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.

• DirectorRoland Emmerich
• Release10 October 2009
• Genre
  Action / Adventure
• Duration2h 38m
• Budget$200,000,000
• Revenue$791,217,826
• Rate
  

  5.849
  12100 reviews
• Productions

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