Help Me Dad!

Rating: 3/10 (23 February 2005)

My summary truly is the summary of this lackluster film.
Acting 7/10. Main character is decent, supporting actors are okay... The extras all look like they're going about there daily business.
Storyline 6/10. Meh. Usually Post apocalyptic stuff, but with a few stupid things. For one, there is a whole "Wolf" thing, where the wolves escape from their cages, and come back about 40 minutes later in the film. Main problem: They were the only animals that escaped. A little unrealistic? No giraffes or elephants got out? Just the wolves? Also, the whole "running-from-ice" thing is pretty stupid. How the hell do you block out freezing cold weather? You close your doors and the cold can't get in? Yeah... My main problem with the plot was that the entire movie is basically the kid yelling "Save Me Dad!" And then the dad runs for him. "Save Me!" *dun dun dun dun* "Help!" *Dun dun dun dun* "Please Hurry!" *dun dun dun dun* Pretty lame.
Characterization 2/10. The characters stay themselves basically. We care a teeny bit about them, mainly because a few of them look sad and cry on one another's shoulders, which gives us a but of pity, but aside form that, I'de kill them myself if it wasn't morally wrong.
Special Effects 9/10. The one innovational thing of this movie. These graphics do what "The Matrix" did to the 90's, bringing new innovational amazing scenes of great and hardly noticeable CGI. The water that rises high above New York, really looks like water. Large Budget = Good graphics.
Overall 3/10. Very boring at some points, laughable suspense, stupid and pointless scenes of idiocy, and really bad acting Extras bring this movie way down. The graphics give it two points, the acting gives it one. 3/10.