The Day After Tomorrow

Rating: 8/10 (12 July 2005)

There is no mention of 'the day after tomorrow', but it doesn't matter because we don't know when it is going to happen anyway, which makes it even more believable and a good story. After the success of Independence Day, director Roland Emmerich obviously wanted another disaster movie. But after the terrible 9/11 incident with the twin towers, he had to make it a natural disaster rather than aliens or monsters. So Dennis Quaid plays Jack Hall, a scientist convinced that some time in the future an incident that happened at least 10,000 years ago will happen again. All terrifying weather conditions happening within the same times. Sir Ian Holm as Terry Rapson also joins him with his proof for a while. So we have many tornadoes, intense wind, a very high flood and very, very cold freeze. Oh, and Jack's son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaul) is caught in the destruction of New York. Also starring Emmy Rossum as Laura Chapman, Glenn Plummer as Luther and Adrian Lester as Simon. Very good!