An international team led Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler) creates a global network of satellites to ameliorate the deteriorating weather. The system called Dutch Boy is controlled by a group of scientists from the massive International Space Station. Politicians push aside Jake and install his brother Max (Jim Sturgess) as the new leader with the UN set to take over from the US in 3 years. It's 3 years later and unexplained errors occur. Max recruits his estranged brother Jake to investigate any design problems on the space station.
This is frustratingly stupid but not in a fun campy way. The only reason to have the space station is to have some big space action. Basically, the movie ends with control being reverted back to NASA on the ground which leaves me to question why a big expensive space station is needed. The only real world application is the repair garage for the satellites. It would make more sense for the satellites to be controlled from the ground. The CGI is fair for a second tier theatrical release. Everything is overwrought and big in a bad way. I'm willing to live with most of it until the movie gets the climax wrong. The emotional climax happens when Ed Harris is taken down. The problem with the rest of the movie is that it runs out of bad guys. It's a lot of uncompelling CGI action that gets very tiresome after awhile. It would help if Butler has to battle a bad guy on the station while trying to stop the global Geostorm but he had already knocked that guy off. This movie is throwing around a lot of CGI explosions without any tension or thrills.
This is frustratingly stupid but not in a fun campy way. The only reason to have the space station is to have some big space action. Basically, the movie ends with control being reverted back to NASA on the ground which leaves me to question why a big expensive space station is needed. The only real world application is the repair garage for the satellites. It would make more sense for the satellites to be controlled from the ground. The CGI is fair for a second tier theatrical release. Everything is overwrought and big in a bad way. I'm willing to live with most of it until the movie gets the climax wrong. The emotional climax happens when Ed Harris is taken down. The problem with the rest of the movie is that it runs out of bad guys. It's a lot of uncompelling CGI action that gets very tiresome after awhile. It would help if Butler has to battle a bad guy on the station while trying to stop the global Geostorm but he had already knocked that guy off. This movie is throwing around a lot of CGI explosions without any tension or thrills.