A good disaster movie(!)

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2006)

Very few of these has come out for a while. A solid, good, disaster flick. Good use of CGI(Unlike Armageddon. Ugh.) and a good story, even if it's a bit unrealistic(Unlike Deep Impact. Ugh again). I usually laugh a bit at normal disaster flicks like Perfect Storm and the likes. This movie had me entertained but not laughing at it.
Jake Gyllenhaal shows about 5% of his capacity(watch Jarhead and Donnie Darko) but it's OK. Acting is pretty general in this movie, no real stinkers or real stars. Again, no big deal. It's a disaster movie.
The plot: Ice Age is abound and Dennis Quaid has to save his son from a frozen New York. There's even a nice Karl Rove-ish vice president in there not caring. Me like.
The effects are, as I've said, very good. It's chilling to see a giant wave hit NY, especially after the recent disasters... Anyway, it's hard to elaborate on this movie. Just see it with an open mind and don't be nit-picky and you'll enjoy it.