2012 is a 2009 action disaster film based loosely on the 2012 phenomenon and directed by Roland Emmerich. The film has an ensemble cast, including John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody Harrelson. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver. The film is set in a modern setting and only brushes on Mayanism and the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. The budget of the film is $200 million, making it the 2nd most expensive film in history.
In 2009, the sun emits a massive solar flare. American scientist Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) travels to a copper mine in India to meet his friend, Satnam (Jimi Mistry), who has discovered that Earth’s core temperature is increasing rapidly. Adrian returns to Washington D.C. and submits a report to Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), who immediately takes him to see US President Thomas Wilson (Danny Glover).
In 2010, Wilson tells other heads of state and heads of government the situation at the 36th G8 summit and billionaires all over the world buy plane tickets for one billion euros apiece. In 2011, the original version of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris is replaced with a decoy and is sealed away to keep it safe from the impending disaster.
The story jumps ahead to the summer of 2012. Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is a divorced father who works as a limousine driver and writer. His ex-wife Kate (Amanda Peet) and their children Noah (Liam James) and Lily (Morgan Lily) live with her new boyfriend, plastic surgeon Gordon (Thomas McCarthy).
Jackson takes Noah and Lily on a camping trip to Yellowstone so Kate and Gordon have enough time with each other.
While at Yellowstone, Jackson meets Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), the host of a radio segment that claims the Mayans’ prediction is true.
Enormous cracks then begin to develop along the San Andreas Fault in California and disruptive earthquakes occur in the San Francisco Bay area. Despite government assurances that all is fine, Jackson grows suspicious.
After hiring a private plane, he drives to Kate’s home to save his family and Gordon from the impending earthquakes of the Earth’s crust displacement. Jackson quickly collects his family and convinces Gordon to fly the plane out of the city. Los Angeles then collapses into the Pacific Ocean.
When the plane runs low on fuel, they are forced to land in Wyoming and Jackson splits off to find Charlie, who possesses a map to ships being built in order to save humanity. Yet Charlie has gone to the mountains to watch the approaching catastrophe.
After getting hold of the map they discover that the ships they are searching for are in China. Jackson and his family leave as Yellowstone Caldera erupts, killing Charlie during his live broadcast. More
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