The kind of movie meant for the BIG SCREEN

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2009)

OK this movie has some awesome special effects. Seeing volcanoes blow on a proportion that can change the landscape. Tidal waves that can crest mountains and earthquakes big enough to makes cracks visible from space. Lots of awesome visual and sound special effects.
The story is OK...humans trying to survive. Concentrates on a divorced dad trying to fly away from the disasters and can drive on earthquake, lava ridden earth like an Indy 500 racer.
They loose some points for the artificial drama injected (the saved are the rich and powerful, not the lottery system like in Deep impact). All though makes you think...time and time again it has been shown the rich and powerful save themselves at the expense of the under classes. (AKA Titanic syndrome)
It is like a geology students dream movie...lots of props for those who study rocks and cracks in the dirt. Not that often that an earth scientist is one of the main characters in a movie.
ANYWAY...movie has lots of cool special effects...This is one of those movies you MUST see on the BIG SCREEN. Like Independence Day and Armageddon.
Worth the matinée price.