Leave the Script, take the Tidal Waves

Rating: 4/10 (29 May 2004)

Many movies have passed in front of my eyes, and I am well versed in horrible scripts and laughably absurd plotlines, but I can assure you, my fellow viewers, that even for a eye-candy-filled pulse-pounder, this movie has a ridiculous script. Leave the characters behind and the movie stands as a testament to the magic of special effects seemlessly integrated into real-time action. All the same, the movie suffers from cardboard cut-out characters, wooden acting and insanely banal lines, not to mention the suffocating clichés. Come to see the waves, the tornadoes, the destruction and the preposterous weather events, but not the horrid acting. The plot is sound, as disaster movies go, but lets forget the snooty treatment of south American countries and the demand for a strong suspense for disbelief, not just for the weather but for the illogical reaction of our government. Get the DVD, avoid the theater unless you like snickering audiences and high-school drama class scripts.