Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
EAN: 0043396275171
Feature: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction Exhilarating and Jaw dropping.
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageFrenchDubbed
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD27517D
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: March 02, 2010
Running Time: 158 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 2009

Features:

• Adventure, Action, Science Fiction Exhilarating and Jaw dropping.

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
AN EPIC ADVENTURE ABOUT A GLOBAL CATACLYSM THAT BRINGS AN END TO THE WORLD AND TELLS OF THE HEROIC STRUGGLE OF THE SURVIVORS.

Amazon.com:

Now this is how you destroy the world. Roland Emmerich's 2012 pounces on a Nostradamus-style loophole in the Mayan calendar and rams the apocalypse through it, gleefully conjuring up an enormous amount of Saturday-matinee fun in the process. A scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor) detects shifting continental plates and sun flares and realizes that this foretells the imminent destruction of the planet. Just as the molten lava is about to hit the fan, a novelist (John Cusack) takes his kids on a trip to Yellowstone; later he'll hook up with his ex (Amanda Peet) and her new boyfriend (Tom McCarthy) in a global journey toward safety. If there is any safety. The suitably hair-raising plot lines are punctuated--frequently, people, frequently--by visions of mayhem around the globe: the Vatican falls over, the White House is clobbered (Emmerich's Independence Day was not enough on that score), and the California coastline dives into the Pacific Ocean. Unlike other action directors we could name, Emmerich actually understands how to let you see and drink in these vast special-effects vistas--and they are incredible. He also honors the old Irwin Allen disaster-movie tradition by actually shelling out for good actors. Cusack and Ejiofor are convincing even in the cheesiest material; toss in Danny Glover (the U.S. president), Woody Harrelson (a nut-bar conspiracy-theorizing radio host), Thandie Newton, and Oliver Platt, and you've got a very watchable batch of people. Emmerich hasn't developed an ear for dialogue, even at this stage in his career, and the final act goes on a bit too long. This is a very silly movie, but if you've got a weakness for B-movie energy and hairbreadth escapes, 2012 delivers quite a bit of both. --Robert Horton



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Rating: - Silly and Mindless
I labored through the disaster film "2012" last night and I was deeply diisappointed. Not only does this flick have a silly and totally unbelievable storyline, but it runs 2 hours and 38 minutes (should have been no more than 90 minutes) long. Though it does have some excellent special effects, the action scenes are ridiculously funny. I'm sure the producers didn't plan it that way. However, if you just want to see a visual, mindless popcorn pooper, this one is for you.

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Rating: - A beginning to end thriller-- for its appropriate audience.
Before I begin my review, I must introduce myself as an optimist and a very emotional, sentimental person who usually prefers happy endings. I cry at episodes of cartoon shows, and I tend to become very emotionally invested in anything I watch or read. Despite this, I have a soft spot for disaster movies, the more over the top the better. I went into this movie already having enjoyed Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, but unsure how I would receive this. The trailer wowed me, but I was ... Read More

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Rating: - Skip it.
I was in the mood for a wild, special effects extravaganza - but I didn't know I'd be renting this bomb of writing, directing, and choice special effects.

The director is Roland Emmerich - you'll know him for 'excellent' fare such as Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot, The Day After Tomorrow (only Roland would make a global-warming movie about the earth freezing!), and so on. What these movies all have in common is an incredibly-hard-to-swallow over-the-top Karmic irony which sees ... Read More

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Rating: - MAYAN PROPHECY MEETS HAB THEORY PLUS BAD SCIENCE
The theory of shifting crusts is not new, but if it did occur, the theory also states that the crust shifts around certain centers which will be unaffected by the shift. Mutating neutrinos? What is that? Once you get by the gibberish, you get into a bad script. The actors did what they could to save it, but when the script goes south, Cusack couldn't carry the load. There are long drawn out ridiculous scenes where Cusack barely saves his family as the world collaspes only inches behind him. Limos and ... Read More

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Rating: - Popcorn + End of World = Emmerich
Years ago, when Independence Day came out this end-of-the-world genre was mind blowing for me. Now it is what you expect from director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and Godzilla): paper-thin story sets up massive destruction and devastation across the world, while one small group struggles to survive. If you arent familiar with the genre this movie probably isnt for you. For the rest of us who know what to expect the movie performs well.

Who cares about 2012? ... Read More

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