The real disaster is the script.

Rating: 4/10 (20 March 2010)

Just read the review of shakesbeer from Austria (13th Nov 2009). This summary is spot on. I missed it at the cinema, and despite moderate views, I was looking forward to seeing it on DVD. I can't believe how disappointed I was. I didn't expect an 8 out of 10 film, but neither did I think that it would be this far below my expectations. Quite frankly it was rubbish. The special effects are good, but this can't save it. The script was an absolute insult to your intelligence. I do like John Cusack and Danny Glover. It meant nothing here. This film was just loaded with the same tired old clichés and moronic sub stories about peoples personal issues and emotional baggage. Why does the main character always have to come from a broken marriage? Can't they think of something new? You really have to leave all of your brain at the door. *** Spoiler***Just one of the many stupendous exaggerations in this film was a van out running a pyroclastic cloud. A normal volcanic explosion sends these out at 700km per hour. This was a Super Volcano, a catastrophic global event a mere 1000 times bigger, yet our heroes still manage to escape from it despite being right there when it erupted. It's just Indepedence Day all over again - in fact if you liked independence Day, watch this. You'll like it. All I can say is that you're easily pleased.