cool special effects, absurd storyline.

Rating: Null/10 (18 October 2004)

I know you shouldn't expect too much of a storyline from an action flick, but who should have to suffer through one such as this one?
All the clichés are there, the evil government, the caring scientist, The scientists kid who is too smart for school,The girl he has a crush on but is too shy to tell, the wise street man with his intelligent dog and the scientist sidekicks who would follow him to hell and back.
While the special effects are sometimes spectacular they are often inconsistent and downright pushed aside by this irritating plot.
The Storyline centers around the son and some of his friends being stuck in New York, where the brunt of the storm is to hit and his father the scientist being down south and swearing to go get his son. And that is where the irritant is for me. No one else in the movie seems to be concerned with friends and families except this family. The scientist sidekicks don't seem to be concerned in any way with their own families. I never heard them mention them. And yet they decide they will follow Mr. Scientist into what is guaranteed to be a hellish journey to get HIS kid. Does no one in this movie have family and friends? It may seem like a small point but it bothered me enough that I couldn't enjoy the movie at all.
Enjoy the special effects but don't expect much more. And if you have to have a Movie with "The Day after" in the title,stick to just those three words.