This film begins with a man named "Frank Taylor" (Ben Murphy) and his pregnant wife "Laura" (Bonnie Bedelia) lying in bed drenched in sweat due to a severe heatwave which has swept Los Angeles and indirectly caused massive brownouts all over the city. Eventually, with city resources strained to the breaking point and tempers flaring up as well, chaos erupts which in turn prompts Frank and Laura to leave Los Angeles and head to their parent's cabin in a more remote part of California. But even there the conditions aren't much better and not long afterward the impact of the weather crisis results in both Frank and Laura having to make major adjustments--along with some other equally tough decisions--in order to survive. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this made-for-television movie had some slow parts which caused it to drag a bit here and there. Fortunately, things improved near the end sufficiently enough for me to rate this movie a little higher. Average.