Path of Destruction (film)

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Path of Destruction
Directed by	Stephen Furst
Produced by	Jeffery Beach Phillip J. Roth, T.J. Sakasegawa
Written by	Chase Parker
Starring	Danica McKellar Chris Pratt David Keith Franklin Dennis Jones
Release date(s)	September 24, 2005
Running time	120 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$1.8 million
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Path of Destruction is a 2005 made-for-TV TBS (TV network) Original film that is now being screened on the Sci Fi Channel about a nanotechnology experiment gone awry.

[edit] Plot

After the government cuts funding to a nanotechnology project, the fictional company StarkCorp stores samples on an oil rig near Alaska. However, an accident releases the nanomachines, witnessed by reporter Katherine Stern (Danica McKellar). StarkCorp attempts to cover up the incident while the nanomachines cause storms and disintegrate objects. The disintegrated objects are made into more nanomachines.

Stark teams up with a scientist, Nathan McCain (Pratt) who once worked for StarkCorp, leading to the conspiracy and an attempt to stop the disaster. At first, McCain hesitates but eventually agrees to help Stern.

Meanwhile, the United States military decides to disable the particles with a nuclear missile, despite fears that it will harm the west coast. However, after some condsideration, it is decided that an experimental plane will be used to carry an EMP device to the nanomachines.

Meanwhile, the CEO of StarkCorp claims to apologize by bringing a deactivation device to national authorities. However, the chief scientist Dr. Van Owen knows that Stark is lying (bringing information to enemy nations), and brings him a bomb instead.

Later, the particles are disabled by the electromagnetic pulse and a nuclear explosion deemed unnecessary is aborted, although the pilot is killed in the process.

Van Owen forces information on the whereabouts of Stark from another executive after savagely beating him and holding him at gunpoint. Van Owens enters the code for the bomb, but is killed by federal agents afterwards, and so is the StarkCorp executive.

Meanwhile, the bomb explodes, killing Stark on the plane, and StarkCorp assets are seized by the government.

Over the plot, Stern and McCain develop a romantic interest in each other; although they never kiss or show displays of affection, it is implied that they begin dating at the end of the film.