10/10 purely for the special effects. Makes the genre redundant

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2009)

If you would like to know what front row seats to The Apocalypse would look like, look no further. Suspend disbelief and count the number of times the central family in this tale nearly get killed in a spectacular way by the unfolding disasters. Yes, disasters. Plural. Want tidal waves? Gottem. Want exploding volcanoes? Check. Want earthquakes? Man, you are really sick! Tick. Instead of looking at every kind of disaster movie ever made, do yourself a favour and just watch this one. You'll save yourself a lot of time and money.
Save your breath if you want to argue that the scenario presented in this movie is somewhat implausible. I'm sure it would be more plausible to have some of the events depicted in this take place over several decades or centuries. You gotta think things through better...you'd then need the central family (do you really want a name for them?) to have an extended lifetime due to medical or scientific advances and...who could be bothered? Just enjoy this for what it is...a great popcorn movie.
Just by the by, I've heard how the more 'charismatic' Christian cults in America often had leaders who declared the end of the world. Get that prediction wrong once, then shame on you. Get it wrong twice, and as Dubya might say "More shame on you". Eventually these 'charismatic' leaders just gave up showing up for 'work' with egg on their face, so they just stopped making these predictions.
Perhaps by the law of averages, ONE OF THESE DAYS SOMEONE is going to get a prediction like this right. This movie is what it will look like when they do...if adherence to strict scientific theory isn't a major sticking point for you.
An entertaining movie with terrific special effects, which doesn't get bogged down in the 'boring' stuff...like lots of backstory...when what you want is The End Of The World.
Enjoy.
P.S. the end credits make mention of this movie being inspired by the book "The hand of God". Tried looking for this, but had no luck...would appreciate any pointers to finding it...just having looked in Amazon now, there are a few titles by this name. Not sure which it is though. Help appreciated.