A review of the cinematic presentation of the film 2012 only. The region 2 DVD has not been released at the time of writing. In 2009, scientists working in India discover that the effects of a solar flare are fare more serious than they could possibly have imagined. The scientific director, Adrian Helmsley, takes his findings to the authorities and catalyses a chain of events that brings the world's leading powers together. Three years later, the situation has worsened far more rapidly than expected and emergency plans are mobilised immediately. Jackson Curtis, an unsuccessful writer, is separated from his wife and two children and must satisfy ...  Read the complete review

2012 is a 2009 Science fiction - disaster movie directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Cusack, Danny Glover, Oliver Platt and Woody Harrelson. -------------------------------------------- The Plot: In the year 2009, American Geologist Adrian Helmsley ( Chiwetel Ejiofor ) visits astrophysicist Dr. Satnam Tsurutani ( Jimi Mistry ) in India and learns that the earth is in grave danger by Neutrinos from a large solar flare are causing the earths core to heat up, Adrian intercepts White House chief of staff Carl Anheuser ( Oliver Platt ) at a dinner function to notify President Thomas Wilson ( Danny Glover ) that the result ...  Read the complete review

Im sorry but this film was terrible. Ok now I confess I watched it on a placne, so yes I admit the scale and grandeur of the effects were kindve lost. But aside from that the plot, the storyline, the characters and in some cases the acting was terrible. The only thing that saved me form turning this film off (bearing in mind that it was free !) and just looking into space at 30,000 feet at nothing, which would have been better, was the effects. Synopsis: Chiwetel Ejifor plays Dr. Adrian Helmsley, hes is investigating the effect of radiation from rare solar storms on the earth, these solar storms are going through the ground and heating up the core. Usual story ...  Read the complete review

I was really excited to watch this film from the minute it came out and I saw the advertisements. I am a fan of disaster films because there's a hint of reality in them which makes it all a bit more scary and interesting. Firstly, I'll talk a little about where the ideas came from. You have probably heard the rumours of the world ending on 21st December 2012, the end of 5,125-year-long Mayan calendar. Nobody claims to know exactly what will happen. Some, like myself, think nothing will happen, where others have speculated that the earth will collide with a black hole, a passing planet called Niribu or that there will be a big galactic alignment that would melt the ...  Read the complete review

I have finally got round to reviewing my first Film DVD, so I hope you like the format of it. Although this film has been released for quite a while, I've only just got around to watching it on my own so I could absorb it completely, and although I enjoyed it to a degree, I felt a need to voice my opinions and incorrect preconceptions I had about this movie. Here is my review of the 2009 disaster film, 2012. No plot spoilers are contained, so feel free to read on if you haven't seen the film. --Plot Summary-- Set in the year 2012 (of course), the film tells the story about a massive unstoppable geological disaster that wipes out most of the Earth's ...  Read the complete review