If you really liked Twister, you'll love this...

Rating: 3/10 (13 February 2007)

Movies crafted from nothing by one man as both writer and director always pay dividends on the screen because the director has a clear idea from his own script of every character's motives and methods. In directing the actors on set, this knowledge obviously comes across, therefore giving the actors an insight straight from the writer allowing them to give their characters a depth that often sets the finished movie apart. Richard Kelly, Brian Helgeland and Stanley Kubrick to name just three. The Day After Tomorrow, from writer/director Roland Emmerich, seems to be a noteworthy exception. Some good performances (Gyllenhaal and as always Holm) don't rescue this film for me, though. Too many incoherencies, too little to believe in and a plot so predictable you could very probably set your watch by it. Yes, big effects, yes some good CG work but on the whole, barely watchable. The one high point? To quote the movie:
. Simon: To England...
. Terry Rapson (apparently correcting him): To mankind!
The kind of world view (from German-born Emmerich) that other politically lopsided American movies often lack.