I really did not like this film too much. I loved the early mystery with the Philippines mine, the Fukushima-like disaster with Bryan Cranston, the Chernobyl-like alternate history with the fictitious Japanese metropolis, etc.
The movie lost me when it turned into a family drama with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, annoying brat, and sister of the Olson twins and just tons of city destroying. It's overload and the novelty soon wears off. CG disaster films just don't interest my brain anymore, it's been overdone for a decade already and overkill of crushed/burning buildings just puts me to sleep.
I was far more interested in the ruined and abandoned Japanese city covered with overgrowth than any shots of Hawaii/Vegas/San Fran being pulverized. CG is at it's best when it's creating worlds, not destroying them.
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 05-19-2014 at 03:08 AM.
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