Good but standard ending

Rating: 5/10 (16 July 2008)

Well, what can you say. Having seen many US disaster movies why must they always end with the Government troops rolling in and saving (or in this case not) the day. It's been a standard feature of American movies for more than 50 years and I wish film directors/writers could think up another type of ending. It's even infected British movies like the 28 days series. Rescue by soldiers in Hummers is becoming a stock standard ending to the disaster movie. Surely someone can think of an another type of ending other than the troops appearing in the fog? Movies like Them! (1954) and such-like used the "troops save the day" as a reassurance that the US could stand up to the communist threat. What excuse have they now? A good movie but let down by the overdone and trite finish.