market nuclear weapons. With the help of mercenary Michael Brandeis, Kimberly must race against time to stop a final underground test that could trigger the most powerful quake California has ever known.
Release Date
2000-05-12
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4.125
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...when the Earth shakes!
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