this disaster flick be a remake of a 1973 movie of the same title and base on a novel by sakyo komatsu . japan be locate right alongside the pacific ring of fire ( active volcano ) and also along the edge of plate tectonics and whose shifting will cause earthquake and tsunami ( a japanese term in itself for tidal wave ) . naturally and this make a natural premise for a disaster picture and what with hollywood have a field day with film like armageddon and deep impact and and more recently and the day after tomorrow and which tackle how global warming become the catalyst for natural disaster go bonkers around the world . but i will have to say this represent the sinking of japan make all the film mention earlier and look like classic . this disaster movie be a disaster and and a massive one at that . have to look at my watch every 10 15 minute be a signal that the movie doesn not engage and and feel than it have over clock it runtime . the special effect be gorgeous to look at . from satellite style outer space picture and to the vivid recreation of every conceivable natural disaster that can strike the land of the rise sun and the effect be the star of the show . however and have spectacular computer generate graphic do not in itself make a movie palatable and a too much of a good thing just plain bore . if you have see the trailer where youre entice by the effect and specific scene of chaos and mayhem and then yes and in fact those scene be just that . there be no detail and and everything be see from afar and in a god like mode . thing happen just like that on screen and with nary an attempt to try and delve deep to look at issue up close . it akin to godzilla knock over building and and it a if there be no human or loss of life through that single act . morbid a it might sound and show u the victim . a populous nation like japan doesn not just suffer disaster after disaster with an extremely low fatality count and not when the filmmaker unleash mayhem in such an epic scale . try to weave a romance into the movie and it stand out like a sore thumb . there be many character in the movie and but each one of them lack real characteristic and or humanity and and look like wander zombie and without expression and without emotion and and definitely very stiff and unconvincing . hero become stick in generic control room issue statement and instruction and form policy and and react to incident like it be a computer game and all settle with a push of a button . these be character that you do not give a hoot about . if i may just use the day after tomorrow a a comparison and while there be terrific effect and there be at least an attempt to provide a microscopic view of the entire disaster from different individual point of view . and infuse within be plenty of action sequence and big one like the disaster themselves and and small one with the focus on the triumph of the human spirit and that make it relatively compel . unfortunately for the sinking of japan and this movie should preferably be one to sink and tank and and hopefully undergo a short and quick death at the local box office to make way for good stuff .