Story Line
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.
“Where will you be?”
Top Cast
Dennis Quaid
Jack Hall
Jake Gyllenhaal
Sam Hall
Emmy Rossum
Laura Chapman
Dash Mihok
Jason Evans
Jay O. Sanders
Frank Harris
Sela Ward
Dr. Lucy Hall
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Rating
6.6/ 10
Release Date
2004-05-26
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
Science FictionThrillerAdventure
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User Reviews (6)
John Chard
5/10
•6/10/2019It threatened and promised to be a politically (wooly) mammoth disaster picture.
Jack Hall is certain that another ice age is imminent due to the effects of global warming, but the government just will not listen to him. Sure enough the climate c...
Peter McGinn
10/10
•8/29/2020I gather that climate deniers hate films like this. I would be sad if my political or social stances Completely prevented me from being able to appreciate films that stretch credulity the opposite way from my own views. I mean, I am an ardent atheist...
The Movie Mob
6/10
•1/21/2023**The Day After Tomorrow ends the world better than most natural disaster films, with an experienced disaster director and a grounded premise.**
Roland Emmerich, the master of disaster, created one of the quintessential apocalyptic natural disaste...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•9/4/2023"Jack Hall" (Dennis Quaid) is the somewhat discredited scientist who warns of impending disaster when the mother of all ice storms gathers - reducing temperatures to well below freezing and causing huge tsunami waves and heavy snows to devastate civi...