works just fine as a popcorn movie

Rating: Null/10 (18 December 2004)

Imperfect but entertaining disaster flick from the director of Independence Day. The story centers around a handful of characters, namely government climatologist Quaid whose theory about the melting of the polar ice caps in a thousand years time happens to be occurring in just forty-eight hours. Now the race is on as the world's remaining survivors must band together in order to escape the coming of a new ice age. The script strains credibility, as expected from most films in this genre, but there are plenty of suspenseful moments, destructive action scenes, and dazzling special effects to hold your interest. Not likely to win any writing or acting awards, but on a no-brainer level it's certainly lots of fun. ***