Painfully clichéd, annoyingly predictable

Rating: 3/10 (13 February 2011)

The premise of the movie is somewhat interesting if totally unrealistic. It showcases some sweet special effects. It... - hm, no, that's about it as far as the positive.
The negative? It's deja vu to the point of pathetic and beyond.
An everyday Joe-turned-superhero? Check.
Joe's dysfunctional family brought to reconciliation thru a disaster? Check.
Joe's precocious multitalented kid? Check.
Joe's kid's cute floozy, also boasting nigh-on preternatural abilities (except when she has to play the damsel in distress for Joe's kid to save)? Check.
Politically correct side-characters (e.g. the African American hobo with the intellect of an Ivy League chaired professor)? Check.
Intransigent, maladroit, aggressively stubborn politicians (American, of course)? Check.
Barely 20 minutes into the movie I was rooting for them to perish. Now, THAT, would have been a movie!