Nautilus

Not very often do you come across a B-movie that has some good production value and pretty decent acting that elevates the film to just above being called low budget. This tale has the makings of a good strong storyline that uses the full spectrum of sci-fi themes that could be used beyond the film. With Richard Norton and Miranda Wolfe leading the cast, the audience is given a treat that wasn't totally expected.
After years of global devastation a group of survivors from the year 2097 travel back in time to the year 1997 to stop a drilling operation that is attempting to tap into the Earth's core and unwittingly plunge the world into a catastrophic chain of events. With a better than average production this film uses a blend of the more interesting aspects of sci-fi fiction, and works them together to a point of seeming to be as natural as anything else. The acting that most direct to DVD, or low budget, films have is usually over the top or completely stale so that the audience is either laughing or looking for the exit to escape the story. But here we're witness to a cast that steps it up a notch to give the film, and story, more than it probably would have normally.
I completely expected that this film was going to come off as a bad low budget movie and I was going to praying for the end to come. But with acting and production that was above the standard your left with a story that is at time very captivating and enjoyable to watch. This movie shows that you can't always go by the way a film is marketed as a straight to DVD release, and the term low budget doesn't always mean that its going to be a bad film. You should always take a chance, you might be surprised at what you find.