Storyline
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.
Directors
Writers
Cast
Ty Olsson, Chin Han, Donna Yamamoto, Woody Harrelson, Stephen McHattie, Liam James, Thandie Newton, Jimi Mistry, Oliver Platt, Morgan Lily, Henry O, Luis Javier, Viv Leacock, Candus Churchill, Tom McCarthy, Danny Glover, Anna Mae Routledge, John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Johann Urb, Jill Morrison, Chang Tseng, George Segal, Alex Zahara, Merrilyn Gann, Amanda Peet, Patrick Bauchau, Beverley Elliott, Patrick Gilmore, Beatrice Rosen, John Billingsley, Osric Chau, Lisa Lu, Blu Mankuma, Ryan McDonald, Zlatko Burić, Philippe Haussmann, Alexandre Haussmann, Tanya Champoux, Dean Marshall, Ron Selmour, Chris Boyd, Jason Diablo, Chad Riley, Jason Anthony Griffith, Doron Bell, David Orth, Lyndall Grant, Agam Darshi, Raj Lal, Alexandra Castillo, John Mee, Sean Tyson, Jody Thompson
Trailer
Reviews
88
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.
80
Variety
The visual effects are pretty sensational, delivering the cutting-edge CGI goods auds want and expect. It will be hard to watch "Earthquake'' ever again after this one.
75
God forgive me, but I enjoyed the nerve-racking silliness of this newest, loudest exercise in destruction.
75
For visual noise by the ton, Emmerich is my kind of hack, the pluperfect blend of leaden self-seriousness and accidental-on-purpose self-satirist.
70
Eye-popping special effects ensure that this movie will be a smash hit, and while it's entertaining for most of its excessive running time, the cheesy script fails to live up to the grandeur of the physical production.
Other Movies You Might Enjoy
May 22, May 2019Rocketman (2019)
Apr 16, Apr 1999The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Feb 12, Feb 2010The Ghost Writer (2010)
Oct 16, Oct 2005Havoc (2005)
Sep 15, Sep 1989Sea of Love (1989)
May 15, May 2002Star Wars Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Jan 17, Jan 2017Death Race 2050 (2017)
Dec 10, Dec 2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)