Haven't I seen absolutely everything before???

Rating: 2/10 (27 March 2009)

You name it and it's in here, but that's OK there's only so much you can do with an apocalyptic movie so I'm not going to rate it down because of that.
The main problems with this film are Nicolas Cage, a stupidly unbelievable story and the feeling that it thinks it's way smarter than it really is.
There's no way on earth this film should be getting the ratings that it is, that's just ridiculous. It fills up a couple of hours of your life and you'll not regret losing them, but there's nothing new or exceptional to be gained here. I really don't know whats happened to Cage, I used to rate him as an actor. Everything he does now is just going through the motions, in parts that just don't suit him. I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable watching him.
The story is so rambling and pointless, basically anything could have been the answer for the mystery that drives the whole plot. Nothing tied together, nothing is explained and when it eventually is it's just soooo sickeningly obvious that I wouldn't even bother spoiling it.
There are some memorable parts though, special effects are almost perfect the entire way through. An unbelievable, inredible plane crash as seen in the trailer. I wanted to be watching it on DVD so I could view it over and over. The rest of the effects were also tip-top, a train incident seemed a little overdone but the finale is well worth waiting for.
All in all it's a good popcorn blockbuster, I enjoyed it as far as these kind of films go. But don't go believing the hype or thinking there's anything deeper, it's just a big, dumb movie and a Scientologist wet dream.