Awful

Rating: 4/10 (15 August 2005)

This is simply the worst thing I have watched for years. Now I what this film is trying to be, and what it's not trying to be - but even with that in mind I can't imagine how someone can put their name to such a shocking piece of film-making.
The script is incredibly disjointed, and seems to jump from place to place with no explanation and no flow. The casting of Ioan Gruffudd just did not work for me - he looked completely uncomfortable in the role and almost as if he knew how awful the lines were as he was performing them! Jessica Alba was good eye candy, and performed her role fine....but that was about all that was fine.
Michael Chiklis was completely out of place. He had some awful "cheesy" moments (such as "we'll see about that", talking to the camera after teasing Reed about Sue - this is the sort of thing that works in a 'decent' blockbuster but just came out as ridiculous in this film).
One moment this film was taking itself way too seriously, and the next it was more like Scary Movie taking on Armageddon. Instead of being scared by the fact that Johnny had just spontaneously burst into flames (and don't you think he might be slightly worried himself?!), Maria Menounos jumps into bed with him, all laughing and joking! I really can't stress enough that I didn't go into this film wanting to hate it, I don't dislike all Hollywood blockbusters, and even had some hopes for this; it just seemed to have no thought to the Direction, Script, Casting and even the Acting in some quarters. This is the perfect example of how NOT to make a movie.