Political upshot at the end

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2014)

I loved this movie until the end when the newly promoted VP concludes that the natural disaster was somehow caused by depleted natural resources. This is a tremendous leap of logic (definitely not science) that is unsubstantiated even within the fictional movie - or anywhere else. Clearly this was someone's political agenda, which serves to discredit the VP character, makes the U.S. appear even more foolish (than for just ignoring the real science), and detracts from the fact that such a disaster is truly possible regardless of any environmental efforts that any national population may implement. It's a just a shame that a perfectly good movie was so obviously stretched to further someone's political agenda. Otherwise, it's a great movie - definitely worth seeing! Quaid and Gyllenhaal are terrific!