The Day After Tomorrow: review

Rating: 9/10 (27 October 2013)

The Day After Tomorrow (2004), directed by Roland Emmerich, featuring Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal.
What did you think ? You thought we could keep taking advantage of the earth without suffering the consequences ? The human being is currently considered as the biggest predator on earth but now the earth is waking up and it's ready to unleash its power against us. We're now on the cusp of significant climate changes... This is what the paleoclimatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) is trying to convince the country of. Indeed, on an expedition in Antarctica, while he and his colleagues were extracting some icecaps out of the ice, the shelf broke off. The ice is melting and the see level is rising faster and faster every day, the climate is dangerously changing and the security of the northern hemisphere is at stake. It is time to react and advise the world of his findings but the Vice President and the diplomats of the United States won't take it seriously. However, Professor Terry Rapson believes in him and informs him of disruptions in the North Atlantic current. Countdown just got started, across the world violent weather is causing many catastrophes: hurricanes, storms, hailstones (big like baseballs), deluges and floods are making more and more disasters. This movie is specially concentrated on Jack's son, Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) who's stuck in Manhattan where the weather is getting violent. People die in the streets because of the cold. As the storm is increasingly getting worse, a huge wave hits Manhattan. Sam and his friends are waiting for relief in the New York library, burning books to try to keep warm despite the freezing weather. Whereas the government is trying to evacuate the people who can still be saved, Jack Hall decides to rescue his son in Manhattan... Jack knows that they've just entered in a new ice age, but the love for his son is stronger than any storm. Will they survive ?
I really appreciated this movie, especially the special effects, which are amazingly realistic! When I watched the movie at the movie theater, I really felt like I was in the movie and I even put my jacket on because I felt cold. I really advise you to watch this movie because it makes you think of what would happen in many years if we keep destroying our planet. More over it's a well- balanced mix of action, science-fiction, romance and suspense.
So, I hope I convinced you and I strongly recommend this movie to anyone who'd like to watch a movie that will make you go through stress, amazement and suspense...