As with the prequel: Category 6, Day of destruction, The actors in this each did an exceptional job. Great work by Shannon Doherty and her partner in tornado chasing, the iconic Randy Quaid. Very believable responses to the environmental crises. I love the layers of story line, which are quite complex, but rather than omitting them, they add to the depth of the film overall. Great science stats, and coverage of both social, political and economic issues arising from Global Warming. Particularly appreciated the addition of the religious coverage in this, as definitely there can be a fine line between environmental damage by man and what some believe is 'God's punishment'. Really great production on all fronts.

Film catastrophe(in both senses). The whole planet is devastated by mega-storms, hurricanes, tornadoes. All the characters, for 2 hours 49min, they fret and fuss, waiting for the end of the world. There are not missing some frogs and flies as biblical signs. To make matters worse, at the half of the movie, some villains kidnap a few young people, including the son of the main character, who tries to save the world, FEMA Director Judith Carr (Gina Gershon). The most sympathetic character is Tornado Tommy Dixon, played by the natural Randy Quaid. Other actors, including Robert Wagner, John Kapel, James Brolin, Swoosie Kurtz, Tom Skerritt and even Gina Gershon, all alike it seems they have a thick carrot stuck in their ass(I think they were aware of how bad is the script). So, it's really the end of the world? No, they changed their mind, just wanted to scare you again, like in all those catastrophic productions, they have a happy ending, as usual...

Pros of Category 7: Graphics/Special Effects EXCELLENT Cast: Gina Gershon, Shannen Doherty, Randy Quaid, Robert Wagner, Adam Rodriguez, Swoosie Kurtz, Tom Skerritt Multiple Locations Continuous Action Humor (the flog segment) Involves the Bible (the frog plague) Some Romance NO profanity Cons of Category 7 The church scenes (Swoosie Kurtz) The fly scenes. The reasons that I knocked off points: no earthquakes. The movie is very consistent without any major slow points. Hurricane Gustav inspired me to watch this movie. There was absolutely no gore in this movie. The whole rocket thing was a nice touch. You should give this movie a shot.

This film is not as bad as everyone says if you empty your mind first. OK, the special effects are terrible, but that's the result of low funding I guess. But if you look at it in an artistic point of view like you should with every motion picture, it's not a bad movie. The makers, writers, actors and everybody else who worked on this film worked hard and believed in it! So in that angle, even if there were a few flaws in the scientific details and perhaps critics on other levels where viewers themselves exceed in? I have no knowledge of weather forecast or tornado's or any of that. I'm an economic by education. But like I said, if you rest your mind and view this for recreational purpose (as you always should) it's OK, I even thought the story was plausible, about the heat of the cities and so on (I don't want to write a spoiler). And I liked Randy Quaid in here! He's always funny! And as a surprise to me (I didn't study the cover closely when I rented it) there was Shannen Doherty. Good looking' and I think she is a good actress!Just watch this on a rainy hang-over Sunday and free your mind.Oh yeah, I rated this film a 10 to pump up the average. My personal vote would be 7.