(2009) Directed by Roland Emmerich. Dr. Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), 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 (Danny Glover) 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 (John Cusack) stumbles on the same information. He struggles to find a way to save his family and joins the race to ensure that humankind is not completely wiped out. [Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi]