Really Surprised!

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Sadly, nobody ever saw the Rising Seas Shoreline Maps from National Geographic (On which IMDb doesn't let me link) Or the calculation on how much the ocean level can rise until there just is not enough water on the planet. Hint: It's 80 metres. That would kill Rome, but not its hills, and certainly not Dresden (at 114 metres), which still would be 1000 kilometres away from any ocean.But then, this is not about science and the possible. It's Indiana Jones meets Waterworld, and very bad piping. Since if you don't use Moses sceptre to drain the oceans (to where?) every few thousand years, the oceans will just keep rising. Probably fits right into the narrative of climate-change deniers.In any case, I did not find the acting too bad, neither the dialogue. It's just the plot that is so incredibly unbelievable. Apart from that, the most annoying thing was the outro music.

To me this movie was a not that bad combination of Waterworld and Indiana Jones, but it was like a skeleton of a movie without the flesh that movies usually have or should have. My biggest disappointment was the choice of the actresses (and their characters). That was a huge no-no! One was all like "I'm a never-cast-me-again actress playing a useless woman who just happens to know a bit in machinery", and the other was like "I'm also a bad actress, but I'm happy I can play a girl with extremely masculine behavior". The men on the other hand were great in pulling off the poor plot of the movie. They were good enough for me to want to watch them till the end. Especially Ian Somerhalder (aka Jack) managed to make a different character out of what was written. Instead of the originally selfish, foolish, arrogant, careless and material boy who quickly turned into a caring, selfless and trustworthy hero, Ian Somerhalder made an adventurous, reality-facing and easy-going young man who evolves into a responsible, sarcastic and fun man. I knew Ian was not a bad actor, but he turned out to be so good that if not for him I would stop watching the movie right after I saw Bettina Zimmermann as Giovanna. In other words, this could have been a wonderful movie if the writers didn't do such a lousy job, if the cast (I mean females) was chosen more properly, and if it had more fun quotes. In overall, I would recommend watching it once: there are a couple of good special effects worth watching :)

I thought it was an adequate movie. Not the best, but certainly not the worst. I had a good time watching and I think I would even watch it again. I love that it has to with global warming as I think everyone should be more aware of it. The sea level rising and land disappearing because of it are very real possibilities although how far into the future I do not know. I thought the actors were great also! It's worth a look. I always say don't listen to anyone else's opinion, even a professional critic. The Critics put down Wild Wild West and I had people who would not see it with me just because of that. I saw it anyway, and I loved it, it had it all. Action, comedy, creepy villains, crazy contraptions. Same goes with this movie, don't let someone else decide whether you see it. See it for yourself and make your own decision. :DP.S. I can appreciate the bathtub analogy someone was giving up there tho. It's an interesting way to look at it, although it would have never crossed my mind to compare it like that.

40 years in the future Global Warming has submerged most of the Earth underwater and a Father (James Brolin) and his two Sons (Ian Solmerhalder & Jamie Thomas King) salvage treasures from sunken buildings for a living when they are given an important assignment from the Vatican to uncover an historical artifact which can lower the seas moses-style - or some such nonsense. The budget as this is a Syfy Channel Production is Low (looks a lot lower than the $6.4M quoted here) and it shows rather badly at times, especially as buildings in the far distance look like paintings, but the acting isn't too bad and there is enough action to keep you interested if not glued to the screen.A German made production Filmed entirely in South Africa and Directed by Jean De Segonzac, who has been in the Director's chair on many a TV Series and several forgettable DTV Movies.