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While hell hasn’t frozen over, it seems as if most of the northern hemisphere will. Climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) discovers that the world has premature menopause in a sense; we’re witnessing the beginning of a new ice age with dramatic climate shifts resulting in destructive tornados rampaging across the L.A. basin and a shifting climate change that instantly freezes anything it touches. Hall must save his stranded son. To do so Hall must brave the perils of the devastated landscape as he travels from Washington D.C. to New York City. “The Day After Tomorrow” like many of Roland Emmerich’s films is a throwback to the 70’s popcorn film. This time the genre he tackles is the disaster film. While it’s a disaster film, it’s not a complete disaster. While the story may sound far fetched, the acting along with the CGI effects puts it over. Emmerich’s film comes across with a remarkable degree of sincerity and has some sly satirical touches directed at our current political leaders. Like most disaster movies, its full of enough plot holes to drive a snowplow through but that doesn’t make the film any less enjoyable as a popcorn movie with a conscience. ---

Most of the extra making-of-footage has been relegated to the DVD-ROM portion of the disc which allows for much more material to be put on the disc with more space for the actual film transfer. We do, however, get deleted scenes which don’t move the narrative forward nor do they develop the characters very much so it’s clear why they were cut. The Audio Anatomy Interactive demo is interesting but hardly essential showing how the complex sound effects were put together to create a rich tapestry of sound. If you purchase the disc at best buy, it does come with a bonus disc with a 20 minute featurette about the making of the movie.