You will love it...if you don't take it seriously

Rating: 4/10 (22 November 2009)

Even for Emmerich this is poor. Here he doesn't even bother to give us a half interesting (let alone half credible) plot. We are quickly shown that for some reason the world is ending (something about cosmic rays and planetary alignment that no-one even cares to explain), we are introduced to the obligatory father-with-estranged-children story. In this film the father has apparently written some book about something predicting the end of the world, although we never know exactly what. From here, any semblance at character development, even plot development is quickly thrown into the background in order to focus on the explosions.
The film is in effect, a series of impressive CGI set pieces. But, as has previously been mentioned, these quickly become very repetitive (I lost count of the amount of times a plane/car/boat/other form of transport was seen fleeing just metres ahead of an encroaching cloud of ash/fire, tidal wave or an earthquake fault line). From there it is just a matter of killing off the secondary characters whilst sparing the stars and finally, the obligatory "ambiguous, thought-provoking ending".
This film does nothing well and most things very badly. I gave it a four out of ten because, seen with a good group of friends, it is so cheesy and ridiculous as to be entertaining (think rifftrax bad).
My tip: Rent The Day After Tomorrow- even if you have seen it a dozen times you will get more enjoyment out of it than you will seeing this for the first time.