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The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Scientists talk about the planet being threatened by a possible climatological disaster. In this big budget feature the threat becomes a reality in quick time. The planet's oceans become cooler sparking deadly storms. A new ice age begins. Read more
| Starring | Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum |
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| Director | Roland Emmerich |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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This jaw-dropping disaster movie makes director Roland Emmerich's previous outings feel like expensive dress rehearsals. For all their epic destruction, his previous features Independence Day and the lacklustre Godzilla are damp squibs compared to this astonishing, cautionary tale. Rooted loosely in scientific reality, the film piles on the Hollywood excess to deliver a US-centred thrill-ride in which global warming abruptly pushes the planet into a new ice age during one incredible, worldwide superstorm. Though there's a human element, focusing on climatologist Dennis Quaid's cross-country journey to Manhattan to rescue his trapped son, Jake Gyllenhaal, it's the weather effects that take centre stage. Putting aside the anticlimactic conclusion, this is cinema as pure spectacle, as tornados, flash floods, hurricanes and snow demolish cities including LA and New York. Never mind that the dialogue is frequently laugh-out-loud cheesy and the performances often melodramatic, what counts here is the enormous entertainment factor.
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Enjoyably silly disaster movie with spectacular tidal waves and other disasters in the destruction of Emmerich's least favourite places; the survival drama that follows is less interesting.
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He had aliens zap the Big Apple in Independence Day, and a latter-day Godzilla stomp it to mush. Now mayhem meister... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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43 out of 57 people found this review helpful
Same Structure As Independence Day
This was very similar in structure to his previous blockbuster Independence Day. As in that film, all the main characters were introduced in episodic form in the first half hour, then the catastrophe happened, then came the anti climatically end play. The first half of the film when the global warming and the new ice age started were of a high standard, the second half (The rescue) pretty mundane and predictable. OK for a summer blockbuster, but after all the hype, I had expected something better.
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43 out of 64 people found this review helpful
Don't watch it until the 12th of never
This film succeeded in making me very angry. Not, as the makers may have hoped, angry about the way Man is destroying his environment and putting the future of life on the planet in peril. I was furious that I had wasted two hours of one man's life watching a complete mess of effects and sub-TV movie storylines. I may be ready to sit through it again when hell freezes over.
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30 out of 34 people found this review helpful
so ... what special effects ?
I mean, really, wolves that look like pc game creatures ?? Boring, boring, boring ...
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Special effects terrific, characters cardboard
The special effects were superb but there was little depth to the characters. I thought the storyline was also unrealistic with the hero overcoming insuperable odds to reach his son. With a subject of such contemporary relevance I think that it is a pity that the producers did not risk making a more intelligent and demanding film. Switch your brain off and watch the special effects - they are fun.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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Worth watching. Great effects.
Silly story. Climate can't change that quickly ( can it? ). Worth watching though. Special effects are superb as expected.
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43 out of 57 people found this review helpful
Same Structure As Independence Day
This was very similar in structure to his previous blockbuster Independence Day. As in that film, all the main characters were introduced in episodic form in the first half hour, then the catastrophe happened, then came the anti climatically end play. The first half of the film when the global warming and the new ice age started were of a high standard, the second half (The rescue) pretty mundane and predictable. OK for a summer blockbuster, but after all the hype, I had expected something better.
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43 out of 64 people found this review helpful
Don't watch it until the 12th of never
This film succeeded in making me very angry. Not, as the makers may have hoped, angry about the way Man is destroying his environment and putting the future of life on the planet in peril. I was furious that I had wasted two hours of one man's life watching a complete mess of effects and sub-TV movie storylines. I may be ready to sit through it again when hell freezes over.
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30 out of 34 people found this review helpful
so ... what special effects ?
I mean, really, wolves that look like pc game creatures ?? Boring, boring, boring ...
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23 out of 32 people found this review helpful
Back To The Nature!
In the latest Roland Emmerich blockbuster, the story centres around a climatologist (Quaid) and his family who become divided over the course of a week where the earth undergoes drastic climate change. Throughout the film, each family member has to find their own way of surviving the catastrophic events that befall them to stand a chance of ever being reunited.
As you might expect, this is definitely one for fans of films like Twister, with over-the-top CG SFX (look out for L.A. being torn apart) and the 'Independence Day' type blurb about humans uniting together in the face of adversity (not forgetting the obligatory 'I've been a bad father' moment when it seems that all is is lost).
However, without any of Hollywood's A-list on board, this isn't as cheesy as either of those films but does unfortunately lack some of their charisma too. Also, Emmerich manages to make an interesting political statement regarding the U.S. immigration policies when American refugees are forced to cross the border into Mexico.
Overall, with an almost believable plot, some excellent artists' impressions of New York under 3 feet of ice and a feel-good element at the finale, this is a more scientific and enjoyable approach to the issue of global warming than Kevin Costner's 'Mad Max on water' Waterworld scenario ever was (Sorry Mad Max fans!). It's a must-see if you enjoyed any of Emmerich's previous big-budget extravaganzas! -
15 out of 21 people found this review helpful
Very enjoyable!
Ignore the scientific inaccuracies and the pointlessness of the main story line and just sit back and enjoy this breathtaking visual spectacle! The effects are excellent and the film is well directed throughout. Recommended!
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12 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Brilliant
This film must be watched if only for the special effects. The premise that Earth may experience another Ice Age because of the desalination of the Gulf Stream has been around for a long time,so the story line isn't the strongest part of the film, but I repeat....watch the special effects.
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15 out of 26 people found this review helpful
Snow joke!
Independence Day meets Scott of the Antarctic - Captain Oates even cuts his own rope, touching the void? The only void here is in the storyline.
From a promising premise emerges like one of its multiple twisters a confused whirl of non-science. Shame because the wolves were almost scary. -
10 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Climate disaster hokum, but watchable
The nasty people have put the economy ahead of the environment and so nature bites back by producing three giant storms freezing the northern hemisphere.
Ignore the blatent scientific mistakes (my favourite - the gulf stream flowing the wrong way on a map at the start), a romantic angle more suited to Dawson's Creek and some totally unnecessary 'human angle' stories (the boy with the brain tumour) this is an enjoyable disaster film with enough tension to keep you occupied, perfect for sitting in with the heating turned up. -
9 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Dreadful US pap
Wow! What amazing effects this movie had. Impressive from any viewpoint.
However, what they spent on CGI they saved on script and plot. Yet again another movie that views the rest of the world as a bit player.
'Independance Day' all over (and that was rubbish and all!) -
9 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Unbelievable and quite illogical
Quite frankly this was one of the worst disaster movies I have watched. The main reason for this was the poor plot in the story line. Much of it was simply unbelievable and quite illogical.
All in all it was one to miss.
Critics' reviews (3)
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This jaw-dropping disaster movie makes director Roland Emmerich's previous outings feel like expensive dress rehearsals. For all their epic destruction, his previous features Independence Day and the lacklustre Godzilla are damp squibs compared to this astonishing, cautionary tale. Rooted loosely in scientific reality, the film piles on the Hollywood excess to deliver a US-centred thrill-ride in which global warming abruptly pushes the planet into a new ice age during one incredible, worldwide superstorm. Though there's a human element, focusing on climatologist Dennis Quaid's cross-country journey to Manhattan to rescue his trapped son, Jake Gyllenhaal, it's the weather effects that take centre stage. Putting aside the anticlimactic conclusion, this is cinema as pure spectacle, as tornados, flash floods, hurricanes and snow demolish cities including LA and New York. Never mind that the dialogue is frequently laugh-out-loud cheesy and the performances often melodramatic, what counts here is the enormous entertainment factor.
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Enjoyably silly disaster movie with spectacular tidal waves and other disasters in the destruction of Emmerich's least favourite places; the survival drama that follows is less interesting.
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He had aliens zap the Big Apple in Independence Day, and a latter-day Godzilla stomp it to mush. Now mayhem meister... read more on Time Out
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