really boring

Rating: 2/10 (21 September 2013)

I don't know how they did it, but the makers of this movie made the 2004 Tsunami seem really boring. In fact, only about five minutes of the film is dedicated to the Tsunami itself. There is no footage of the awesome pullback of the ocean before the wave hits and very little of the wave hitting. Instead, we watch a family who gets separated and then spends the rest of the movie looking for each other. The disaster appears as little more than a catalyst for this family's traumatic separation. It's more like a Lifetime movie than a film about an epic disaster. I was truly disappointed. If you want to see powerful images of the 2004 Tsunami, I suggest "Tsunami: Caught on Camera," a documentary made up only of eye-witness footage. The documentary is powerful and eerie, while this film is understated and prosaic. This movie is just dull. I am baffled by its high ratings on IMDb. I wonder if people are rating this movie's overwhelming subject matter and not its underwhelming treatment of it.