All disaster movies rolled into one.

Rating: 9/10 (29 June 2004)

The Day After Tomorrow
Professor Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) is a paleoclimatologist, who tries to warn everyone that the world is going through drastic changes effected by global warming. While trying to convince the Vice President of the United States, along with others, Jack must also rescue his son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhall), who is trapped in New York.
Sam is traveling to New York City to participate in a scholastic competition, along with Laura (Emmy Rossum) and Brian (Arjay Smith). Sam has feeling for Laura, but keeps these feeling to himself. Sam seems to get close to Laura, when New York City is showered with a giant title wave, which then is frozen, due to the global warming.
This is not the only natural disaster which happens. Tornadoes rip through LA, giant hail hits Tokyo and other cities which reside in the northern hemisphere. As there happen, many people don't not know what to do. So when the big freeze begins to happen, many of these people are killed because of the freezing temperatures.
Will Jack get to Sam, and save him, and the other survivors along with him?
My opinion...
This movie is packed with heaps of breathe-taking special effects of the natural disasters. When they happened, my eyes were glued to the screen. The acting by the main characters, plus the supporting cast, were excellent.
They really showed their devotion to the movie, even though they had to battle 70 mile windfans in several scenes and freezing water (though when working in the water, it was warm - found out on a making of special). If you love your disaster movies, you will have a blast with this disaster packed 2hr extravaganzer.
9/10