Catastrophe

Rating: 1/10 (20 August 2018)

This film is basically a bunch of idiots screaming and smashing things in a series of quick cuts, made unbearable with shaky cam and lots of closeups. Most of the time you have at best a vague idea what is going on. In terms of emotional investment, there is nothing. A very poor script, shot in an irritating way. And they used a cast of well known actors just so the audience will be able to recognize them. That is how empty and interchangeable the characters are. How do you take a film about a possible apocalypse and turn it into nothing but a bunch of guys bickering on some asteroid? As you watch, you realise this could be happening anywhere and the bickering could be about anything. The asteroid becomes irrelevant to the action. And the action allows no emotional involvement. A colossal failure that makes 'Deep Impact' look like a masterpiece.