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The Earth's core has stopped spinning. Disasters are appearing all over the world: Birds acting crazy, powerful thunderstorms, 32 people die within seconds of each other when their pacemakers quit working. Dr. Josh Keyes and his crew of five (total members: 6) go down to the center of the Earth to s β¦et off a nuclear device to make the Earth's core start spinning again or Mankind will perish. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | earthsan francisco californialondon englandlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | computer hackerlava lampenvironmental disasternatural disasterbird attackcomputer crackingperson on firereference to xena warrior princesssaving the world missiontrafalgar square londonprime numbersdrilling machineu.s. capitol buildingphreakinggeode β¦virgilpacemakercoresearch and rescueflight simulatorbridge collapsewashington monumentcolosseumstudio logo segues into filmgemmicrowave ovennecktienuclear weaponsecret missiongolden gate bridgevending machinesole black character dies clichealtered version of studio logoheatnuclear bombtrumpetbaseball gamespace shuttlecrash landinglavamajorwhaleexpeditionhackernasapigeonastronautstabbed in the headcrushed to deathearthquakeend of the worldlaserwristwatchrome italydisasterwashington d.c.generalhairy chestuniversitylightningproduct placementno opening creditsbirdexploding carimpalementscientistcomputercell phonefiretitle spoken by characterbare chested male (See All) |
In San Andreas, California is experiencing a statewide earthquake that goes on record as easily the biggest earthquake in history. Dwayne Johnson plays Ray Gaines, a helicopter rescue pilot for the Los Angeles Fire Department, who is trying to find his daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), who is in β¦ San Francisco amidst the chaos. Ray's estranged wife, Emma, is forced to turn to Ray for help, as he is her last resort. Together they journey to save their daughter. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | san francisco californialos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | natural disastersearch and rescuebridge collapsegolden gate bridgecrushed to deathearthquakedisasterproduct placementno opening creditsimpalementscientistcell phonefiretitle spoken by character |
Journalist Jenny Lerner is assigned to look into the background of Secretary Alan Rittenhouse who abruptly resigned from government citing his wife's ill health. She learns from his secretary that Rittenhouse was having an affair with someone named Ellie but when she confronts him, his strange react β¦ion leads her to reconsider her story. In fact, a comet, discovered the previous year by high school student Leo Biederman and astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf, is on a collision course with the Earth, an Extinction Level Event. A joint US-Russian team is sent to destroy the comet but should it fail, special measures are to be put in place to secure the future of mankind. As the space mission progresses, many individuals deal with their fears and ponder their future. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | natural disastersaving the world missionspace shuttlenasaastronautend of the worlddisasterwashington d.c.product placementexploding carcomputercell phone |
On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, pilot β¦ed by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day... (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | london englandlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | saving the world missionspace shuttlecrash landingmajorend of the worldlaserrome italydisasterwashington d.c.generalproduct placementno opening creditsexploding carscientistfire β¦title spoken by character (See All) |
Two decades after the freak alien invasion that nearly destroyed mankind a new threat emerges. This Alien mothership is more than twice the size as the last one and once again, the world's armies must band together to save the world. Do they have enough firepower or will this battle change and will β¦aliens take over? (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | earthlondon englandhelicopter |
Story: | corebridge collapsenuclear bombcrash landingend of the worldlaserwristwatchdisasterwashington d.c.generalno opening creditsexploding carscientistcomputercell phone β¦fire (See All) |
Something unspeakably chilling is ultimately starting to heat up at The City of Los Angeles! Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano has formed, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city!
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Locations: | los angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | natural disasterperson on fireheatlavaearthquakedisasterfiretitle spoken by character |
50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun - but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind's last hope.
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | earth |
Story: | environmental disasternatural disastersaving the world missionstudio logo segues into filmastronautend of the worlddisasterscientistfirebare chested male |
Volcanologist Harry Dalton and mayor Rachel Wando of Dante's Peak try to convince the city council and the other volcanologists that the volcano right above Dante's peak is indeed dangerous. People's safety is being set against economical interests.
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | natural disasterbridge collapselavaearthquakedisasterproduct placementscientistcomputertitle spoken by character |
H.G. Wells' classic novel is brought to life in this tale of alien invasion. The residents of a small town in California are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. Their joy is tempered somewhat when they discover that it has passengers who are not very friendly.
Locations: | london englandlos angeles california |
Story: | person on firewashington monumentnuclear weaponcrash landinglavalaserwristwatchrome italywashington d.c.generaluniversityexploding carscientist |
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 pre β¦parations 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. (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypse |
Locations: | earthlondon englandlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | corewashington monumentgolden gate bridgelavacrushed to deathearthquakeend of the worldrome italydisasterwashington d.c.product placementno opening creditsscientisttitle spoken by character |
In April 2010, there is no oil exploration operation in the Gulf of Mexico to compare with the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with its size or sheer depth of its drilling. However, the project for the BP oil company is beset with technical difficulties to the point where the general operational superviso β¦r, Jimmy Harrell, and his Chief Electrical Engineer, Mike Williams, are concerned potentially dangerous trouble is brewing. Unfortunately, visiting BP executives, frustrated by the project's long delays, order curtailed site inspections and slanted system tests to make up for lost time even as Harrell, Williams and his team helplessly protest for the sake of proper safety. On April 20, the workers' fears are realized in the worst possible way when the rig's various structural and system flaws spark a catastrophic cascade of failures that would create a massive blowout and explosion that threatens them all, even as it also begins the worst environmental disaster in US history. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | environmental disastercrushed to deathdisastergeneralproduct placementno opening creditsbirdimpalementcell phonefiretitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator β¦. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | london england |
Story: | natural disasterperson on firecolosseumlavacrushed to deathearthquakedisasterlightningimpalementfiretitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
Autobots Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Mirage (aka Dino), Wheeljack (aka Que) and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action taking on the evil Decepticons, who are eager to avenge their recent defeat. The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the United S β¦tates and Russia to reach a hidden Cybertronian spacecraft on the moon and learn its secrets, and once again Sam Witwicky has to go to the aid of his robot friends. The new villain Shockwave is on the scene while the Autobots and Decepticons continue to battle it out on Earth. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | computer hackerwashington monumentstudio logo segues into filmspace shuttlecrash landingnasaastronautlaserwristwatchwashington d.c.generalproduct placementno opening creditsexploding carscientist β¦computercell phonebare chested male (See All) |
As Paleoclimatologist named Jack Hall is in Antartica, he discovers that a huge ice sheet has sheared off. But what he does not know is that this event will trigger a massive climate shift that will affect the world population. Meanwhile, his son Sam is with friends in New York to attend an event. T β¦here they discover that it has been raining non-stop for the past 3 days, and after a series of weather-related disasters begin to occur over the world, everybody realizes the world is entering a new Ice Age and the world population begins trying to evacuate to the warmer climates of the south. Jack makes a daring attempt to rescue his son and his friends who are stuck in New York and who have managed to survive not only a massive wave but also freezing cold temperatures that could possibly kill them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | earthlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | natural disastervending machinealtered version of studio logoastronautend of the worlddisasterwashington d.c.scientistcomputer |
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomo β¦rrowland." (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Story: | person on firealtered version of studio logospace shuttlecrash landingnasaastronautcrushed to deathend of the worldlaserwristwatchproduct placementno opening creditsscientistcell phonefire β¦title spoken by character (See All) |
One of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to Earth, its surface devastated after decades of war with the alien Scavs, discovers a crashed spacecraft with contents that bring into question everything he believed about the war, and may even put the fate of mankind in his hands.
Themes: | death |
Story: | washington monumentaltered version of studio logonuclear bombspace shuttlecrash landingnasaastronautlaserwashington d.c.lightningno opening creditsbare chested male |
Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Eddie "The Fire Blaster" Plant all played classic arcade video games as teenagers. But now they have to use their skills to try to save the world from aliens. The aliens watched video feeds that they thought was a declaration of war. So they send down β¦the classic arcade games to destroy earth. They also get help from a military specialist. They have three lives and if all three get used then earth will be destroyed, and every time they lose a live the aliens take someone's life. Who will win, us or the aliens? It's an all-out battle to save our planet and everyone on it. (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypse |
Locations: | earthlondon englandhelicopter |
Story: | computer hackerwashington monumentnasaend of the worlddisasterwashington d.c.generalproduct placementexploding carscientistcell phonefiretitle spoken by character |
It is just another day at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a few astronauts were repairing a satellite until, out of nowhere, a series of asteroids came crashing into the shuttle, destroying it. These asteroids also decimated New York soon thereafter. Then, NASA discovered t β¦hat there is an asteroid roughly the size of Texas heading towards the Earth, and when it does hit the Earth, the planet itself and all of its inhabitants will be obliterated, worse, the asteroid will hit the Earth in 18 days. Unfortunately, NASA's plans to destroy the asteroid are irrelevant. That is when the U.S. military decides to use a nuclear warhead to blow the asteroid to pieces. Then, scientists decide to blow the asteroid with the warhead inside the asteroid itself. The only man to do it, is an oil driller named Harry Stamper and his group of misfit drillers and geologists. As he and his drill team prepare for space excavation, the asteroid is still heading towards the Earth. When the crew are launched into outer space, they are determined to destroy this asteroid. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | natural disastersaving the world missionnuclear bombspace shuttlenasaastronautdisasterwashington d.c.generalexploding carfiretitle spoken by character |
Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle β¦for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | london englandlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | bridge collapseearthquakerome italydisasterlightningbirdcell phonefire |
The general public is concerned over having Superman on their planet and letting the "Dark Knight" - Batman - pursue the streets of Gotham. While this is happening, a power-phobic Batman tries to attack Superman.,Meanwhile Superman tries to settle on a decision, and Lex Luthor, the criminal mastermi β¦nd and millionaire, tries to use his own advantages to fight the "Man of Steel". (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | computer hackeru.s. capitol buildingspace shuttlecrash landingmajorcrushed to deathlaserdisasterwashington d.c.generallightningproduct placementexploding carimpalementscientist β¦cell phonefirebare chested male (See All) |
Four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal fifth wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her fina β¦l hope - if she can only trust him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | london englandhelicopter |
Story: | natural disastersearch and rescueearthquakeend of the worlddisasterno opening creditsexploding carcell phonefiretitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
Nick Hathaway, an extremely talented hacker who has gone astray, finds his way out of a 15 year prison sentence when parts of a computer code he once wrote during his youth appears in a malware that triggered a terrorist attack in a nuclear power plant in China. This opportunity will reunite him wit β¦h an old friend but will also put him in the middle of a power game between the American and Chinese government as well as an arch villain hacker whose identity he has to find if he wants to keep his freedom and his life. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | los angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | computer hackerhackerstabbed in the headdisasterno opening creditsexploding carcomputercell phonetitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | person on firealtered version of studio logocrash landingcrushed to deathend of the worldlasergeneralproduct placementno opening creditsexploding carimpalementscientistcell phonefirebare chested male |
It is a normal day for everyone, until the President of the United States announces Martians have been spotted circling Earth. The Martians land and a meeting is arranged, but not everything goes to plan, and the Martians seem to have other plans for Earth. Are they just misunderstood beings or do t β¦hey really want to destroy all of humanity? (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Story: | person on firewashington monumentcrushed to deathend of the worlddisasterwashington d.c.generalscientistcomputer |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develo β¦ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | environmental disasternuclear weaponsole black character dies clicheearthquakeend of the worlddisasterlightningproduct placementno opening creditsscientistcomputercell phonefirebare chested male |
A youth chooses manhood. The week Sam Witwicky starts college, the Decepticons make trouble in Shanghai. A presidential envoy believes it's because the Autobots are around; he wants them gone. He's wrong: the Decepticons need access to Sam's mind to see some glyphs imprinted there that will lead the β¦m to a fragile object that, when inserted in an alien machine hidden in Egypt for centuries, will give them the power to blow out the sun. Sam, his girlfriend Mikaela Banes, and Sam's parents are in danger. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are Sam's principal protectors. If one of them goes down, what becomes of Sam? (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | los angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | vending machinemajorcrushed to deathend of the worldwashington d.c.generalproduct placementno opening creditsexploding carimpalementcomputercell phonefirebare chested male |
Dr. Ryan Stone ('Sandra Bullock' (qv)) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski ('George Clooney' (qv)) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving S β¦tone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Story: | altered version of studio logospace shuttlecrash landingnasaastronautdisasterno opening creditsfire |
Jarrod and his pregnant girlfriend Elaine travel to Los Angeles to meet his old friend and successful entrepreneur Terry, and his wife Candice. Terry gives a party in his apartment for Jarrod and offers a job position to him in LA. Terry's assistant and lover Denise (Crystal Reed) and his friend Ray β¦ (Neil Hopkins) sleep on the couch in the living room, but in the dawn of the next morning, the group is awakened by mysterious beams of blue light. Ray stares at the light and is taken by the mysterious force. The group of friends try to escape from the alien invaders. (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | london englandlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | sole black character dies clichecrushed to deathearthquakeend of the worldlightningno opening creditscell phonefirebare chested male |
In the future, the mutants and the humans that help them are slaughtered by powerful robots named Sentinels. Professor Xavier, Wolverine, Magneto, Storm, Kitty Pryde and her friends meet at a monastery in China and Xavier explains that the invincible Sentinels were created using the DNA of Mystique β¦that was captured in 1973 when she tried to assassinate their creator Dr. Bolivar Trask. Xavier tells that their only chance is return to 1973 using Pryde's ability to join Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr to convince Mystique to give up of her intention. . However, only Wolverine can withstand the damages of the time travel. Will he succeed in stopping Mystique and the Sentinel Program and save the mutants and their human friends from annihilation? (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Story: | lava lampperson on firewashington monumentmajorwashington d.c.generallightningproduct placementno opening creditsexploding carimpalementscientistbare chested male |
An alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himse β¦lf inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy! (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | london englandhelicopter |
Story: | person on firetrafalgar square londoncrash landingmajorcrushed to deathend of the worldgeneralno opening creditsscientistfire |
In the near future, the Navy develops a fighter jet piloted by an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat manuevers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with s β¦topping it before it incites a war... (Read More)
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | search and rescuestudio logo segues into filmnuclear weaponsole black character dies clichecrash landingwashington d.c.lightningcomputertitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
A washed up monster chaser convinces the U.S. Government to fund a trip to an unexplored island in the South Pacific. Under the guise of geological research, the team travels to "Skull Island". Upon arrival, the group discover that their mission may be complicated by the wildlife which inhabits the β¦island. The beautiful vistas and deadly creatures create a visually stunning experience that is sure to keep your attention. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | person on firealtered version of studio logocrash landingexpeditioncrushed to deathwristwatchwashington d.c.lightningproduct placementimpalementscientistfire |
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Among the mysteries the expedition must explain are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter' β¦s orbit and the fate of H.A.L., the Discovery's sentient computer. Based on a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke. (Read More)
Locations: | earthlondon england |
Story: | secret missionspace shuttleexpeditionnasaastronautwashington d.c.scientistcomputer |
Brent is an American astronaut, part of a team sent to locate missing fellow American astronaut, George Taylor. Following Taylor's known flight trajectory, the search and rescue team crash lands on an unknown planet much like Earth in the year 3955, with Brent being the only survivor of the team. Wh β¦at Brent initially does not know, much like Taylor didn't initially know when he landed here before Brent, is that he has landed back on Earth in the future, in the vicinity of what was New York City. Brent finds evidence that Taylor has been on the planet. In Brent's search for Taylor, he finds that the planet is run by a barbaric race of English speaking apes, whose mission is in part to annihilate the human race. Brent eventually locates some of those humans, who communicate telepathically and who live underground to prevent detection by the apes. These humans, who are in their own way as barbaric as the apes, want in turn to protect their species. Brent has to figure out a way to save himself under the circumstances, which may be more difficult to accomplish in the battle between the dominant species on this planet. (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Story: | nuclear weaponsole black character dies clichenuclear bombcrash landingastronautearthquakeend of the worldgenerallightningimpalementscientistfirebare chested male |
When someone hacks into the computers at the FBI's Cyber Crime Division; the Director decides to round up all the hackers who could have done this. When he's told that because it's the 4th of July most of their agents are not around so they might have trouble getting people to get the hackers. So he β¦ instructs them to get local PD'S to take care of it. And one of the cops they ask is John McClane who is tasked with bringing a hacker named Farrell to the FBI. But as soon as he gets there someone starts shooting at them. McClane manages to get them out but they're still being pursued. And it's just when McClane arrives in Washington that the whole system breaks down and chaos ensues. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | los angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | computer hackercomputer crackingaltered version of studio logohackercrushed to deathwashington d.c.exploding carcell phone |
Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosau β¦r embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | computer hackersole black character dies clichedisasterlightningproduct placementno opening creditsscientistcomputertitle spoken by character |
A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war is being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possess β¦es it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasts off in search of it. He eventually tracks it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sends him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forces him into a paralyzed state. His body is later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, but before going into a comatose state Megatron uses the last of his energy to engrave into the Captain's glasses a map showing the location of the Allspark, and to send a transmission to Cybertron. Megatron is then carried away aboard the Captain's ship. A century later, Captain Witwicky's grandson Sam Witwicky (nicknamed Spike by his friends) buys his first car. To his shock, he discovers it to be Bumblebee, an Autobot in disguise who is to protect Spike, who possesses the Captain's glasses and the map engraved on them. But Bumblebee is not the only Transformer to have arrived on Earth - in the desert of Qatar, the Decepticons Blackout and Scorponok attack a U.S. military base, causing the Pentagon to send their special Sector Seven agents to capture all "specimens of this alien race." Spike and his girlfriend Mikaela find themselves β¦ (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | computer hackerwashington monumentsole black character dies clicheend of the worldlaserwashington d.c.generalproduct placementno opening creditsexploding carimpalementscientistcomputercell phonefire |
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this dis β¦ease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls. (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | person on firevending machinestabbed in the headend of the worldgeneralproduct placementexploding carimpalementscientistcell phonebare chested male |
Everything seems to be going great for the Fantastic Four. Reed and Sue are finally getting married, and things couldn't seem better. However, when the mysterious Silver Surfer crashes things, they learn that they will have to deal with an old foe, and the powerful planet eating Galactus.
Locations: | london englandlos angeles californiahelicopter |
Story: | person on firewashington monumentstudio logo segues into filmwashington d.c.generalscientist |
Earth's future has been riddled by disasters, famines, and droughts. There is only one way to ensure mankind's survival: Interstellar travel. A newly discovered wormhole in the far reaches of our solar system allows a team of astronauts to go where no man has gone before, a planet that may have the β¦right environment to sustain human life. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Story: | altered version of studio logobaseball gamespace shuttleexpeditionnasaastronautwristwatchno opening creditsscientistfiretitle spoken by character |
When John Connor ('Jason Clarke (I)' (qv)), leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese ('Jai Courtney' (qv)) back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor ('Emilia Clarke' (qv)) and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured time-line. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a β¦ new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies, including the Guardian ('Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv)), dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected new mission: To reset the future... (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | san francisco californialos angeles california |
Story: | person on firebridge collapsegolden gate bridgeend of the worldlaserproduct placementexploding carimpalementscientistcell phonebare chested male |
Reed Richards, a brilliant but timid and bankrupt scientist, is convinced that evolution can be triggered by clouds of cosmic energy, and has calculated that Earth is going to pass one of these clouds soon. Together with his friend and partner, the gruff yet gentle astronaut muscle-man Ben Grimm, Re β¦ed convinces his conceited MIT classmate Dr. Victor Von Doom, now CEO of his own enterprise, to allow him access to his privately-owned space station. Von Doom agrees in exchange for control over the experiment and a majority of the profits from whatever benefits it brings. He thus brings aboard Susan Storm, his shy, though assertive chief genetics researcher and a former lover of Reed's with whom she had an acrimonious break-up, and her diametrically opposed brother Johnny, the maverick and hot-headed playboy pilot. The astronauts make it home intact; however, before long they begin to mutate, developing strange and amazing powers as a result of their exposure to the cloud! Reed is able to stretch like rubber; Sue can turn invisible and create force fields, especially when angered; Johnny can produce fire at supernova temperatures, and is able to fly; and Ben is transformed into "The Thing", a large, rock-like creature with super strength. After Ben, brooding about his situation on the Brooklyn Bridge, inadvertently causes a major traffic pile-up whilst attempting to stop a man about to commit suicide, the four manage to use their powers to prevent any loss of life and to rescue aβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | earth |
Story: | person on firespace shuttlemajorastronautproduct placementno opening creditsexploding carscientistfiretitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
Marvel's "Doctor Strange" follows the story of the talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a tragic car accident, must put ego aside and learn the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions. Based in New York City's Greenwich Village, Doctor Strange must act as a β¦n intermediary between the real world and what lies beyond, utilising a vast array of metaphysical abilities and artifacts to protect the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | london englandhelicopter |
Story: | vending machineend of the worldwristwatchlightningproduct placementno opening creditsimpalementcell phonefiretitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Story: | person on fireend of the worlddisasterexploding carimpalementcell phonefiretitle spoken by character |
The hacker Josh invades the computer of Douglas Ziegler, who is developing a powerful wireless signal, and accidentally releases a mysterious force that takes the will to live of human beings, generating a suicide epidemic and increasing the force. His girlfriend and student of psychology, Mattie, s β¦ees each one of their common friends die and the destruction of the modern world, and together with her new acquaintance Dexter, they try to plan a virus developed by Josh in the network to shutdown the system and save mankind. (Read More)
Themes: | apocalypsedeath |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | computer hackerhackerend of the worldimpalementcomputercell phonefiretitle spoken by character |
After the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances, all leaders of the Western world must attend his funeral. But what starts out as the most protected event on earth, turns into a deadly plot to kill the world's most powerful leaders and unleash a terrifying vision of t β¦he future. The President of the United States, his formidable secret service head and a British MI-6 agent who trusts no one are the only people that have any hope of stopping it. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | earthlondon englandhelicopter |
Story: | trafalgar square londonbridge collapsealtered version of studio logohackerwashington d.c.generalproduct placementexploding carimpalementcell phonefire |
Twelve months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and her partner Peeta Mellark must go on what is known as the Victor's Tour, wherein they visit all the districts, but before leaving, Katniss is visited by President Snow who fears that Katniss defied him a year ago during the game β¦s when she chose to die with Peeta. With both Katniss and Peeta declared the winners, it is fueling a possible uprising. He tells Katniss that while on tour she better try to make sure that she puts out the flames or else everyone she cares about will be in danger. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | bird attackperson on firelightningno opening creditsimpalementscientistcomputerfirebare chested male |
Annie Porter, the woman who was held on a bus with a bomb attached to it that will go off if it slows down. She dated the cop who saved her but broke up with him because he was constantly putting his life in danger. She would then date a guy named Alex who is also a cop but told her that he does a m β¦undane assignment. But she eventually learns that he works for the same unit that the other guy worked for and is also addicted to danger. She wants to break up with but he surprises her with a cruise. She agrees to go. And he's planning to propose to her. But when he notices another passenger act peculiar, he can't help but try to find out what's up with him. He's Geiger, a computer man who designed the ship's systems, who was fired. He then takes over the ship's systems and sets it on a course that will send it into a tanker. Alex tries to stop him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disaster film |
Themes: | death |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Story: | computer hackeraltered version of studio logolaserwristwatchdisasterproduct placementno opening creditscomputerfirebare chested male |
Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous convict Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner). When he wakes up β¦with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and make the deal with him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | london englandhelicopter |
Story: | computer hackerhackercrushed to deathwristwatchproduct placementno opening creditsexploding carimpalementcell phonefiretitle spoken by characterbare chested male |
FANTASTIC FOUR, a contemporary re-imagining of Marvel's original and longest-running superhero team, centers on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness β¦ their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy. (Read More)
Themes: | death |
Locations: | helicopter |
Story: | computer hackerperson on fireend of the worldgeneralno opening creditsscientistcell phonefirebare chested male |