great looking crap fest

Rating: 3/10 (30 July 2010)

I didn't expect much from this latest endeavor from Ronald Emmerich. and i didn't get much in the end anyway. The story, in case you don't already know is about a group of people who try to out run, out fly, and out drive, the apocalypse. due to the sun. some how the earth has been heating up a lot. this causes the earth to have massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and eventually a massive flood. the government have been building ships that allow them to protect anyone who can pay a very very large fee. the group that the film centers on is John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Liam James. Pretty much everyone in this movie is bad in this film. there are some big stars in this film, like Woody Harrelson, and Danny Glover. I love these actors but they are laughably bad in this film. At least Woody was supposed to be funny. The rest of the crew have no excuse. The script doesn't help these actors either. horrible dialog plague the movie. The only saving grace for this film was the special effects. so many things happening on screen its overwhelming at times. during disaster scenes its amazing the carnage and death on screen. from planes flying through crumbling cities, to limos, driving through a crashing city, to campers going through crumbling national parks (do you get the pattern?). it all looks cool and hectic. its not without faults though. some scenes just look plain awkward. I would recommend you watch this once just for a good laugh, and the special effects, but only once.