I'm a sucker for a disaster film, I pretty much love all of them but I do have 'some' limitations.
This one does enough to stay on the good side of the ledger.
What works, the effects (mostly) and The Rock. What doesn't, The Rock and the Disney-fying of anyone dying.
What do I mean? The Rock is hit and miss in this one, he pulls of some great scenes whereas others are just a bridge too far (he may have caught this from Fast Furious). The effects are excellent. The deaths are sanitised for perhaps younger viewers, the cost of this is tension and any real concern you may have had for the family. They are obviously going to come out ok so we don't have to explain anything to the kiddies!
But a disaster movie is a disaster movie so thumbs up from me!
This one does enough to stay on the good side of the ledger.
What works, the effects (mostly) and The Rock. What doesn't, The Rock and the Disney-fying of anyone dying.
What do I mean? The Rock is hit and miss in this one, he pulls of some great scenes whereas others are just a bridge too far (he may have caught this from Fast Furious). The effects are excellent. The deaths are sanitised for perhaps younger viewers, the cost of this is tension and any real concern you may have had for the family. They are obviously going to come out ok so we don't have to explain anything to the kiddies!
But a disaster movie is a disaster movie so thumbs up from me!