Yet another disaster picture from director Roland Emmerich
(Independence Day), this boasts some whopping scenes of destruction, but it is ultimately a special-effects demo reel that runs out of money shots. You know there’s a problem when a movie about tornadoes, floods and hurricanes turns to escaped zoo wolves and a leg infection for drama in its final act. Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal express sheepishness as much as horror as the leads in the ensemble cast.
