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Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Customer Reviews (4 - 6 of 7 Reviews)

Melodrama in the highest
An earthquake has hit New York. And when the earth breaks open, all the stereotypes and cliches arise from the depths of the earth to bore the viewers to death so that Satan has more souls ready for the pitchfork.

You know how in disaster movies there's always someone with social or family problems? EVERY ONE HERE has a problem. A woman loses her glasses. A woman can't find her son. (who she also handicapped, by the way) The civil government is split between good-hearted rescuers and stone-cold politicians. (of course) Some guy has to grow up and become a leader, blah blah blah. There are also the classic team-ups between people trapped. The educated black woman and the punk thug teenager, accountants and low-class, the hotheaded and the calm everything except clowns and nazis. This whole movie is basically typical of the disaster film, right down to the head of an organization getting into a dangerous area himself. I mean, hey, it's not like they have anything else to do, they're only in a leadership position, they can go off whenever they want to.

The acting is not that great, either. Jennifer Garner, when giving "I miss my family" spiel, looks more like she's subduing laughter than crying. And as for our little Russian cabby (who is of course a drop dead hunk) sounds more like any moment he'll burst out in, "In Russia, earth quakes you!"

All in all, below average. Nothing special, just boring people doing boring things with boring events occuring. You don't really know these people and they're too cliche to care about, so why bother? Survey says...

"Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."

Earthquakes will get you!!!
Okay so my title sounds like some kind of horror movie but who cares. As many people have writen in their previews that earthquakes don't happen in New York. Survey Says... ERRRRRRRRR!
Earthquakes can happen anywhere! Okay so manhatten hasn't had an earthquake for a while that doesn't mean that there's a switch to turn earthquakes on or off in New York. So Earthquakes happen in California more often. It's because they lie on a huge fault line. Earthquakes have happened in North Carolina and Missouri that doesn't mean New York is safe. And although September 11 was bad that doesn't mean that god will suddenly protect New York from Earthquakes because of Two Towers Collapsing. Earthquakes can hit New York and they will. Same with Canada last year Toronto had a 5.2 Earthquake! Anyway this movie is great and the special effects are A W E S O M E! (P.S i'm not some science geek). Defintaley worth 5 stars

The Big Apple can have the big shake
If you are in any doubt as to how good this film is, then ask yourself the question "why are people discussing the scientific fact behind the storyline?" The special effects are more than convincing and you really do get the feeling that you could be watching an earthquake in progress. If anyone out there questions the possibility of earthquakes in Manhattan, then maybe you should refer to the following ...I live in the United Kingdom, where earthquakes can not happen, tornados never happen and the possibility of hurricanes is "laughable" as one 1987 forecaster said. In 1987, we had a hurricane, in 1998 we had tornadoes and this year, we suffered a minor earthquake. Never say never.

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