How do you top a movie that dealt with a global catastrophe that resulted in cities sliding into the sea and tsunamis cresting the Himalayas? Not an easy task and this was the problem facing writer/director Roland Emmerich when he attempted to outdo his own epic disaster 2012, a film that was a clear attempt…
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2012 (2009) – Review
The most surprising thing about Roland Emmerich’s 2012 is that he didn’t bother to wait those three years so he could release the film in the actual year of 2012. Maybe he was afraid the world really was going to end on that date and wanted one last disaster movie under his belt before the…
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – Review
Hollywood disaster films tend to center around one particular type of disaster, whether it be a tornado, an earthquake or a mid-air collision it’s usually only one particular issue, but with The Day After Tomorrow, Roland Emmerich took the Global Weather Crisis head-on and gave us a movie filled to the brim with all kinds…
Independence Day (1996) – Review
Alien invasion films have been a staple of science fiction movies for decades with such classics as George Pal’s War of the Worlds and Ray Harryhausen’s Earth vs. the Flying Saucers bringing alien destruction to the big screen, but in 1996 Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich took that standard sci-fi element and blended it with…
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) – Review
When Independence Day hit theatres back in 1996 audiences were blown out of their seats by the amazing practical effects that film had to offer, they were caught up with a charismatic cast that pulled off the right amount of drama and comedy, and it had Randy Quaid yelling, “Hello boys, I’m back!” before blowing…