This disaster movie is not like other disaster movies. Other disaster movies tend to follow a very rigid structure and not stray from it.
First we meet the primary characters and we get to know them through scenes of "everyday life".
Then the secondary characters whose "lives will be changed forever" are introduced.
Lastly the "enemy" is introduced. Mostly in the form of the mighty bureaucrat who won't evacuate the city or close the beaches or whatever.
This movie introduces one secondary character and uses tertiary characters for all the "unwashed masses" who are just supposed to die anyway. This enables the movie to concentrate on the efforts of the hero(es) to fix the situation and not have to show a lot of pointless drivel about dogs trapped in rain pipes and children being caught under buses.
Plus, the characters are actually well drawn and the story is somewhat believable.
I was entertained for an hour and a half and that's really the point, right?
First we meet the primary characters and we get to know them through scenes of "everyday life".
Then the secondary characters whose "lives will be changed forever" are introduced.
Lastly the "enemy" is introduced. Mostly in the form of the mighty bureaucrat who won't evacuate the city or close the beaches or whatever.
This movie introduces one secondary character and uses tertiary characters for all the "unwashed masses" who are just supposed to die anyway. This enables the movie to concentrate on the efforts of the hero(es) to fix the situation and not have to show a lot of pointless drivel about dogs trapped in rain pipes and children being caught under buses.
Plus, the characters are actually well drawn and the story is somewhat believable.
I was entertained for an hour and a half and that's really the point, right?