Sunday, February 28, 2010
Shutter Island Movie Preview
Shutter Island is a 2010 psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The film is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. Production started in March 2008. Shutter Island was originally slated to be released on October 2, 2009, but Paramount pushed the release date to February 19, 2010.Paramount head executive Brad Grey blamed the recent economic downturn as the main decision behind the delayed release date.
PLOT
In 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), go to the Ashecliff Hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island. They are investigating the disappearance of Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), a patient who vanished from a locked room. Dr. John Cawley (Ben Kingsley), the head psychiatrist, explains that Rachel was institutionalized after drowning her three children. She believes, however, that she is still home and that her children are still alive.
The cliffs surrounding the perimeter make it impossible for Rachel to have reached the nearby caves. Teddy sees a lighthouse but is told it has already been searched. The Marshals question the staff and learn that Rachel’s psychiatrist, Dr. Sheehan, left for vacation that morning. Teddy asks to see the hospital’s personnel files but Cawley refuses. That night, Teddy has strange dreams about his wife, Dolores (Michelle Williams), who died in a fire two years before. She tells him Rachel is still on the island, as is Andrew Laeddis, the man who started the fire.
In the morning, they interview patients from Rachel’s group therapy sessions, one of whom passes Teddy a warning to run. Teddy explains to Chuck the real reason he took the case; after being transferred to Ashecliff, Andrew Laeddis disappeared. When Teddy investigated, he met a former patient who claimed that the facility was performing human experiments. Rachel is finally found near the lighthouse but she is unresponsive to Teddy’s questioning. He eventually finds George Noyce (Jackie Earle Haley), the man who told him about the experiments. George says that the whole situation is a game for Teddy’s benefit and that he is afraid of being taken to the lighthouse.
Teddy tries to reach the lighthouse and discovers a cave where the real Rachel Solando (Patricia Clarkson) is hiding. She was a doctor at Ashecliff until she found out about the experiments and was committed as a patient. She explains that the hospital is using psychotropic medication in an attempt to master mind control, with the goal of creating sleeper agents for use in the Cold War. She says that Teddy has been similarly drugged since he arrived on the island.
Teddy finally makes it to the lighthouse and finds Cawley waiting at the top. The doctor reveals the twist ending; Teddy is actually Andrew Laeddis. He murdered his manic depressive wife after she drowned their three children, and then created a fantasy where he was a hero to cope with the pain. He invented Rachel Solando as part of his delusion. He has been under the care of Dr. Sheehan, the man he thought was Chuck, for two years. Sheehan and Cawley decided to try a roleplay experiment, allowing Andrew to live out his delusions in an attempt to bring him back to reality.
Andrew’s memory comes back and he makes peace with his past, but later he appears to have a relapse and Cawley decides to lobotomize him. Before the surgery is performed, Andrew asks Dr. Sheehan if he thinks it would be worse to live as a monster or die as a good man, leaving it unclear whether he had a relapse or is feigning delusion in order to have a permanent escape from reality.
Starring
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Ben Kingsley
- Mark Ruffalo
- Michelle Williams
- Patricia Clarkson
- Emily Mortimer
- John Carroll Lynch
- Ted Levine
The Book of Eli Movie Trailer
The Book of Eli is a 2010 American post-apocalyptic film directed by the Hughes brothers, written by Gary Whitta, and starring Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis. Filming began in February 2009 and took place in New Mexico. Alcon Entertainment financed and co-produced the film with Silver Pictures, while it was distributed by Warner Bros. in the US, and Columbia Pictures in some international territories. It was released on January 15, 2010.
PLOT
Thirty years after an apocalyptic event, Eli (Denzel Washington) travels on foot toward the west coast of the United States. Along the way he demonstrates atypical but effective survival and fighting skills, hunting strange wildlife and swiftly defeating a group of highway bandits who try to ambush him. Searching for a source of water he arrives in a ramshackle town which was built by and is overseen by Carnegie (Gary Oldman). Carnegie dreams of building more towns and hinges these hopes on finding a certain book. His henchmen scour the desolate landscape daily in search of it.
In the local bar, Eli is set upon by a gang of bikers and kills them all. Realizing that Eli is a literate man like himself, as well as desiring his skills, Carnegie asks Eli to stay, though it is made clear that the offer is non-negotiable. After Carnegie's blind concubine Claudia (Jennifer Beals) gives Eli some food and water, Carnegie asks Claudia's daughter Solara (Mila Kunis) to seduce Eli. Eli turns her down, but invites her to eat with him. Before they eat though, he has her pray with him. The following day Solara prays with her mother. Carnegie overhears them though and forces Solara to tell him that Eli was reading a book. When he asks what kind, she says she doesn't know, but forms a cross with her two fingers. Carnegie realizes that Eli has a copy of the Bible, the book he has been looking for, as all copies were destroyed after the apocalypse. Eli sneaks out of his room and goes to the store across the street where he asked the Engineer (Tom Waits) to recharge his portable battery. Carnegie attempts to stop Eli, having all his henchmen fire at him, but Eli avoids the gunfire and shoots most of Carnegie's henchmen, even shooting Carnegie's leg with a shotgun blast. After Eli leaves, Solara follows and tracks him down, hoping she can accompany him on his travels and escape the town. Eli agrees on the condition that she take him to the town's water supply. After fulfilling her end of the bargain, Eli traps her there and continues on alone. Solara escapes and soon finds herself set upon by two men. As Solara grapples with the men, Eli suddenly appears and dispatches them with arrows. Eli and Solara continue on until they arrive at a strange house. They stop to investigate and quickly fall into a trap door. The residents Martha (Frances de la Tour) and George (Michael Gambon) appear and invite them in for tea. Eli surmises that they trap, kill, and then eat invaders, evidenced by their shaking hands from too much human meat. Before Eli and Solara can leave though, they are found by Carnegie.
Eli, Solara, Martha, and George hole up inside the house, and George reveals a hidden stockpile of powerful weaponry. A shoot-out ensues, leading to the death of some of Carnegie's men as well as George and Martha. Eli and Solara are captured. Carnegie threatens to kill Solara, which prompts Eli to hand over the Bible. Carnegie shoots him in the stomach and leaves. While in transit, Solara escapes and drives back to help Eli. Carnegie returns to the town as he has the Bible and is low on fuel. Solara picks Eli up and they continue west until they reach the Golden Gate Bridge, then they row to Alcatraz where they find a group of survivors dedicated to preserving pre-war knowledge. Eli tells the guard that he has a copy of the King James version of the Bible, and they are allowed in. Inside they are introduced to Lombardi (Malcolm McDowell), who is the curator of a collection of things from before the apocalypse. Eli, now revealed to be blind, dictates the Bible from memory to Lombardi, before dying from his wounds. Carnegie has the Engineer open the Bible but is distraught to find that it is in Braille, and his wife refuses to read it to him. His leg has started to go septic, and he will die without ever having read the Bible. Alcatraz begins printing copies of the Bible. Solara is offered sanctuary, but instead chooses to take up Eli's weapons and go back east.
Starring
- Denzel Washington
- Gary Oldman
- Mila Kunis
- Ray Stevenson
- Jennifer Beals
- Frances de la Tour
- Michael Gambon
- Tom Waits
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
THE SPY NEXT DOOR
The Spy Next Door is a martial arts action comedy film starring Jackie Chan, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Lopez, and Magnus Scheving. Filming started in late October in New Mexico and was finished in late December 2008. The movie was released on January 15, 2010.
Plot
The movie starts off with a montage of fights and stunts from Chan's older movies including The Tuxedo and Operation Condor and then cuts to Bob Ho (Chan) waking up. The next shot features his next-door neighbors waking up, with Gillian (Amber Valletta) and her three children, Nora (youngest one and very girlish; played by Alina Foley), Ian ('geeky' and intelligent, played by Will Shadley) and Farren (stereotypical teenager and the oldest, played by Madeline Carroll) all experiencing a normal morning. The family has three pets which consists of a pig, turtle and a cat.
Gillian strolls outside with her children to take the two older kids to school and Bob Ho, who supposedly works as a pen importer, spots her and helps her push down the trash can to the sidewalk. The two are shown to be romantic and the three kids are shown to be against it, due to them thinking he is nerdy and uninteresting. Later at night, Bob and Gillian are on a date celebrating their three month anniversary and although Bob tries to tell her that he's a CIA agent, but his cellphone receives a message and he has to leave right away.
Bob and Colton James (Billy Ray Cyrus) sneak into an American oil refinery and Bob catches the villains, who were trying to put a liquid into the oil supply. After returning to his work station, he informs he is retiring from being a CIA agent to finally settle down and live with his soon to be family. Bob begins removing his spy gear, but Glaze (George Lopez) tells him to keep his watch. Later, through the phone, Colton informs Bob that he sent files found in the Russian base to his computer.
The following day, Gillian and the children visit Bob and informs him that her father was injured and needs his hip replaced so she'll be out of town and needs Bob to take care of the children for a few days. Though the children try anything to get out of the situation, Bob believes it'll be a great time to get the kids to like him. While Bob packs his items to go to Gillian's home, the children snoop around the house. Ian runs to Bob's Macintosh and finds a file he believes to be a pirated concert; using his iPod, he downloads it but it turns out to be the files that Colton had sent earlier, a formula to turn oil into dust.
Meanwhile, Poldark (Magnus Scheving), the villain caught by Bob, escapes jail and returns to his minions. Poldark discovers his files have been taken and he tracks down the location to Bob's residence. Poldark and his minions set out to recover the files downloaded into Ian's iPod and to kill them all. While at a restaurant, Bob and the children are attacked by Larry (Lucas Till), a Russian spy, who attacks them with a knife, after having lied about going to university and being a poet. Bob fights him off and explains to the children about his true self and that he's a former CIA agent.
Leaving the restaurant, Glaze appears and demands for the files with a gun. Bob knocks him out and runs away with the children in the car. In it, Bob discovers that the villains must have traced him with the watch Glaze told him to keep earlier and he leaves it in a rock in a desert. They escape into a hotel where Farren calls Gillian and tries explaining about who Bob really is and all the danger they've been in. Bob tells her to come pick up the kids right away. The next morning, all four go back home and Gillian yells at Bob and exclaims that their relationship is all over.
As he has unfinished business to take care of, Bob walks off being watched by Ian. Ian dresses up in a spy gear and runs out of the house in his bicycle preparing to assist Bob. Farren watches him go. Bob retrieves the watch and allows the villains to trace him to where he is, in an empty factory-like area. Ian shows up and due to him, the villains catch Bob and tie him up in a chair with Ian. The villains then remove the cameras placed around the place and Farren shows up tied up by Larry.
After being interrogated, Bob discovers that it was Ian who had downloaded the files into his iPod at home. Most of the Russians hop on their vehicles to get the iPod, while Bob, with his spy ring with a razorblade, unties the three. The kids run to safety while Bob fights Larry, Glaze and Poldark with Ian's bicycle. After defeat, the two kids and Bob run into the car, take off and drive back home as fast as possible. After arriving, they discover Halloween is taking place.
The three run home as the enemies run into the house from the windows and doors. Bob calls the CIA for help while he fights off all the villains, with help from the children. The CIA and Colton arrive right after everyone is defeated already and Ian gives his iPod with the files to Colton. After they all leave, Bob prepares to go home but after the children grow very upset, Gillian decides to stay with Bob. The two are later shown being married and Bob tells Gillian during the wedding that he has another secret to inform her; his real name is not Bob.
Cast
Plot
The movie starts off with a montage of fights and stunts from Chan's older movies including The Tuxedo and Operation Condor and then cuts to Bob Ho (Chan) waking up. The next shot features his next-door neighbors waking up, with Gillian (Amber Valletta) and her three children, Nora (youngest one and very girlish; played by Alina Foley), Ian ('geeky' and intelligent, played by Will Shadley) and Farren (stereotypical teenager and the oldest, played by Madeline Carroll) all experiencing a normal morning. The family has three pets which consists of a pig, turtle and a cat.
Gillian strolls outside with her children to take the two older kids to school and Bob Ho, who supposedly works as a pen importer, spots her and helps her push down the trash can to the sidewalk. The two are shown to be romantic and the three kids are shown to be against it, due to them thinking he is nerdy and uninteresting. Later at night, Bob and Gillian are on a date celebrating their three month anniversary and although Bob tries to tell her that he's a CIA agent, but his cellphone receives a message and he has to leave right away.
Bob and Colton James (Billy Ray Cyrus) sneak into an American oil refinery and Bob catches the villains, who were trying to put a liquid into the oil supply. After returning to his work station, he informs he is retiring from being a CIA agent to finally settle down and live with his soon to be family. Bob begins removing his spy gear, but Glaze (George Lopez) tells him to keep his watch. Later, through the phone, Colton informs Bob that he sent files found in the Russian base to his computer.
The following day, Gillian and the children visit Bob and informs him that her father was injured and needs his hip replaced so she'll be out of town and needs Bob to take care of the children for a few days. Though the children try anything to get out of the situation, Bob believes it'll be a great time to get the kids to like him. While Bob packs his items to go to Gillian's home, the children snoop around the house. Ian runs to Bob's Macintosh and finds a file he believes to be a pirated concert; using his iPod, he downloads it but it turns out to be the files that Colton had sent earlier, a formula to turn oil into dust.
Meanwhile, Poldark (Magnus Scheving), the villain caught by Bob, escapes jail and returns to his minions. Poldark discovers his files have been taken and he tracks down the location to Bob's residence. Poldark and his minions set out to recover the files downloaded into Ian's iPod and to kill them all. While at a restaurant, Bob and the children are attacked by Larry (Lucas Till), a Russian spy, who attacks them with a knife, after having lied about going to university and being a poet. Bob fights him off and explains to the children about his true self and that he's a former CIA agent.
Leaving the restaurant, Glaze appears and demands for the files with a gun. Bob knocks him out and runs away with the children in the car. In it, Bob discovers that the villains must have traced him with the watch Glaze told him to keep earlier and he leaves it in a rock in a desert. They escape into a hotel where Farren calls Gillian and tries explaining about who Bob really is and all the danger they've been in. Bob tells her to come pick up the kids right away. The next morning, all four go back home and Gillian yells at Bob and exclaims that their relationship is all over.
As he has unfinished business to take care of, Bob walks off being watched by Ian. Ian dresses up in a spy gear and runs out of the house in his bicycle preparing to assist Bob. Farren watches him go. Bob retrieves the watch and allows the villains to trace him to where he is, in an empty factory-like area. Ian shows up and due to him, the villains catch Bob and tie him up in a chair with Ian. The villains then remove the cameras placed around the place and Farren shows up tied up by Larry.
After being interrogated, Bob discovers that it was Ian who had downloaded the files into his iPod at home. Most of the Russians hop on their vehicles to get the iPod, while Bob, with his spy ring with a razorblade, unties the three. The kids run to safety while Bob fights Larry, Glaze and Poldark with Ian's bicycle. After defeat, the two kids and Bob run into the car, take off and drive back home as fast as possible. After arriving, they discover Halloween is taking place.
The three run home as the enemies run into the house from the windows and doors. Bob calls the CIA for help while he fights off all the villains, with help from the children. The CIA and Colton arrive right after everyone is defeated already and Ian gives his iPod with the files to Colton. After they all leave, Bob prepares to go home but after the children grow very upset, Gillian decides to stay with Bob. The two are later shown being married and Bob tells Gillian during the wedding that he has another secret to inform her; his real name is not Bob.
Cast
- Jackie Chan as Bob Ho
- Magnus Scheving as Poldark
- Billy Ray Cyrus as Colton James
- George Lopez as Glaze
- Lucas Till as Larry
- Amber Valletta as Gillian
- Madeline Carroll as Farren
- Will Shadley as Ian
- Alina Foley as Nora
- Katherine Boecher as Tatiana Creel
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Avatar Movies Preview
Avatar is a 3-D science fiction epic film written and directed by James Cameron, due to be released on December 16, 2009[1] by 20th Century Fox. The film is Lightstorm Entertainment's latest project, and focuses on an epic conflict on a far-away world called Pandora, where humans and the native species of Pandora, the Na'vi, engage in a war over the planet's resources and existence.[7]
The film will be released in 2D and 3D formats, along with an IMAX 3D release in selected theaters. The film is being touted as a breakthrough in terms of filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and stereoscopic filmmaking with cameras that were specially designed for the film's production.[8] The film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.[9]
The film is slated to win two awards even before its premiere.
Plot
In the distant future, Jake Sully, a paraplegic war veteran, is offered a second chance in the military. He's transported to a planet called Pandora, where the world's armed forces have been pit in a fierce battle against the planet's native species (the na'vi) for years, struggling to mine a vital energy source for earth, which vastly rests under the na'vi settlement.
Jake takes part in a new war strategy, which involves regular human DNA being mixed with DNA fragments of the natives to form an AVATAR, which is essentially a human disguised as one of the creatures themeselves. Jake is told to act as a spy within the na'vi camp, learning their culture, and more importantly, weaknesses.
Being able to walk again whilst in his avatar, and somewhat wanting to prove that 'he can pass any test a man can pass", Jake is fully devoted to the mission and journeys into hostile na'vi territory. But, upon arival, Jake witnesses the first-hand mass slaughter and continous destruction of the na'vi race, by none other than his own troops. Instead of being the agressive, blood-thirsty aliens they were made out to be, the na'vi are largley the victims of the war, harbouring a peaceful society which is under attack and risking total-destruction due to the unsought war.
Jake knows he can't just stand by, and not do anything about the humane annihilation, so he enlists the help of na'vi princess Neytiri, and turns the tables by giving the na'vi vital human intelligence, and ultimately leading them in an epic battle to fight for their land against the invaders.
Starring
- Sam Worthington
- Zoë Saldaña
- Sigourney Weaver
- Michelle Rodriguez
- Stephen Lang
- Joel David Moore
- Giovanni Ribisi
- CCH Pounder
- Dileep Rao
- Matt Gerald
- Laz Alonso
- Peter Mensah
- Wes Studi
Directed by
James Cameron
Sunday, November 22, 2009
'New Moon' breaks boxoffice record
'New Moon' breaks boxoffice record
'New Moon' breaks boxoffice recordSummit Entertainment’s vampire-romance sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” rung up a record $72.7 million in opening-day boxoffice on Friday, easily topping domestic rankings.
That bested a previous single-day boxoffice mark of $67.2 million, set by Warner Bros.’ Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” in July 2008.The first-day tally for “New Moon” included $26.3 million in boxoffice from a total 3,514 performances at12:01 a.m. Friday, which set a record for witching-hour coin.
Consensus pre-release forecasts put the likely first-weekend tally for “New Moon” at $85 million-plus. Not even a meteoric burnout on Saturday and Sunday would keep the largely female-fueled film from soaring well past those projections.
“Dark Knight” holds the record for the biggest opening ever, at $158.4 million. Whether “New Moon” – which is playing in more than 4,024 locations this weekend – will hold up well enough in its second and third days of release to approach that record is virtually unknowable, as the sequel is traveling into uncharted territory for the franchise.
The original “Twilight” – released a year ago this weekend – collected $36 million in its first day of release and $69.6 million in its first weekend. And that was considered a major over-performance at the time.
Elsewhere in the daily rankings, Warners’ Sandra Bullock-toplined drama “The Blind Side” debuted with $10.8 million, good for second place on the day. That’s a terrific start for the feel-good pigskin pic, which some thought would get blind-sided by “New Moon” and fail to rise above teen millions on the weekend.
Sony’s animated feature “Planet 51” landed in fifth place with a soft $3.2 million in first-day boxoffice. But the PG-rated pic should find a more lucrative orbit once Saturday and Sunday matinees kick in.
Sony’s scifi actioner “2012” -- which topped domestic rankings a week earlier – was third among all Friday grosses with $8.1 million. That gives the Roland Emmerich pic an $89.8 million cume through its first eight days in the marketplace.
'New Moon' breaks midnight screening record
Opening at midnight Thursday in North America, "New Moon" was way over the moon.
The second installment in the "Twilight" franchise scooped up an estimated $26.27 million in 3,514 theaters for a per-theater average of $7,476.
In doing so, it surpassed the previous record-setter in the midnight arena, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," at $22.2 million.
Summit also played the original "Twilight" movie in 2,057 on Thursday as a 9 p.m. warm-up screening for "Moon," and it grossed an additional $1.3 million.
On Friday, "Moon" will be playing in 4,024 theaters as it settles in for its first weekend run.
'New Moon' breaks boxoffice recordSummit Entertainment’s vampire-romance sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” rung up a record $72.7 million in opening-day boxoffice on Friday, easily topping domestic rankings.
That bested a previous single-day boxoffice mark of $67.2 million, set by Warner Bros.’ Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” in July 2008.The first-day tally for “New Moon” included $26.3 million in boxoffice from a total 3,514 performances at12:01 a.m. Friday, which set a record for witching-hour coin.
Consensus pre-release forecasts put the likely first-weekend tally for “New Moon” at $85 million-plus. Not even a meteoric burnout on Saturday and Sunday would keep the largely female-fueled film from soaring well past those projections.
“Dark Knight” holds the record for the biggest opening ever, at $158.4 million. Whether “New Moon” – which is playing in more than 4,024 locations this weekend – will hold up well enough in its second and third days of release to approach that record is virtually unknowable, as the sequel is traveling into uncharted territory for the franchise.
The original “Twilight” – released a year ago this weekend – collected $36 million in its first day of release and $69.6 million in its first weekend. And that was considered a major over-performance at the time.
Elsewhere in the daily rankings, Warners’ Sandra Bullock-toplined drama “The Blind Side” debuted with $10.8 million, good for second place on the day. That’s a terrific start for the feel-good pigskin pic, which some thought would get blind-sided by “New Moon” and fail to rise above teen millions on the weekend.
Sony’s animated feature “Planet 51” landed in fifth place with a soft $3.2 million in first-day boxoffice. But the PG-rated pic should find a more lucrative orbit once Saturday and Sunday matinees kick in.
Sony’s scifi actioner “2012” -- which topped domestic rankings a week earlier – was third among all Friday grosses with $8.1 million. That gives the Roland Emmerich pic an $89.8 million cume through its first eight days in the marketplace.
'New Moon' breaks midnight screening record
Opening at midnight Thursday in North America, "New Moon" was way over the moon.
The second installment in the "Twilight" franchise scooped up an estimated $26.27 million in 3,514 theaters for a per-theater average of $7,476.
In doing so, it surpassed the previous record-setter in the midnight arena, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," at $22.2 million.
Summit also played the original "Twilight" movie in 2,057 on Thursday as a 9 p.m. warm-up screening for "Moon," and it grossed an additional $1.3 million.
On Friday, "Moon" will be playing in 4,024 theaters as it settles in for its first weekend run.
Friday, November 13, 2009
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
New Moon (marketed as The Twilight Saga: New Moon and also known as Twilight 2) is an upcoming 2009 American romantic fantasy film scheduled for release on November 20, 2009. It is based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer and is the sequel to 2008's Twilight, which is based on Meyer's previous novel. Summit Entertainment greenlit the sequel in late November 2008, following the early success of Twilight. Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as Bella Swan, Edward Cullen, and Jacob Black, respectively. Melissa Rosenberg returns as the screenwriter for the film. She handed in a draft of the film script during the opening weekend of Twilight.
Plot
When asked about the sequel, Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke stated, "It's got werewolves, it's got visual effects that turn people into werewolves, it's got motorcycle stunts, you go to Italy. It's probably twice as much as [Twilight to film].
On December 13, 2008, Summit Entertainment released a synopsis of New Moon, which states: "Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested."
Starring
- Kristen Stewart
- Robert Pattinson
- Taylor Lautner
2012 Movies Preview
This article is about the film. For metaphysical and cosmological predictions centered on December 21, 2012, see 2012 phenomenon.
2012 is a 2009 disaster film 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 will be distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver.
Plot
The film begins in year 2009, when there is a huge explosion on the surface of the sun. We then see Adrian Helmsley travelling to India to meet his friend, who discovered that Earth's temperature is increasing rapidly. He returns to America and submits a report to his supervisor, who immediately takes him to president. In 2010, we see billionaires all over the world buying plane tickets for untold sums of money. Later it is revealed that The Institute for Human Continuity, a covert organization aware of the situation, has begun building huge arks beneath the Himalayan Mountains designed to withstand natural disasters, in order to save humanity, significant species, and mankind's greatest treasures in Tibet The story jumps ahead to 2011, to Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a divorced father who works as a limousine driver and writer, and his ex-wife, Kate Curtis (Amanda Peet), and children, Noah (Liam James) and Lily (Morgan Lily), who live with Kate's new boyfriend, Gordon (Thomas McCarthy).
In the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, the victims of a mass suicide adhere to the Mayan Long Count Calendar, which (according to the film) predicts that the end of the world will occur at the end of the current cycle, on or around December 21, 2012, which also coincides with the Galactic Alignment of December 21, 2012 (the northern hemisphere's winter solstice). There are debates about how and when the world's governments will alert their citizens, and how to select those who will survive Armageddon. Meanwhile, on a trip to Yellowstone with his children, Jackson meets Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who hosts a radio segment that addresses the Mayans' prediction.
Enormous cracks soon develop along the San Andreas Fault, California. Despite government assurances that all is fine, Jackson grows suspicious. Hiring a private plane and gathering supplies, 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, Gordon pilots a 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. Jackson uses the moment to contact Charlie. Against Kate's will, Jackson and Lily go to look for Charlie, though discover his van empty. Over the radio, they learn that Charlie has gone to the mountains to watch the approaching catastrophe. Jackson takes the van to save Charlie, though Charlie refuses to leave. As Jackson and Lily escape from the now-erupting Yellowstone Supervolcano, Charlie mentions a map in the van that shows an escape route. Jackson and Lily drive back to the plane through a fiery maelstrom of lava, which kills Charlie. Upon arrival, Lily runs to the plane, while Jackson searches for the map, but takes too long to find it. As the earth opens up, the van falls into a crevasse. The family is horrified, but must leave. Jackson, however, was able to grab onto a ledge, and succeeds in reaching the plane, as the ground collapses. He is just fast enough to enter.
Huge earthquakes occur in South America; Washington D.C. has a tsunami in which the USS John F. Kennedy crushes the White House; and St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City crumbles, killing thousands. The U.S. Government finally admits that it is the end of the world. Jackson's group must find their way to China to board the arks, though the small plane is insufficient for the journey. Upon finding a much larger plane, they discover that it is already filled. However, Gordon stumbles upon an old client, Tamara (Beatrice Rosen). She is now accompanying Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov (Zlatko Buric), who owns the plane. Jackson pleads with Yuri to allow them aboard, but Yuri refuses. Yuri's pilot, Sasha (Johann Urb), then states that he requires a co-pilot, whereupon Jackson points out that Gordon is an experienced pilot. The group eventually boards the plane, as the airport is destroyed by earthquakes.
While in the air, Sasha learns that the plane does not have enough fuel to reach China. He informs Gordon, and they agree to ditch. Sasha then discovers that they are no longer above the ocean: the Earth's crust has shifted thousands of miles and they are heading towards the Himalayas. Knowing the risks of landing the plane upon the snow, he suggests that the passengers go to the cargo bay where many cars are held, while he and Gordon maintain the controls and open the cargo door from the cockpit. They plan for the group to drive the cars from the cargo bay onto the ground below. Gordon reluctantly abandons Sasha in the cockpit and runs to the cars just in time. Sasha manages to land the plane on a cliff, but dies when it collapses. The remaining members land safely. Before they have time, Chinese helicopters carrying animals fly above. One helicopter descends, though the group finds that they will need to pay to get aboard. Yuri pays for himself and his sons, but refuses to pay for the others. Before boarding, Yuri tells Tamara that he knows she had an affair with Sasha.
The group has no choice but to hike over the mountains. A car soon drives by, and Jackson throws a rock at it. The car backs up, and the occupants allow the group to join them. In the car are a Buddhist monk, Nima (Osric Chau), and his grandmother (Lisa Lu). They are driving to meet Nima's brother Tenzin (Chin Han), who has a plan to sneak into an ark. When Jackson and company arrive with Nima and his grandmother, Tenzin is infuriated. He tells Nima that his plan could not possibly accommodate so many people, and that the others are unable to come. Jackson and Kate insist that Tenzin take the children. After further discussion, Tenzin allows the entire group to join.
The continental shift now causes massive tsunamis, flooding much of the world, including India and even the Himalayan mountains. The tsunamis now travel towards the arks. Jackson's group manages to sneak aboard an ark with the help of Tenzin. Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), the President's Chief of Staff, now Commander In Chief since Thomas Wilson, the President of the United States (Danny Glover) died when he remained in America, orders that the gates be closed, as supplies are insufficient. During the closing of the gates, Tenzin's leg is crushed and Gordon is killed. Yuri sacrifices himself to put his two sons on the ark. Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), American scientist and the other world leaders order the gates be re-opened for remaining survivors. The gears of a gate on the group's ark become stuck and grind to a halt, leaving the gate partly-open. Tamara drowns when she is trapped in a chamber with rising waters. The engines of the ark cannot be started unless the gates are closed. As a tsunami hits the ark, a main supporting structure breaks, and the ark floats towards Mount Everest. Jackson and Noah manage to fix the ark's gear and the gate finally closes. The engines are re-activated to avoid hitting the mountains. The ark does make impact with Mount Everest, but sustains little damage. When the flood eventually recedes, the captains of the arks decide upon the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa as a suitable place to reestablish humanity.
Starring
2012 is a 2009 disaster film 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 will be distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver.
Plot
The film begins in year 2009, when there is a huge explosion on the surface of the sun. We then see Adrian Helmsley travelling to India to meet his friend, who discovered that Earth's temperature is increasing rapidly. He returns to America and submits a report to his supervisor, who immediately takes him to president. In 2010, we see billionaires all over the world buying plane tickets for untold sums of money. Later it is revealed that The Institute for Human Continuity, a covert organization aware of the situation, has begun building huge arks beneath the Himalayan Mountains designed to withstand natural disasters, in order to save humanity, significant species, and mankind's greatest treasures in Tibet The story jumps ahead to 2011, to Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a divorced father who works as a limousine driver and writer, and his ex-wife, Kate Curtis (Amanda Peet), and children, Noah (Liam James) and Lily (Morgan Lily), who live with Kate's new boyfriend, Gordon (Thomas McCarthy).
In the Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, the victims of a mass suicide adhere to the Mayan Long Count Calendar, which (according to the film) predicts that the end of the world will occur at the end of the current cycle, on or around December 21, 2012, which also coincides with the Galactic Alignment of December 21, 2012 (the northern hemisphere's winter solstice). There are debates about how and when the world's governments will alert their citizens, and how to select those who will survive Armageddon. Meanwhile, on a trip to Yellowstone with his children, Jackson meets Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who hosts a radio segment that addresses the Mayans' prediction.
Enormous cracks soon develop along the San Andreas Fault, California. Despite government assurances that all is fine, Jackson grows suspicious. Hiring a private plane and gathering supplies, 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, Gordon pilots a 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. Jackson uses the moment to contact Charlie. Against Kate's will, Jackson and Lily go to look for Charlie, though discover his van empty. Over the radio, they learn that Charlie has gone to the mountains to watch the approaching catastrophe. Jackson takes the van to save Charlie, though Charlie refuses to leave. As Jackson and Lily escape from the now-erupting Yellowstone Supervolcano, Charlie mentions a map in the van that shows an escape route. Jackson and Lily drive back to the plane through a fiery maelstrom of lava, which kills Charlie. Upon arrival, Lily runs to the plane, while Jackson searches for the map, but takes too long to find it. As the earth opens up, the van falls into a crevasse. The family is horrified, but must leave. Jackson, however, was able to grab onto a ledge, and succeeds in reaching the plane, as the ground collapses. He is just fast enough to enter.
Huge earthquakes occur in South America; Washington D.C. has a tsunami in which the USS John F. Kennedy crushes the White House; and St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City crumbles, killing thousands. The U.S. Government finally admits that it is the end of the world. Jackson's group must find their way to China to board the arks, though the small plane is insufficient for the journey. Upon finding a much larger plane, they discover that it is already filled. However, Gordon stumbles upon an old client, Tamara (Beatrice Rosen). She is now accompanying Russian billionaire Yuri Karpov (Zlatko Buric), who owns the plane. Jackson pleads with Yuri to allow them aboard, but Yuri refuses. Yuri's pilot, Sasha (Johann Urb), then states that he requires a co-pilot, whereupon Jackson points out that Gordon is an experienced pilot. The group eventually boards the plane, as the airport is destroyed by earthquakes.
While in the air, Sasha learns that the plane does not have enough fuel to reach China. He informs Gordon, and they agree to ditch. Sasha then discovers that they are no longer above the ocean: the Earth's crust has shifted thousands of miles and they are heading towards the Himalayas. Knowing the risks of landing the plane upon the snow, he suggests that the passengers go to the cargo bay where many cars are held, while he and Gordon maintain the controls and open the cargo door from the cockpit. They plan for the group to drive the cars from the cargo bay onto the ground below. Gordon reluctantly abandons Sasha in the cockpit and runs to the cars just in time. Sasha manages to land the plane on a cliff, but dies when it collapses. The remaining members land safely. Before they have time, Chinese helicopters carrying animals fly above. One helicopter descends, though the group finds that they will need to pay to get aboard. Yuri pays for himself and his sons, but refuses to pay for the others. Before boarding, Yuri tells Tamara that he knows she had an affair with Sasha.
The group has no choice but to hike over the mountains. A car soon drives by, and Jackson throws a rock at it. The car backs up, and the occupants allow the group to join them. In the car are a Buddhist monk, Nima (Osric Chau), and his grandmother (Lisa Lu). They are driving to meet Nima's brother Tenzin (Chin Han), who has a plan to sneak into an ark. When Jackson and company arrive with Nima and his grandmother, Tenzin is infuriated. He tells Nima that his plan could not possibly accommodate so many people, and that the others are unable to come. Jackson and Kate insist that Tenzin take the children. After further discussion, Tenzin allows the entire group to join.
The continental shift now causes massive tsunamis, flooding much of the world, including India and even the Himalayan mountains. The tsunamis now travel towards the arks. Jackson's group manages to sneak aboard an ark with the help of Tenzin. Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), the President's Chief of Staff, now Commander In Chief since Thomas Wilson, the President of the United States (Danny Glover) died when he remained in America, orders that the gates be closed, as supplies are insufficient. During the closing of the gates, Tenzin's leg is crushed and Gordon is killed. Yuri sacrifices himself to put his two sons on the ark. Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), American scientist and the other world leaders order the gates be re-opened for remaining survivors. The gears of a gate on the group's ark become stuck and grind to a halt, leaving the gate partly-open. Tamara drowns when she is trapped in a chamber with rising waters. The engines of the ark cannot be started unless the gates are closed. As a tsunami hits the ark, a main supporting structure breaks, and the ark floats towards Mount Everest. Jackson and Noah manage to fix the ark's gear and the gate finally closes. The engines are re-activated to avoid hitting the mountains. The ark does make impact with Mount Everest, but sustains little damage. When the flood eventually recedes, the captains of the arks decide upon the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa as a suitable place to reestablish humanity.
Starring
- John Cusack
- Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Amanda Peet
- Thandie Newton
- Oliver Platt
- Danny Glover
- Woody Harrelson
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