The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall warns the vice president of the coming danger due to global warming and his recent experiences on an ice flow. But does the VP listen to Jack? No, of course not. Granted, Jack said there would be catastrophic destruction within a thousand years, but how was he to know his timing would be off by a thousand years and the global destruction had already started. Um, well, yes, I guess his credibility does come into question, doesn't it.

Jack's son Sam, played by Jake Gyllenhaal - who looks way too old to be in high school - has gone to New York for a scholastic endeavor, which places him in the middle of disaster as New York is about to be hit by a tidal wave, followed by temperatures so cold that gasoline freezes.

When Sam and his friends hole up with other survivors in the NYC Library, Jack tells him to stay inside and he'll come get him. Jack and his two co-workers head off in a pick up truck to rescue Sam, which prompts the question, how are they going to fit everyone in the cab? And more importantly, what kind of crappy rescue is this?

It's an interesting and scary premise, but there are too many questions that arise, such as:

• how was Jack able to sink his ice ax into the glass roof of a building?
• if continuous exposure to the outside air temperature is deadly, then why does Jack think he'll succeed with a pick up truck, snowshoes, and a tent?
• if the storm is covering the northern US and Washington DC has already been written off, then how can Jack make it to Manhattan when he's walking?
• wouldn't wolves go after easier prey, such as the sickly or recently deceased?
  
• why the wolves?  Wasn't the global destruction enough?
• does there always need to be a sassy homeless man in movies that take place in New York?
• why does the statue of Liberty look so small compared to the size of Jack?
• if light showing beneath the door, then shouldn't the cold air have been able to get in and freeze everything in the room, even with a fire going?
• how did Jack get in touch with anyone once he was in Manhattan since the cell phones didn't get any signal and the pay phones were frozen under water?