![]() ![]() Of course with any thriller you need to be willing to suspend your disbelief, but with this book you need to brutally murder it, burn the carcass, and scatter the ashes to the four winds. I defy you to put it down."ĭefinitely worth a read, specially if you enjoy this genre. ![]() His startling facts surpasses his art of story-telling to magnanimous quantities.) Its fast paced, and as one of the critics wrote in the back cover: "Hugely entertaining! I started reading The Day After Tomorrow at 2 in the afternoon and finished reading it, my eyes bleeding at 3 am. ( Something I feel happens to Dan Brown every time he starts to write a thriller. I wonder how the author Allan Folsom managed to amalgamate science, history and technology all in the same novel, without letting it seem bogged down with the weight of his research. A truth which can change the future forever! What ensues is a battle of wits, with startling revelations, resulting in the chaser becoming the chased, until in the end, he confronts a terrifying truth. The plot deals with a doctor who gets drawn into a web of international conspiracy when he chances upon his father's killer in a small cafe in Cafe. It's all absurd, yet sporadically fascinating, if only for the way the actors commit to their roles despite the silly scenario.The Day After Tomorrow was one of the first thrillers that I ever read, at age 12, from my school library.(I presume that the librarian had not read it herself, so as to include in the shelf, considering it had liberal doses of 'between the sheets' activities!)Įrr, not the 'between the sheets' part. The group's fraught expedition to save the planet is filled with an excessive amount of scientific jargon and melodrama, backed up by a hyperactive score that works overtime to drive home their dire situation. The vessel that carries them as it drills into the planet's interior is piloted by two NASA astronauts, including Swank's Major Beck, a young but distinguished pilot. Zimsky, embark on a mission to deliver nuclear weapons to the core. What follows is a journey to the center of the Earth as Keyes and three other scholars, including Tucci's arrogant Dr. He quickly determines that the core of the Earth is no longer rotating, a problem that will lead to all kinds of disasters all over the world and end in the destruction of the planet. With a starry cast that includes Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, and Don Cheadle playing scientists and public officials, the wacky plot is pure cheese, but that cheese is pretty tasty.Īfter a group of seemingly random people all drop dead simultaneously in New York City, the government asks Eckhart's Josh Keyes, a geophysicist, to determine what happened. ![]() In the movie, a relatively minor earthquake somehow causes a volcano to form underneath the city, touching off an escalating calamity that starts in the subway (which is depicted as far bigger than the subway system that really exists in L.A.) and creeps into the streets. On the other hand, "Volcano" takes place in Los Angeles, a place known for many natural disasters - although volcanoes aren't one of them. Plus, while it features all the creeping lava and spewing gases you'd expect, the story centers on Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan), the volcanologist who anticipates the eruption, and Rachel Wando (Linda Hamilton), the mayor of the small town, who strike up a relationship as they flee together with Rachel's kids when disaster strikes. "Dante's Peak" is undeniably the more realistic of the two films, focusing on the eruption of a thought-to-be dormant volcano near the fictional title town. ![]()
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