
Cinematic Titanic: Doomsday Machine
2008-06-19 · 87 min · ★ 6.8
American spies discover the Chinese have built a weapon capable of destroying planet Earth, a "doomsday machine" if you will, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days. Will the human race survive?
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- Tim Ford, Stoney Sharp
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Joel HodgsonSelf
Trace BeaulieuSelf
Frank ConniffSelf
Mary Jo PehlSelf
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