wouldn't nuclear reactors blow up and destroy the rest of the world?

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 2004)

I really liked "the day after tomorrow", an enjoyable, if forgettable, piece of Hollywood summer blockbuster. The idea was interesting and the suspense was well built. I was, however, hoping that the movie would actually be a little more about the day after tomorrow rather then, well, tomorrow. That is that instead of seeing the northern hemisphere getting destroyed I was hoping for what happens afterwards. Furthermore, the movie was centered way too much on America. What is the deal with the two "even bigger" hurricane things over Europe and Asia. Last, but not least, the subject of this message. If the world was ever destroyed by a storm of the magnitude then there would be chernobyl-like nuclear explosions all over and the world would be a very, very, different place for at least a few million years.