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article2017 Reviews,Global warming at its peak, Gerard Butler as a trigger-happy scientist and a net of laser satellites covering the world. Welcome to Geostorm!
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller
Directors: Dean Devlin
Cast: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris, Alexandra Maria Lara, Daniel Wu, Zazie Beetz, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Eugenio Derbez, Amr Waked, Robert Sheehan Adepero Oduye, Richard Schiff & Andy Garcia.
Run Time: 109 min.
US Release: 20 October 2017
UK Release: 20 October 2017
German Release: 19 October 2017
I went to see this yesterday with no expectations at all, I saw the trailer, knew that Gerard Butler was in it and sat back, expecting to see an entertaining trash film and what I obtained was exactly that. Look, we all know by now that the 90’s euphoria for good disaster movies is long past, the newest ones we obtain nowadays have nothing fresh to add to the genre and mostly copy the formula of those 90’s flicks. In this case, director Dean Devlin who co-worked with Roland Emmerich on a lot of his movies took what he learned from the master of disaster and made a beat for beat copy of his blockbusters.
So Geostorm takes place in the near future - not sure how far in the future because it doesn’t specify the date exactly. The human race is facing extinction due to the extreme change in weather, which is causing disastrous storms, floods, erosion and fires. Jake Lawson (Butler) invents and builds a net of satellites nicknamed Dutch Boy, co-working with the brightest people from around the world. The satellites are controlled from the ISS, which has been modified and updated. When his brother Max (Sturgess) is given control of the programme by the US Senate and forced to fire him, Jake retreats to Florida to live a hermit's life. Three years later and a week before handing over Dutch Boy to an international committee, the satellites start to malfunction and Jake is rehired to fix the problem.
Storywise, this film makes a couple of interesting suggestions; pointing at the problem of global warming and the disasters that might occur all around the world, as well as not just focusing on the US alone but including a narrative in which every nation of the world puts aside their differences to work together to solve a problem, that might extinguish the human race. While these factors are intriguing and the overall message tried to be a positive one, the film takes itself way too serious considering the fact that the plot is about a physical net of satellites covering the earth and controlling our weather.
Then there is also the fact that none of the characters are in real immediate danger. There are a maximum of three scenes were some of the main personas are being targeted but they either resolve the problem easily, or they simply walk through it as if being Superman. Other than that the narrative focuses on dire scenarios, where out-of-control weather satellites target a few cities and people die. It is horrible and sad, but as a viewer, you are not emotionally invested in any of the extras and thus don’t care about their fate.
The movie really tries to sell Gerard Butler as this genius scientist, but he doesn’t behave nor talk like one. At this point, I am asking myself if Butler was ever good at acting or just lucky with his performances in 300, RocknRolla and even Law Abiding Citizen, because any other movie he was physically in after those, simply sucked! So, in this flick, he plays Jake Lawson developer and engineer of the Dutch Boy satellite system and brother of Max Lawson, portrayed by Jim Sturges, who takes over the project as a White House correspondent (don’t worry, no spoilers here this all happens in the first 10 minutes of the film). The problem is that neither of them has good chemistry and therefore they are not believable as brothers.
Abbie Cornish, as secret-service agent Sarah Wilson, was possibly the most credible persona in Geostorm. Her performance is a little over-the-top at times, but she gives a reliable enough execution of the character. Her romance with Sturges’ Max Lawson, on the other hand, was not credible and felt very forced.
As soon as Ed Harris popped up on screen I knew exactly what his role was. He is not really acting as much as simply being himself in front of a camera. Andy Garcia as the president was an actual waste of casting. He isn’t that often in the film and did not even try to give a decent performance.
The Cinematography is not specifically cinema worthy and would have probably suited more a straight-to-TV movie, but I wouldn’t say that it is horrible. The effects on the other hand range from looking good to being absolutely terrible. I was quite shocked at how the various natural disasters varied in quality; as if they burned through the budget during the first couple of days and then needed to hire a subpar computer effects company for the rest of the shoot, and to be honest there aren’t even that many destruction scenes in this flick.
Verdict: This movie is exactly what I had expected it to be, an over-the-top and absurd destruction-porn blockbuster, with a well-known international cast and a handful of cheesy one-liners. I was actually impressed by the diverse roster of actors in this film and thought that the core message is an important one. The problem is that instead of embracing its ridiculousness, the story takes itself way too serious and the dialogues are partially pretentious. The two main characters were completely miscast and have no chemistry whatsoever, while Andy Garcia was totally wasted as the President of the US. The effects were something of a mixed bag; sometimes looking good, sometimes all right and other times downright awful. In the end though, if you know what you are getting into, Geostorm is able to entertain at an average level. I will give it a 4 out of 10.
Have you seen Geostorm yet? What did you think of it? Leave a comment below to let me know and thank you very much for reading this review.
I went to see this yesterday with no expectations at all, I saw the trailer, knew that Gerard Butler was in it and sat back, expecting to see an entertaining trash film and what I obtained was exactly that. Look, we all know by now that the 90’s euphoria for good disaster movies is long past, the newest ones we obtain nowadays have nothing fresh to add to the genre and mostly copy the formula of those 90’s flicks. In this case, director Dean Devlin who co-worked with Roland Emmerich on a lot of his movies took what he learned from the master of disaster and made a beat for beat copy of his blockbusters.
So Geostorm takes place in the near future - not sure how far in the future because it doesn’t specify the date exactly. The human race is facing extinction due to the extreme change in weather, which is causing disastrous storms, floods, erosion and fires. Jake Lawson (Butler) invents and builds a net of satellites nicknamed Dutch Boy, co-working with the brightest people from around the world. The satellites are controlled from the ISS, which has been modified and updated. When his brother Max (Sturgess) is given control of the programme by the US Senate and forced to fire him, Jake retreats to Florida to live a hermit's life. Three years later and a week before handing over Dutch Boy to an international committee, the satellites start to malfunction and Jake is rehired to fix the problem.
Storywise, this film makes a couple of interesting suggestions; pointing at the problem of global warming and the disasters that might occur all around the world, as well as not just focusing on the US alone but including a narrative in which every nation of the world puts aside their differences to work together to solve a problem, that might extinguish the human race. While these factors are intriguing and the overall message tried to be a positive one, the film takes itself way too serious considering the fact that the plot is about a physical net of satellites covering the earth and controlling our weather.
Then there is also the fact that none of the characters are in real immediate danger. There are a maximum of three scenes were some of the main personas are being targeted but they either resolve the problem easily, or they simply walk through it as if being Superman. Other than that the narrative focuses on dire scenarios, where out-of-control weather satellites target a few cities and people die. It is horrible and sad, but as a viewer, you are not emotionally invested in any of the extras and thus don’t care about their fate.
The movie really tries to sell Gerard Butler as this genius scientist, but he doesn’t behave nor talk like one. At this point, I am asking myself if Butler was ever good at acting or just lucky with his performances in 300, RocknRolla and even Law Abiding Citizen, because any other movie he was physically in after those, simply sucked! So, in this flick, he plays Jake Lawson developer and engineer of the Dutch Boy satellite system and brother of Max Lawson, portrayed by Jim Sturges, who takes over the project as a White House correspondent (don’t worry, no spoilers here this all happens in the first 10 minutes of the film). The problem is that neither of them has good chemistry and therefore they are not believable as brothers.
Abbie Cornish, as secret-service agent Sarah Wilson, was possibly the most credible persona in Geostorm. Her performance is a little over-the-top at times, but she gives a reliable enough execution of the character. Her romance with Sturges’ Max Lawson, on the other hand, was not credible and felt very forced.
As soon as Ed Harris popped up on screen I knew exactly what his role was. He is not really acting as much as simply being himself in front of a camera. Andy Garcia as the president was an actual waste of casting. He isn’t that often in the film and did not even try to give a decent performance.
The Cinematography is not specifically cinema worthy and would have probably suited more a straight-to-TV movie, but I wouldn’t say that it is horrible. The effects on the other hand range from looking good to being absolutely terrible. I was quite shocked at how the various natural disasters varied in quality; as if they burned through the budget during the first couple of days and then needed to hire a subpar computer effects company for the rest of the shoot, and to be honest there aren’t even that many destruction scenes in this flick.
Have you seen Geostorm yet? What did you think of it? Leave a comment below to let me know and thank you very much for reading this review.
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