Worst Sci-fi since the 50's

Rating: 4/10 (19 December 2003)

Spoilers
The summer this came out I was out of the country and when I came back I heard this was a huge hit and being a fan of sci-fi I thought i'd watch it. 5 minutes into the film where the space shuttle blows up in a fiery explosion which would never happen in space I knew it was going to take some definite liberties. This is usually fine if it has a certain limit, but this takes it over the top. I absolutly hate it when they manipulate the laws of physics to fit a script rather than the other way around. Add in an attitude where the only country competent enough to save the world is the USA and not even the best of the best of the country and you get a horrible fake movie.
Stupidest line in the movie:"You better listen to him, he's one of the smartest men in the world"
I give it a 9 for special effects and 0-2 for everything else. Which is a 4 overall.