Do not, for the love of god, see this movie

Rating: 2/10 (27 May 2008)

This movie insulted my intelligence both as a movie connoisseur and as a scientist. Although it's pretty undeniable that some form of climate change influenced by humanity is occurring, probably for the worse, this movie takes that idea and essentially rapes it through sensationalism and then further destroys any hope of redemption through terrible acting and casting.
The movie centers around the idea that human activities are influencing the onset of a new Ice Age, which is arriving far more rapidly than they initially thought and inducing massive hurricane blizzards across the northern hemisphere. The main character's son gets trapped in the blizzard and he has to go and rescue him, blah blah blah, politics politics politics, *SNORE*.
No, in all honesty, it's impossible to write a fair review for this movie because it is that god-awful. The plot is stupid and sub-par at best. Jake Gyllenhaal has shown he has some ability to act in some other movies, so I will spare him for the time being, but the girl who was cast alongside him as his love interest (in the middle of a life-threatening blizzard, no less) was possibly the single worst actress I've ever seen on the big screen. Dennis Quaid's acting was probably the worst I've seen of any of his movies.
Emmerich has done some good movies, but I don't know what the hell possessed him to do this. Don't even bother renting this or hell, even pirating it.