The first fun summer popcorn movie

Rating: 10/10 (28 May 2004)

This movie is exactly what the trailer promises: A fun summer popcorn movie. Sit back, relax, entertainment has returned to the multiplex. Not since Twister has there been an action disaster film filled with this much fun. So the global warming issue may be on the exaggerated level, don't let the right-wing fools talk you into avoiding this rollercoaster ride! If I were to have one complaint it would be that the film is too short and did not show enough actual disaster footage. The filmmakers could have shown a far more indepth look at what a major pain in the butt evacuating half of the country would be like but they didn't. It was more of a footnote than a subplot. The first attack of bad weather in Tokyo is very cool. First time I can remember seeing hail used in a disaster film.