Geostorm movie review

After Godzilla in 1998, Dean Devlin was not able to do any disaster movie after their tandem with Roland Emmerich. Emmerich, on the other hand, was able to do The Day After Tomorrow but got a box-office hit with 2012.

The tandem of Devlin and Emmerich brought many blockbusters like Stargate, Independence Day and Godzilla even though it was not considered the same level as the Godzilla from Japan. Devlin was able to make a new movie with Geostorm from Warner Bros. Pictures.

Geostorm is a movie set in a near future when technology is now able to control weather elements. Just like in their previous movies (even Emmerich’s 2012), Geostorm has the usual formula they started in their movies. But something went wrong when a series of unprecedented weather events devastated some areas.

First component: The geeky hero. There is an unlikely hero who happens to be a geek in every movie Devlin and Emmerich made since Stargate. In Geostorm, it is Max Lawson (played by Jim Sturgess). A White House Staffer who happens to be the immediate boss of big brother Jake, the excommunicated engineer and creator of the Dutch Boy weather system.

There is always an action hero. This hero knows what’s he always do. Most of the time, there is a tandem of the geeky hero and the action hero. In Geostorm, the action hero is also a scientist named Jake Lawson (played by Gerard Butler).

There is another action hero and it’s a she. Abbie Cornish plays Secret Service agent Sarah Wilson and she was totally badass in this movie. I still remember her role in Sucker Punch.

The U.S. president. He is not just any head of state. He is also crucial solution to the threat. Played by Andy Garcia, he is now a new addition of an inclusive U.S. President. There was already a woman, a black and now a Hispanic or Latin American U.S. president.

The disaster is not just any weather but a computer malfunction. In this movie, the story is set where the technology is advance and they are now able to manipulate weather. The Space Station is bigger and the space shuttles are more advance than the real ones.

Unlike the previous movies, the threat is now artificial. It was their own creation. Besides the action, there is also some comical scenes.  But what makes it the movie more thrilling was the 4DX experience. It was well synchronized with the movie. It is also the first time I tried the 4DX in Greenbelt 3 and it was a good immersive, cinematic experience.

Dean Devlin did well with Geostorm and it will be great to watch it best in 4DX. For more geeky movie reviews, follow this blog and like L.E.N.S. blogs on Facebook.