2004 · action · sci-fi · thriller
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Directed by Roland Emmerich2h 4m2004
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.
Our read: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (2004) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · sci-fi · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / sci-fi, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
- epic-stakes
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