Exhilarating From Beginning to End!

Rating: 8/10 (18 March 2006)

This film is about a group of friends competing in a contest in New York. One of the friends father discovers an ice age is forming there. He also discovers global warming is occurring all over the world! The friends are stuck in New York as the father tries to go and save them along with great peril.
The special effects in this film is brilliant. A great part in the movie is when a huge wave washes over New York. Your eyes will be amazed over all of the action sequences in the film. Gyllenhaal's, Rossum's, and Quaid's performances are great. This is a first rate edge-of-your-seats thriller! The beginning starts off with a cool action sequence where Quaid's character and a group of his friend falls in cracks of ice.
Of coarse, there are clichés in the film. There are extreme peril in the film that will make your heart racing fast. This film is long. It's over two hours long but it won't bother you as you feel for some characters to not die. This is a great popcorn flick for the summer and will not leave you disappointed.
This is not a classic but it's a great movie. Expect a great thrill ride when you walk up to the 50 foot screen TV, like me, and enjoy yourself as much as you can!