Check your brain at the door...

Rating: 6/10 (16 November 2009)

...becasuse this film does not test the little grey cells in the slightest.
This is definitely one of those movies that does what it says on the tin, disaster flick that requires a happy (Hollywood) ending. With dialog that is in places cringe worthy and quite frankly abysmal overuse of the same plot device (how many times can a plane escape a rapidly approaching hole in the ground and then fly through a collapsing city!).
However despite this it was still a very enjoyable film. After all how many times have you seen the White House crushed by an aircraft carrier? The actors on the whole deliver solid performances although there were a few moments where a throat lozenge would have been useful.
In summary this is a paint by numbers disaster movie with solid performances and an absolutely spectacular CGI element. All in all good fun, just don't expect to have your intelligence tested and you should be fine!