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Description: Truly awful films are still being mad today: Ted Chalmers’ Disaster Wars: Earthquake Vs Tsunami imagines what would happen if a seismic event took on a tidal wave in a fight. Welcome to the world of the mockbuster.

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"Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami" (2013)

"Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami" (USA, 2013)

Truly awful films are still being mad today: Ted Chalmers’ Disaster Wars: Earthquake Vs Tsunami imagines what would happen if a seismic event took on a tidal wave in a fight. Welcome to the world of the mockbuster.

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<p>Truly awful films are still being mad today: Ted Chalmers’ <i>Disaster Wars: Earthquake Vs Tsunami </i>imagines what would happen if a seismic event took on a tidal wave in a fight. Welcome to the world of the mockbuster.</p>

Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami

This film imagines what would happen if a seismic event took on a tidal wave in a fight.  Not a classic.

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