Geostorm Review: 2 Ups & 8 Downs

3. It Hopelessly Panders To International Audiences

Like just about every disaster movie ever made, Geostorm wants to take a huge bite out of the international box office, so the film frequently globe-hops to make sure the major markets all feel included.

There are numerous cutaways to Hong Kong and the Middle East among other locales, where hordes of anonymous foreigners are wiped out by weather catastrophes, with only Daniel Wu's satellite supervisor Cheng feeling remotely like an actual, developed character.

Rather than feel inclusive and diverse, these moments play as eye-rollingly pandering, because they're clearly motivated by nothing more than money, and add very little to the film overall.

That and the film's script clearly being simplified so you can effectively watch it without even understanding English shows just how desperate Hollywood is for those meaty foreign dollars nowadays.