Visually Amazing

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2008)

The Day After Tomorrow (2004, Dir. Ronald Emmerich)
A climatologist, Jack Hall (Quaid), tries to figure out how to prevent the population from being wiped out by unexpected global warming, before setting off in the snow to rescue his son Sam (Gyllenhaal) who is currently trapped with his friends within a frozen library.
Whilst the visual effects are amazing to look at (with the exception of a particular animal), not enough story is put into the father-son relationship to make this anything other than the city being destroyed in a cool way.
Hello, professor. How was India?  Simon (Adrian Lester)
Oh, you know what these scientific gatherings are. All dancing girls, wine and parties.  Terry Rapson (Ian Hom)