I thought this was a good disaster movie and yes the wife does do stupid things. About the only special effects are when a asteroid hits Florida and the blast takes out everything. John is a building engineer whom gets an emergency message to bring his family to a military base for a flight out. Meanwhile, the news is filled with stories of asteroids hitting the earth, most are small. Soon, the government finally reveals that a life ending sized asteroid is expected to hit earth. So, of course, chaos ensues. They make it to the airport, but the wife stupidly lets the officers know the son has diabetes and chronic conditions are not allowed. Meanwhile, the husband has gone back to the car to get the insulin that was left, how could someone in that situation let that happen. Anyways, planes blow up and the 3 get separated and are going to meat at the wife's dad's. So the wife and son get help, but then those people turn on them and the wife miraculously meets up with her son again. And John gets a lift but people want to steal his bracelet, which leads him to do something he never would have imagined.
So they meet at the dad's and decide to take a chance and drive to Canada to get on a plane to the underground safe houses. Well, they make it after several obstacles, then the world is destroyed and 9 months later the survivers emerge. Question, how do they think they are going to get more insulin for their son to live. Everything has been wiped out. Well, I guess there's no reason to ponder that. In movies like this, I always question why do all these people want to live? Everything is gone, there is no going back to life, probably only a few thousand people survived around the world with no way of ever meeting up with them.
FINAL VERDICT: nice to have a end of world movie that isn't just about the special effects. Good for 2 hours to relax.
So they meet at the dad's and decide to take a chance and drive to Canada to get on a plane to the underground safe houses. Well, they make it after several obstacles, then the world is destroyed and 9 months later the survivers emerge. Question, how do they think they are going to get more insulin for their son to live. Everything has been wiped out. Well, I guess there's no reason to ponder that. In movies like this, I always question why do all these people want to live? Everything is gone, there is no going back to life, probably only a few thousand people survived around the world with no way of ever meeting up with them.
FINAL VERDICT: nice to have a end of world movie that isn't just about the special effects. Good for 2 hours to relax.