Video game sequences plus lame climax.

Rating: 6/10 (12 November 2009)

Well, when it comes to director Roland Emmerich, his works Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow are both respectable movies with a genius touch. But for 2012, I don't know......
If you are awed by the special effects in the trailer, well, you will be allowed to see the full version of those spectacular scenes with "the whole world turns into sh*t", but be warned that you already got the cream of the movie from the trailer. So very sadly this is another spectacle that was topped by its trailer.
And please be warned that these sequences are not so thrilling simply because they are like "on-rail" sequences in a action game, that the main protagonist's vehicles are indestructible and always tend to go through some narrow places that lead the ladies on board to scream. But if you never see these in a movie before, it's worth a watch.
On the humanity side, this movie is simply inferior to The Day After Tomorrow, and the story a little bit took itself too seriously that even Independence Day had some rich developments compared to it. Never mind......
Though, after seeing all those holocaust in a movie, you'd thank God we're still alive and not insane, does it mean the movie is effective in some way? 6.5/10 C+ for visual effects.