Just Another Disaster Flick

Rating: 4/10 (2 May 2016)

"The Day After Tomorrow" is the typical clichéd disaster flick. There's destruction, there's fake tension and there's build up to a climax which falls quite short of the expectations created by its first half. The film gradually loses its scale, from being a global disaster fest o a more focused and somewhat dull piece. The only two things that redeem this whole nonsense are the special effects and Dennis Quaid's and Jake Gyllenhaal's performances, which can be over the top sometimes, but quite decent, in general.
The effects are up to par with the best in the genre, even for today's standards, although they can seem a bit video game-like sometimes. Aside from these two factors, you won't find major quality in this work.
The direction is what we've come to expect from Emmerich. In other words, balls to the wall action and disaster, with nothing more than a thin logical line driving the plot and the character's actions and motivations.
Ultimately, the film drags for too long and becomes far too USA focused for any foreigner watcher to relate.
Not the most enjoyable watch, but still worth of your time as a ten-year old disaster film with pretty decent VFX.