BMJ  2004;328:1323 (29 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1323

reviews

Film

The Day After Tomorrow

Directed by Roland Emmerich

On general release worldwide from 28 May 2004

Rating:

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Global warming gets the Hollywood treatment in The Day After Tomorrow, a disaster movie where the threat to humanity comes from nature itself as a result of changes in the world's climate. In Roland Emmerich's film extreme weather events induced by human activity lash down on the northern hemisphere, with devastating consequences. The resonance of the scenario is heightened by some breathtaking special effects and by the claim that it could one day happen—but how real is the science behind all this?

The premise stems from the fact that rapid melting of polar ice, brought about by global warming, could alter the flow of ocean currents. The United Kingdom, for example, is partly warmed by the Gulf stream, a current of warm water that flows from the Gulf of Mexico past the . . . [Full text of this article]

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