Just another disaster movie.

Rating: 6/10 (21 March 2010)

58/100. I was so hoping that this film would avoid all the disaster movie cliché's and at least have something original to offer. It apes everything from Earthquake, Airport The Towering Inferno to the Poseidon Adventure. My hopes for this were dashed rather early into the movie. Indeed the special effects are impressive, the acting is adequate. It's a shame the filmmakers didn't take more risks and try something more original. I knew everyone who was destined to die, the usual cities were destroyed, it was so very very predictable. It's all special effects and melodrama, it lacks substance and originality. On the plus side, in spite of it's extreme length, it did hold my interest.