way too Hollywood to even keep you awake

Rating: 2/10 (19 June 2010)

This is an end of the world story, in case you didn't know. Roughly another remake of WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, which doesn't make it bad. It's a common theme, surviving the end of the world, and should make a good movie.
Unless you just make it as Hollywood as you can. This movie is cliché after cliché. We know exactly who will live and who will die from page one, and the attempts at humor are stupid.
There's not a fresh idea in this movie. Most modern writers have better scripts in which the world is reformulated. That would be a good idea, if a better script went with it. After watching this tripe, I don't believe you could have had a script that was worse than this.
The second biggest failure of this film is the constant barrage of peril. There comes a point, after about 5 disasters in a 20 second period, that we just say "I don't care any more", and it gets utterly boring, impossible to stay awake through. It's like the con artist who says he'll give you back the money he borrowed if you loan him more. People who grew up rough will not care for this type of "con", and will fast forward the scenes like I did. It's just not entertainment. Those who think it is would be great marks for the con artists.
The biggest failure is the lame attempt to make an "everyman" hero, but even the "everyman" is just too well to do to stand out from the others. In fact, all the characters who are glamorized are meant to appeal to rich audiences. This is simple marketing 101, going after the audiences with the most money, but it makes for a poor movie.