james Gerrard

Director Adam McKay latest outing is a biting satire with its crosshairs clearly aimed at politicians and the larger society out there who are apathetic of the looming climate crisis facing the world. Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo Di Caprio star as a pair of scientist who discover a rogue comet, headed towards the Earth, triggering what they estimate to be an extinction level event. The comet and the crisis surrounding it are used as an effective metaphor by McKay to critique everything from modern society’s obsession with pop culture, how technology controls us rather than the other way around and also takes aim even at media and news channels and how they sensationalize even the most trivial of stories. Oscar winner Leonardo Di Caprio keeps showing us he is the heir-apparent to Daniel Day Lewis as the greatest actor among the current crop, effortlessly essaying the role of an under-confident, fretful, and fidgety professor, prone to panic attacks. In another Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, he finds an able foil and the duo play off each other to devastating effect, enthralling the viewer with their yin-yang dynamic. While most of the big names in the star-studded ensemb