in the same class of "Independance Day" was a madr-for-TV piec of crap called "10,5" read critique...huge earthquake eats California.

Besides the bad science, lousy casting, absurd plot twists and silly dialogue, the editors were either playing games or just DUMB...

an indication of the competence of the editors is that when the "news" was being aired on the TV within a TV, there was the usual banner at the bottom, which said in big red letters, "Marshal Law!"

I expected to see Matt Dillon doing crowd control.
My other thought was that they spelled it like that BECAUSE they assumed the most Amurricans would not get it, and think it said 'marital law'...which might have been a more interesting movie concept.