Irwin Allen's Disaster Flix Remagined

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2009)

I agree with the current "buzz" that I have heard about this film: Awesome special effects which prop up a lumbering storyline and plot. Having said that, 2012 is certainly worth a "see" in first run release! If you grew up I'm the 1970's, you'll immediately recognize this film to be reminiscent of the string of Irwin Allen disaster flix that he released (in VERY close succession) in the 1970's: The Poseidon Adventure... The Towering Inferno... Earthquake (In Sensaround)... Fire!... Flood!... Beyond the Poseidon Adventure. I have NO DOUBT that John Cusack (had he been born 30 years earlier) would have given Steve McQueen and Gene Hackman a good run for their money during the screen tests that took place behind the blue screens to test the sincerity of the lead character / protagonist in looking shocked and at the same time taking on the role of the reluctant leader to guide the other less informed characters thru the twists and turns that the disaster is about to present. I'm sure that Cusack could have looked just a shocked as McQueen and Hackman at seeing a burning 110 story building and/or an upside down cruise ship!