rcowles0324 This genre of movie (apocalyptic, end of the world) are a dime a dozen. Most aren't worth the time invested. I have no idea who in the world Tom Getty is, but him and his family, who got 90% of the credits, hit a home run on a $6K budget. I can't imagine how they did it.Let me give you a hint. Prior to putting this movie in the DVD player, I was re-watching huge budget ID2 on HBO.Rising Fear / America Has Fallen kicked ID2's butt. Yeah, there were some lame parts to the film, but overall, it held together until the final frame. There are not a lot of movies that can claim such an accomplishment.Tom, if you're reading this: Hope you get a nice deal for your next film. You and your crew deserve it.

David Reed Some movies are bad in such a way that they're entertaining or amusing. This is not such a movie. This one is just painful to watch and painful to listen to because the directing, editing, and acting is all so bad. At one point early on the doughy, half-dimensional "star" was being tortured and I actually envied him because he wasn't sitting on my couch watching this movie.I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 because it obeyed my commands and stopped when I pressed the Stop button.

Michael Ledo Ryan Taylor (Tom Getty) former Marine special ops gets tricked into dialing a phone number that blows up a building in Pittsburgh because they give tax breaks for filming there. He is captured and the truth doesn't work so he escapes from the CIA? and is on a quest to save the President and Pittsburgh from an Al Qaeda Darth Vader looking bad guy from Chechnya who spouts corny recycled lines from a Uwe Boll film. This is all the while avoiding CG rockets launched from helicopters in downtown Pittsburgh. Cool, if you're 12.The film lacked character build up and the necessary love story in lieu of a slightly twisty plot that wasn't that good. Didn't really care if Ryan Taylor lived or died. There was nothing special about him.Guide: No swearing sex or nudity.

tuco-63815 What a find. Never heard of Tom Getty before this film, which is entirely his: script,lead roll, directing, and editing. Real talent flying under the radar. Great twisting plot and everything Rothschilds said in his review.Like other films in this genre the antagonist gets his 15 minutes to explain his motives which are thought provoking and jarring, bringing to mind Gary Oldmans speech in Air Force One and Ned Beattys in Shooter. But Rising Fear has an element of originality I rarely see, especially in a film with such a small budget. And on that subject the special effects are quite good, and I would like to see a Tom Getty film made with some real money backing so that he might branch out more, even though I don't see how more funds could have improved this effort. If you're a fan of action flicks you really don't want to miss this one.