Thrilling weather-related destruction

Rating: 7/10 (19 October 2015)

I enjoyed this much more than I expected to. The plot is of course absurd - the idea that an Ice Age could descend in 48 hours surely can't have helped the climate lobby's credibility much.
But that aside, it's a rather good disaster movie. The special effects are spectacular. It had me enthralled throughout. There's storms, tornadoes, floods, snow and rampaging wolves. You really couldn't ask for more.
The plot follows a pretty standard structure. Father-son relationship and boy-meets-girl fare.
But you watch this to be thrilled by the power of the weather, and on that it delivers in style.