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2012

2012

We Were Warned.

2009•2h 38m•5.9/10
ActionAdventureScience Fiction

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5.9/10(13K)

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

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Production

Columbia Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment, Farewell Productions, The Mark Gordon Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

John Cusack

John Cusack

Jackson Curtis

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet

Kate Curtis

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Adrian Helmsley

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Laura Wilson

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Carl Anheuser

Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy

Gordon Silberman

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Charlie Frost

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

President Thomas Wilson

Liam James

Liam James

Noah Curtis

Morgan Lily

Morgan Lily

Lilly Curtis

Zlatko Burić

Zlatko Burić

Yuri Karpov

Beatrice Rosen

Beatrice Rosen

Tamara

Alexandre Haussmann

Alec

Philippe Haussmann

Oleg

Johann Urb

Johann Urb

Sasha

John Billingsley

John Billingsley

Professor West

Chin Han

Chin Han

Tenzin

Osric Chau

Osric Chau

Nima

Chang Tseng

Chang Tseng

Grandfather Sonam

Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu

Grandmother Sonam

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