thoroughly enjoyed movie

Rating: 8/10 (31 July 2010)

Unlike many on here, I didn't watch this movie thinking it would be a documentary about the end of the world or a realistic assessment of what could happen in a couple of years. This is a popcorn flick where you suspend disbelief for a couple of hours and so what if John cusack defied the odds in escaping from near certain death a few times, its an end of the world flick at the end of the day, the premise needs to be a bit far fetched. Some of the CGI sequences where pasadena/LA are being destroyed are breathtaking and are a credit to the special FX industry. There are obvious comparisons to director Roland Emmerich's previous blockbuster independence day and while this movie is not of that standard it is still a thrill a minute action piece where you see the full gamut of human emotions in the face of the Apocalypse. If you need to park your brain for a couple of hours to enjoy this, so be it, I took this film at face value and loved what I saw