Political message(s) offset by fun adventure story.

Rating: 7/10 (7 December 2019)

Yes, the politics and preaching are doubly horrible, but if one is willing to suspend disbelief and just go with it, this is a fun catastrophe film and adventure story. The leads are likable and easy to root for, on a human level. For those who like camp value, there's that too -- enough ridiculousness to meet those needs. Normally I'm turned off by politically preachy flicks, but with this one, I found it easy to laugh off the obvious and clumsy politics and just enjoy the thrills that come with a good disaster film and ambitious special effects. I'd give it 6.5 out of 10, but the IMDB rating system doesn't provide for fractional/decimal values, so I rounded up to a 7.