by Frank Wilkins
Left uncontrolled, global warming will cause a disruption of the Earth's warm water currents, which in turn will melt the polar ice caps causing devastatingly high sea levels and unpredictable weather patterns throughout the world. Walls of water will deluge New York City, baseball-sized hailstones will pelt the citizens of Tokyo, and massive tornadoes will rip apart Los Angeles. So go the ramifications of an unchecked greenhouse effect in the mind of Roland Emmerich....read more

by Jeremiah Lewis
In the simple causative world of Roland Emmerich, science and even logic are no hurdles for presenting his cause célèbre in such a way that minds will be stirred, and questions will go unasked in the ensuing wake. To say the movie is a poster film for environmentalism is akin to saying Vixen is a deeply sensitive film exploring issues of racism and politics. Emmerich touches on the mammoth question of global warming and its consequences, but only in a way that suggests he is unfamiliar with its mechanisms.....read more