Geostorm:Thrills enter but little late

Cast:  Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ed Harris, Andy García

Rated: 5.5/10

This catastrophic climate thriller comes with all the thunder, lightning and storm that a big screen spatial odyssey can manage in a single outing but the roller-coaster ride with an under-toned Gerard Butler comes a bit too late into the proceedings.

Nevertheless, debutant director Dean Devlin, who carries the massive reputation of writing and producing mega movies like Independence Day and Godzilla, does well to keep up the stunning special effects but, in the process, somewhat forgets to lend soul to the story. Expert technician Butler rushes into space to avert a cataclysmic weather situation by fixing a spatial weather system he designed, as his bro manages ops from a state-of-the-art control room back on Earth. And as the two, and many others, take on the fast approaching tidal waves, all the action opens up to keep you interested.

For a lean movie week like this one, Geostorm gives enough ripples to last you a week. Only, it could have been grander, better, tighter and edgier for an impending disaster big screen magnum opus, the likes of which we are used to, thanks to growing technological props that propel such science fiction films.