2012

We Were Warned.


2012
After wiping out much of Earth a few times already, Roland Emmerich is back to do it again with more state-of-the-art special effects. The plotline is just a device to put people in the way of nature, and revolves around an estranged father and his family, assorted government figures and scientists, in a race against time to get to safety as the world goes to pieces around them.

157 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13.
Action, Drama, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I really should have taken the narrow-wing plane ...
I really should have taken the narrow-wing plane ...

Credits

Cast
John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Liam James
Director
Roland Emmerich
ScreenplayRoland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
MusicHarald Kloser, Thomas Wanker
CinematographyDean Semler
EditingDavid Brenner, Peter S. Elliot
Sound formatsDolby Digital
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2009
Produced byColumbia Pictrures, Centropolis Entertainment, Farewell Productions, The Mark Gordon Company

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAction
LanguageSome
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceStrongish
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsCatastrophe movie, strong tension and (natural) menace.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
3
Violence
5
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
3
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
3
Smoking
0
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
2
Frightening / Tense Scenes
5
Jump Scenes
2
Tense Family Scenes
5
Music (Scary/Tense)
5
Music (Inappropriate)
1
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith quote iconIt's doom with a view of note
5
Die Burger
François Bloemhof
5
Cape Times
Kenneth Turnan quote iconSpecial effects astound
10
Box Office
Pete Hammond quote iconCashing in (big!) on the apocalypse
8
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert quote iconThis is fun. 2012 delivers what it promises, and since no sentient being will buy a ticket expecting anything else, it will be, for its audiences, one of the most satisfactory films of the year.
18
eye Weekly
Adam Nayman quote icon2012 features earthquakes, towering infernos, crumbling airports and upside-down cruise ships: in other words, it’s pure ’70s-event-movie nostalgia, just like all of Roland Emmerich’s other ensemble apocalyptos.
5
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote icon Just the noise and cheeseball pyrotechnics that Hollywood regularly substitutes for intelligence and wit. Welcome to 2009.
5
ScreenIt
C. Fuchs quote iconYes, the film delivers on the effects front and those who enjoy such visual mayhem might like what's offered. It's just too bad that the best of that occurs early in the film and that you'll have to sit through a plethora of boring and clichéd drama before the next batch erupts.
6
Metacritic.com
34 critics
10
Rottentomatoes critics
202 critics
10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconRoland Emmerich's 2012 provides plenty of visual thrills, but lacks a strong enough script to support its massive scope and inflated length.
7

What the People say

Internet
30517 Netizens quote iconHeavy and absurd.
13

Average .. 43%

9

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