An interesting remake of Independence Day

Rating: 6/10 (31 May 2004)

Take out the aliens, replace them with weather. Take out the multiple massive motherships threatening major cities around the world, replace them with multiple massive storms. Keep the brainy yet misunderstood main character who's can explain what's going on and what's about to happen but nobody will listen. Destroy New York and Los Angeles, be sure to wreck only well known buildings. Keep the totally unrelated romantic subplot.
Take the arduous trek from New York to Washington, DC and flip it. Keep the product placement. Keep the technology, with lots and lots of monitors. Keep the oval office set, the worst one you can find in Hollywood. And most importantly, the first rule of summer blockbusters, never kill the dog.
Environmentalists hope that this film will at least get people talking about global warming. Perhaps it will educate a little about the interconnected nature of global climate and the importance of balance. The in your face nature of any special effects laden summer blockbuster disconnects the audience so much from any message that might be gained that it's effect is lost. This isn't a film, it's a video game.