Joan
Aftershock follows four groups of people in the minutes, hours and days after Wellington is struck by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Buried office workers must pull together. Strangers, caught by the tsunami on a ruined motorway, put themselves in danger to save others. A mother must reunite her family. And, at the centre of the rescue operation, a controller is bunkered down at Wellington’s Emergency Management Office.
Casting
Melanie Fraser has a problem. Her mother, Dr. Janet Fraser, thinks that she can bond with her stepfather by accompanying mom and dad on a simple business excursion to see if a small tour guide company is a good investment for clients. The fact that the trip will take the threesome to the site of a volcano in New Zealand is nothing for Melanie to worry about. Old "Mount Extreme" is inactive and mom is a former volcanologist who should know a safe hill when she sees one. So what's the problem? Answer: somebody forgot to tell the gods in charge of lava control that they were about to host a family therapy session. Mount Extreme decides to live up to its name just in time to make Melanie's quality time with the folks seem like a big mistake.
Casting
Ao se mudar de Seattle um detetive da polícia, Daniel Pruitt (Johnathon Schaech), atende aos pedidos da sua mulher Jessica (Elizabeth Lackery) e concorda em acampar na floresta. Quando ele vai comprar comida ela é atacada, mas Jessica consegue fugir e Daniel a encontra caída no meio da estrada. Ao levá-la ao hospital Daniel tem uma pequena colisão com um caminhão e Jessica identifica o motorista como sendo o homem que a atacou. Irado, Daniel o espanca e o deixa preso na parte traseira do caminhão. Na emergência, em estado de choque, ela diz que um enfermeiro foi seu agressor. Para complicar ainda mais, Daniel descobre que o xerife do lugarejo, Morgan McKenna (James Caan), acaba de ter o filho assassinado. Entretanto a vítima, Bobby (Paul Glover), tinha lesões que Daniel tinha certeza não ter feito.
