Thankfully, nobody goes into a blockbuster disaster epic looking for well-rounded characters and scientific accuracy, especially one directed by Roland Emmerich. Based on a mammoth box office haul of $791 million, it would be an understatement to say cinema’s pre-eminent Master of Disaster encouraged audiences to leave their brains firmly at the door when 2012 landed.
Not that it matters, but the story finds governments around the world surreptitiously forging ahead with plans for the survival of the human race in the event of an impending cataclysmic series of devastating incidents poised to wipe everyone and everything from the face of the planet. It’s biblical, but it’s also inspired by ancient prophecies, and we can’t forget about those mutating neutrinos, either.