John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
Direction
Waugh makes Butler actually vulnerable, somehow.
Practical Effects
Chaotic crowd scenes hit harder than CGI destruction.
Acting
Morena Baccarin carries the emotional weight.
Director
Ric Roman Waugh
Gerard Butler
John Garrity
Morena Baccarin
Allison Garrity
David Denman
Ralph Vento
Hope Davis
Judy Vento
Roger Dale Floyd
Nathan Garrity
Scott Glenn
Dale
Andrew Bachelor
Colin
Merrin Dungey
Major Breen
Holt McCallany
Twin Otter Pilot
Gary Weeks
Ed Pruitt
Tracey Bonner
Peggy Pruitt
Joshua Mikel
Lucas
Cate Jones
McGhee Tyson Soldier
Mike Gassaway
Dr. Byrd
Anissa Matlock
Senior Airman Parker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Greenland deliberately avoided the 'disaster porn' of 2012, focusing on ground-level panic instead of spectacle—making it quietly devastating.
The real Thule Air Base in Greenland was renamed Pituffik Space Base in 2023, making the film's ending location technically retroactively fictional.
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