The Trigger Effect
The Trigger Effect
R | 30 August 1996 (USA)
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A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.

Reviews
Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined
Beanbioca As Good As It Gets
Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.
Kerry Pure leftist anti-gun BS.The point of this movie is obvious; to try and make everyone who watches it come away with a fear and hate for guns.The entire plot is so contrived as to insulting to any rational, thinking person. So much so, that if you can make it too the end of the movie, you didn't need this movie to change your mind. You already had an irrational hate of guns.So far, I never have seen a gun, by itself, shoot. Much less kill anyone.Contrived drivel... poorly acted.
gavin6942 How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature.Before "Stir of Echoes", David Koepp made "The Trigger Effect". Apparently critics liked it, but the film bombed, and is not sitting very high on IMDb. Respectfully, I disagree with the critics. The film was just so blunt. People are rude to each other. I get that. There was such potential in this film but it seems to have just gone the easiest route.Most disappointing is the use of the cast. Kyle MacLachlan is amazing, and he is wasted in this film. I wasn't aware he could play a jerk, but now I know. Michael Rooker is also one of my favorites. And yet, neither one seems to be able to save this mess. I thought great actors could save just about anything, but I would be wrong.
Wizard-8 A year ago, the downtown core of the city I live in experienced a power outage, and even though it just lasted several hours, people in my neighborhood were already walking around outside somewhat bewildered, not used to having no electricity. So I found most of the events of "The Trigger Effect" pretty believable. I could believe the bad actions of many of the characters, and what I appreciated about the portrayal of *all* the character who do bad things is that the movie gives each of these characters *some* humanity - they are not totally evil people. I was kept interested in seeing where the characters would all end up at the end of the movie. A couple of quibbles, however: I thought the relationship of the man who joins with the couple early on was not explained enough (what WAS his relationship with the characters?) and not concluded with a satisfying conclusion. And the final scene, that (obviously) jumps significantly ahead of time, leaves the viewer hungry for some kind of explanations. Not a great movie, but will keep you fairly captivated throughout.
kooleshwar I really expected this movie to be quite boring with a few tense moments making it worth it. Like so many movies i saw this one because i got to borrow it from a friend.I must say the movie really has only one tense moment, BUT what actually gets it a rating of 5 is that it consists of one brilliant idea/ thought / concept after the other including some smart film making right from the beginning about the trigger effects of rudeness to the way they never mention the city/ town where the people stay.This movie really does not much to offer in terms of sheer entertainment but it requires some thinking to discover some on the ideas/ thoughts / concepts shown in it.I wouldn't normally see this movie but now that i did its not bad. please see it as last choice movie though even though its not that bad, the thinking required is mostly not desirable.