Scottish actor, Gerard Butler, has seen his share of box office failures. It appears that the recently released film titled "Geostorm," is another unsuccessful film under Butler's belt. Reviews from film critics and audiences alike seem to agree that "Geostorm" was definitively a terrible flick.
In a report by Entertainment Weekly, the premise of the film seemed to be rocky at best. The scenes in the movie were not as cohesive as it should have been, and had even undergone multiple reshoots – which is somewhat of a red flag and almost never a good sign prior to a movie's release. The film is also the directorial debut for Dean Devlin, the former producer of the film "Independence Day." Unfortunately, based on the reviews, it would appear that he is off to a very rough start.
Butler stars in the film as Jake Lawson, who is part of a natural disaster defense program with a drinking problem. According to Independent, the natural disaster defense program is able to make use of satellites surrounding the Earth to control the natural calamities of Mother Nature.
However, in the report's review round-up, critics have nothing but terrible things to say across the board, despite the relatively high budget given to create the movie.
Another problem that the film encountered was the false notion given to its potential audiences given its title. According the The Guardian, the title is a "made up word." Audiences expected to see a terrible natural calamity occur in the flick, but it would appear that the movie delayed the disaster as much as possible. What had replaced it was a poorly written dialogue between actors and an incoherent plot.
Perhaps, if the film like many other natural disaster flicks showed the full natural disaster that viewers came to see, the poorly executed elements of "Geostorm" could possibly have been overlooked.
"Geostorm" is now showing in theaters everywhere.
