...and this is after the re-shoots? This much-delayed film follows in the shoes of Twister, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012 and San Andreas, and it is a slightly guilty pleasure to see the latest CGI wreak havoc on major cities every few years. The money is on the screen (especially on the gorgeously detailed space-set scenes), because it certainly did not go on dialogue (which here almost elevates Armageddon to a Shakespearean level) or performances, although Geostorm contains one of Gerard Butler's most considered and effective turns. The first two acts veer between dull and silly, with hard science sitting uncomfortably with complete nonsense, yet there is a sequence of scenes at the start of the final act that suddenly kicks into gear and is exciting for a while but falls back to unevenness towards the end. A purposeful thriller could have been made out of this material, but instead Geostorm falls back on clichés and past successes all too easily and with less success.
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