Val Kilmer’s Diabolical Global Warming Plot, Funded by Michigan Tax Payers | SpoutBlog

In the film, Kilmer plays a disgraced science professor with an extreme theory about how global warming will turn the general public into homicidal maniacs. In an effort to get the local paper to publish a story about his theory, he imprisons six innocent people in a steam bath and slowly turns up the heat until his demands are met. Armand Assante plays the tough detective who’s trying to thwart the diabolical plan.

...While my civic pride may be called into question for even thinking this, the movie sounds kind of dumb. I mean, a crazed professor with whacky global warming theories? I can’t help but be reminded of dime-a-dozen shlock films from the 50s, all based on the assumption that the nuclear age will breed some form of fantastic terror.

A nice thing about Michigan’s incentives is that it’s more cost effective to use a local crew, so I know a few people working on the film. While we hung around the set on Wednesday night, I quietly asked one of these friends if he thought the movie would actually be good. He paused for a moment and said, “Well, the script isn’t good.”