The science in this is dubious in the extreme, but you go to see a film like this for the special effects and the ride. I admit that I quite enjoyed it, and the effects are well done. I’ll ignore the blatant plugs for fellow Fox channels Fox News and Sky, the painful references to Man Utd, and the fact that I seriously doubt any helicopter pilot in their right mind would have been flying around a downtown LA that was being ripped apart by multiple tornados. The plot’s lousy, and the twists can be seen a mile off (if twists they really are).
It’s just a roller coaster ride, and you get what it says on the tin – New York being washed away; twisters in Hollywood; snowstorms in Scotland. Better seen on the bigscreen than on video, although I expect it’ll make a killer “demo DVD” for a good home cinema audio setup.