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2012

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Stars: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover

Director: Roland Emmerich

Rated: PG-13

Showing: Neptune Theatre, daily at 7:30pm

Runtime: 158 minutes

Sci-fi/action/drama

Ancient Mayan prophecies predict the world will end in 2012 - and this apocalypse comes to pass in director Roland Emmerich's latest mega disaster movie.

Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is a divorced sci-fi writer whose kids live with their mom and her boyfriend.

On a visit to Yellowstone with his kids, he meets Charlie Frost (Woody Harrelson), who writes a blog about how the Mayans are right about 2012.

Meanwhile, in the Mayan jungles of Guatemala, there are reports of mass suicides of people terrified of the coming apocalypse.

An organisation called the Institute for Human Continuity is constructing disaster-proof arks beneath the Himalayan mountains to save the human race and animals.

In the coming days, huge cracks start forming in California - prompting a desperate Jackson to try to get his family to safety.

Soon, the entire planet is crumbling and the few desperate survivors battle to stay alive amid an onslaught of earthquakes, tidal waves and volcanic eruptions.

Emmerich loves destroying the planet in his movies - and in 2012 he ups the carnage he created in Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla.

The White House is crushed when a tidal wave drops an aircraft carrier on it.

Rio de Janeiro's Christ The Redeemer statue crumbles and the Vatican is destroyed, with the dome of St. Peter's Basilica crushing terrified visitors.

The effects and scenes of destruction are breathtaking - just what you expect from a master of disaster like Emmerich.

The cast are engaging too - Cusack is a great actor and as reliable as ever, while Harrelson is excellent as the seemingly crazy blogger who believes in the apocalypse.

Watch if you liked: The Day After Tomorrow.

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