*English Abstract *

Director Ric Roman Waugh is said to have made a film that privileges the human scale over showmanship and special effects. Is there any truth to this. But the "human" plot falls into a few commonplaces, in the face of a cosmic catastrophe that the US government faces with a secret plan much better planned than its policies against Covid and that constitutes one of the few original elements (and involuntarily ironic) of this film. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

English Review

The Earth begins to be hit by a series of fragments of a strange comet on a collision course with it. The marriage of John and Allison Garrity (Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin), who was in the process of separation and their young son Nathan must suddenly undertake an eventful journey to a safe haven.

Director Ric Roman Waugh is said to have made a film that privileges the human scale over spectacularity. There is some truth to this, as the film is not lavish in special effects, but they are elegant and effective and the crowd scenes are accomplished. In addition, it has the ability to “fragment” the threat and its effects. The "human" plot focuses on a family, unlike other catastrophe films that address a finally convergent choral structure. But he incurs in a few common places, betting on unbreakable family ties, his misunderstandings and reunions, an anticlimactic sentimentality, desperate, violent and / or miserable behaviors of the save oneself who can, enhanced by government secrecy. Many scenes (and perhaps the entire movie) could apply to any global threat. But this time one that also occurs in the heart of the Empire. In this case, the US Government seems to have its secret anti-catastrophe plan much better planned than its policy against Covid, with an elitist and utilitarian approach that constitutes one of the few original (and unintentionally ironic) elements of the film.