2009 · action · sci-fi · disaster
2012: Supernova
Directed by Anthony Fankhauser1h 27m2009
Two hundred years ago a supernova exploded somewhere in the Lyra constellation. Now the lethal burst of radiation is headed straight for Earth, and time is swiftly running out. The only thing standing between humanity and complete devastation is astrophysicist Dr. Kelvin (Brian Krause), who heads up a project to save the planet.
Our read: 2012: Supernova (2009) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive action · sci-fi · disaster entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, measured action / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold.
- kinetic
- cold
- epic-stakes
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