Watch it... but don't blame me if you hate it. (The Day After Tomorrow (DVD))

Member Name: ChrisJHoward

Product:	The Day After Tomorrow (DVD)
Date:	04/08/09 (14 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Always good to see Dennis Quiad.

Disadvantages: All the potential and no Gusto.

I have seen this film twice now and I was under whelmed and disappointed both times. The basic premise of the film sounds fairly intriguing and the cast line up almost make it worth playing 'spot the lesser known British TV actors'. However Despite the prospect of Global warming plunging the planet into an apocalyptic sci-fi scape, this film really is the epitome of a Hollywood big buck enterprise film falling flat on it's ugly face.

The one saving grace this film can boast is the bringing together of the father and son characters, Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) and Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal). The father makes the classic promise to his offspring that he "will come for you" and embarks on an utterly ridiculous journey in almost comedic ally bad weather conditions. It is hardly the epic Odyssey of Homer's Odysseus travelling back to Penelope and Telemachus but it is almost emotional, as the father and son had been drifting apart, a little.

Having said that, tugging on the heartstrings in films such as this is generally an attempt by the director (Roland Emmerich) to draw the audience in and get them attached to the central roles. The characters in this film remain under developed and annoying. Moreover the legendary Ian Holm had such a minute part in the whole thing, which is just silly...

With a potentially promising plot and the 'science' to back it up this film could have been a grand scale marvelled powerful warning to mankind. Unfortunately with terrible CGI, and yes by that I mean the man hungry Wolves that conveniently escape their former captive lifestyle of the zoo, this film just flops. It is not one for the DVD collection and definitely not a future classic by any means.

If you think that the cover looks as though the special FX are going to actually be something special then don't be fooled. I'm not saying it's the worst film ever but considering the year it was made and the past achievements of an otherwise brilliant director, this film incredibly poor.

Summary: Very very few redeeming qualities.