The USA saves the world - Again!

Rating: 3/10 (28 March 2017)

Okay, so let me begin by saying that,despite being Scientifically laughable,the special effects are, to be fair,quite Impressive....and that's about It! Once the s**t hits the fan,John Cussacks character manages to stay a constant 3 feet ahead of a crumbling and exploding earth as It seemingly picks on him and follows him around the world. We have the "Independence day"-esque scenario of the "Pilot"....only this time, Instead of an alcoholic crop-sprayer learning to expertly fly a state-of-the-art fighter\Bomber In a few hours (Due, apparently, to the sobering effects of a few cups of coffee),It's a guy (with 3 flying lessons In a Cessna) who manages to expertly,Indeed acrobatically, manoeuvre a twin-engined turbo-prop airplane through collapsing skyscrapers,followed soon after by his co-piloting of one of the worlds largest (Antonov)cargo aircraft! Oh, come on! Strangely, the 2012 end-of-the world Scenario(as apparently predicted by countless civilisations,contemporary Scientists and a nutty guy via his radio station)turns out to be wrong - the Earth and many of It's Inhabitants survive, everything goes back to normal rather like after the Biblical flood, and we're left with a (reasonably) happy ending with lots to look forward to on our partially re-shaped planet Earth. As for the colossal $200 million budget, all I can say Is - where? A gut-wrenchingly ludicrous script (the mobile phone-call from a mountain wilderness gave me Indigestion)but I give It a few points for both the effects and the(unintentional)fun factor.