The Jensen Project

Did You Know?

• The telefilm was filmed in Toronto by Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Procter & Gamble Productions starting in late February 2010.
• By early 2010, NBC was brought in as the broadcaster for the series.

Plot

Matt and Claire Thompson are asked to return to the Jensen Project, a secret community of scientists conducting advanced underground experiments, after a 16-year absence. They must stop Edwin Jensen from using nanobots to take over other people. Edwin steals a molecular assembler needed to create the nanobots. With help from Kendrick James, Ginny, and Ingrid Jensen, Matt and Claire track the assembler using chemical traces of gold and silicon. Brody and Samantha trace Edwin through a voice tracker and retrieve the assembler, but Brody is implanted with nanobots. Edwin threatens to kill Brody unless the assembler is returned. The Project members destroy Edwin's laboratory and capture him.

Reception

Ratings for the July 16, 2010 airing on NBC were disappointing, with fewer than 4 million viewers; the film was one of two new programs that night and came in third. Critics widely panned the movie. A Los Angeles Times reviewer called it "super-bad", criticizing the dialog and embedded marketing, but noted it had "Mystery Science Theater 3000" potential. Brian Lowry of Variety stated the film was "shoddy looking" with a story that made "most Disney Channel fare look like Masterpiece Theater" and had "some of the clunkiest product-placement ever." On IMDB, as of September 19, 2018, the movie had a weighted average vote of 4.9 out of 10 from 380 users.