A blur between science fiction and fact

Rating: 3/10 (21 August 2012)

I like the basic idea of this movie, in great part because I always fall for the apocalypse/post-apocalypse genre. Freezing over isn't exactly my kind of thing but I gave it a shot. Biggest problem I have with this movie is that is is just partially based on science and had a lot of it's potential sacrificed to sci-fi just to get it enough "action packed". If one looks carefully at movies like Threads or The Book Of Eli the movie portrays other people as the main enemy, rather than the elements as in this movie. Real apocalyptic movies are perhaps 70% about chaos and the collapse of society, and the rest goes to the elements that create it. I guess riots, cannibalism, murder for food and heat was not really how Americans would like to see their peachy society in the "apocalypse of their dreams", so then the conclusion is - skip this flick, watch Mad Max or Waterworld instead. Perhaps with the post-apocalypse genre being pretty much well defined, the apocalypse genre is stuck between 5-pounds-of-makeup-on-their-faces-hollywood and a dark abyss that is the world after the disaster. Perhaps filmmakers haven't figured that part out yet. Despite the chill, it's a summer movie at its best (or worst): not to be taken too seriously, and not being rated as high as some people think.