Thank goodness for trailers — now I don’t have to waste my time watching this in the cinema
Last updated: 16th March 2026
Steven Spielberg is an international treasure of a director, that’s if you’re thinking about classics like Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and Saving Private Ryan. But there’s very little he has contributed to film beyond Catch Me If You Can — which is also debatable — and with nothing else in the tank, he’s simply breathing mechanical ideas onto the pitch desk. His movies are now itemised titles, ideas of a bygone age and Disclosure Day is proof of that.
Disclosure Day: What’s Wrong
What isn’t wrong? First, we’re greeted by cliché effects and ideas like crop circles and scriptwork that reads like a parody in a Scary Movie title, and another sci-fi trope: chittering communication — which I have no idea how it got past quality control. And if it’s Spielberg who had the final say, then that’s another problem.
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When Blunt freezes during a live weather broadcast, it seems to be the most popular show in the United States, with seemingly everyone watching. I mean, who switches on their phone and TV to watch a weather update like it’s the Super Bowl? Blimey. How out of touch do you have to be to slide that into a multi-million dollar movie? Did the production crew get some half-witted research from somewhere? Do they really think weather forecasts are that popular?
Next are the truly appalling special effects, with CGI expectation versus reality nowhere near the sweet spot of intent. At one point in the trailer, Emily Blunt attempts to board a train from a car; it looks like an intern drew the short straw on that abysmal piece of work. Get it together — we don’t need another pot of mediocrity. This is the type of quality we get during Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Whatever happened to practical effects and art?
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