Entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2004)

As you may know, the movie is about the onset of the next Ice Age. Only it happens in about 4 days. The science believability level was better than The Core, although still pretty bad. Things like super cooled air being sucked down and freezing anything within seconds to -100 F and lower. But it wasn't really distracting. The plot was pretty decent as far as disaster movies go, and I got the feeling they purposely made fun of the Bush administration (the president keeps asking the vice president what to do). There was a small part in the movie that was just ludicrous. I don't want to give away anything but it involves wolves, of all things. It was random, completely out of place & didn't add anything to the story. What was really well done were the visuals. The huge storms, tornadoes, walls of water, tankers drifting into flooded Manhattan & more, all extremely well rendered. I always enjoy looking at special effects.
This movie was fun to watch just like Armageddon and The Perfect Storm were. Recommended.