2012

2009 Action/Adventure

Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following the prophecy stated by the ancient Mayan calendar, which says that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012. When a global cataclysm thrusts the world into chaos, divorced writer and father Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) joins the race to ensure that humankind is not completely wiped out. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt round out the cast of this end-of-the-world thriller co-scripted by the director and his 10,000 B.C. writer/composer, Harald Kloser.

Director: Roland Emmerich

Starring: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton

 40 Reviews  9 Awards

Reviews

  • There's something to be said for a formula picture done almost to perfection. In 2012, Emmerich gives you everything you expect, but gives it to you bigger.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    29 November 2012

  • 2012 takes the disaster movie -- once content simply to threaten the Earth with a comet, or blow up the White House -- to its natural conclusion, the literal end of the world.

    - The Washington Post

    29 November 2012

  • The mother of all disaster movies (and the father, and the extended family) spends half an hour on ominous set-up scenes (scientists warn, strange events occur, prophets rant and of course a family is introduced) and then unleashes two hours of cataclysmic special events hammering the Earth relentlessly.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    29 November 2012

  • God forgive me, but I enjoyed the nerve-racking silliness of this newest, loudest exercise in destruction.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    29 November 2012

  • As far as the new disaster film 2012 is concerned, the world will end with both a bang and a whimper, the bang of undeniably impressive special effects and the whimper of inept writing and characterization. You pays your money, you takes your chances.

    Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times

    29 November 2012

Awards

  • Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2010)

     

  • Best Supporting Actor

    Black Reel Awards (2010)

     

  • Best Visual Effects

    Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2010)

     

  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

    Image Awards (2010)

     

  • Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film

    Motion Picture Sound Editors (2010)

     

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