You won't be disappointed!

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

I enjoyed this movie a lot, and I thought it was a great take on how people would behave when confronted with highly unusual circumstances. The storytelling and writing I enjoyed quite a lot. The one thing I thought could have had an improvement was the acting, which could have been a bit better.I am seeing this movie is marked as 1996. What's weird is that I thought this movie could have been in the 80's or older. The characters just sort of acted... odd like that. It's hard to explain. Maybe wooden at times. If older movies seem a little cheesy that way, this movie may have been a little that way.I thought they did a good job with what they did with a fantastic story though. Perhaps the main guy could have been cast a little better.

The reviews are bad. Once again, it looks like I have to defend the underdog: The Trigger Effect is a great film. The main problem with this movie in my humble opinion is the fact that people expect a thriller, but the movie plays out more as a drama. The main focus of the film is the "what if" factor. What if your power went out, and didn't come back on? What if you were at home with a sick baby, and you couldn't get the medicine for your child? What if your basic needs suddenly became a wedge between a chain of unexpected events? That's The Trigger Effect, and the characters are designed so that you don't feel as if you're watching actors and actresses, but more like people like us. They're emotions come alive, and they respond more in ways that we would respond. Each situation in the film has an outcome, which questions how we would handle it differently, or if we would have handled it the same way. Desperate times, desperate measures. Give this film a fair shake, you may be surprised.

I know this is not a new movie, but, I saw this for the first time last night. It seemed to start out with a little interest to the plot. A young couple with an infant child in suburbia. Nice house and a Volvo if I am not mistaken. Seems the husband has an ego problem and keeps stepping in front of black people in lines. Has a friend in construction ( Mulroney ) who may have been Liz Shue's squeeze at one time. In a drinking around the fireplace session Shue and Mulroney head to the kitchen. After some verbal exchange and long looks they kiss. Hubby walks in late and just misses the "action" between his bud and his old lady ( awww ). Not people of substance, I would gather.In this "film" there is a blackout, looting, the pro's and con's of firearm ownership, disrespect/respect amongst the races, a shootout and a burglary. I'm sure ( Shue ? ) I've omitted a few things but this thing is all over the place. If there is one solid message to it from the director it would be to NOT waste 2 hours of your life watching this "piece".I do feel quite generous in giving this story a "2" on the voting scale.

The basic idea behind 'the trigger effect' was seriously interesting. but it should have inspired screenwriter and director David Koepp much more to write some really strong material. It's not that the story was badly written, it's just the dialogues which were predictable and cheesy, making the characters seem quite two-dimensional.Among the actors, the lead man Kyle McLachlan has done the worst job. Elisabeth Shue was not that bad (but I guess I shouldn't pass judgement on really hot actresses). Perhaps their characters were so badly written the actors didn't have much to do.One interesting thing: all the other IMDb user reviews of the film really bash the film, but that doesn't show in its ratings.