exciting

Rating: 7/10 (20 February 2005)

Great special effects, interesting concept, nice play on the 70s disaster movies (a la "poseiden adventure," "airport 75," "towering inferno.") several different sub-plots involving secondary and tertiary characters that you grow fond of, only to find out that they are DOOMED. also, EXTREMELY far fetched on many levels (walking in blizzard conditions from DC to NYC??? Northern hemisphere turns to a frozen tundra in 5 days???? what exactly is it Jack expected to do once he get to NYC?) when you are watching this one, do so purely for the "entertainment factor," and you will enjoy it immensely. it's kind of like a time travel flick - if you don't think too hard about plausibility, you'll probably enjoy the film more.