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14Nov2009

Movie Review: “2012”

Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 12:46AM | By

Franck Tabouring

Seen on: November 13, 2009

The players: Director: Roland Emmerich, Writers: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser, Cast: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt

Facts of interest: None, really.

The plot: As the world comes to an end in the year 2012, a group of brave people try to survive the cataclysms surrounding them.

Our thoughts: Roland Emmerich’s latest apocalyptic big-screen spectacle works best as a comedy. The film boasts a number of excellent laughs, and that’s the main reason I found it moderately enjoyable. Other than that, it’s nothing more than yet another utterly ridiculous, overblown sci-fi action piece about the end of the world.

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Thursday

01Oct2009

Crazy action-packed 5-minute scene from '2012'

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 9:16PM | By

Franck Tabouring

John Cusack is the best driver and luckiest bastard you'll ever get to see on the big screen. I mean, this guy drives a limo across Los Angeles as the entire city is being destroyed. Don't believe me? See below!

A five-minute clip from Roland Emmerich's upcoming apocalyptic action flick "2012" debuted on TV today, and the clip is now online. It's incredibly ridiculous, folks, but somehow, it's also somewhat entertaining.

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Japanese '2012' trailer boasts new footage

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 1:44PM | By

Franck Tabouring

A couple of months ago, we saw the first full trailer for Roland Emmerich's next action spectacle "2012," and that preview contained quite a few shots of the world coming to end in 2012. Now a new Japanese trailer has hit the Web, and if you choose to watch it below, you'll get to see a whole lot of new footage and more destruction.

The film focuses on a little group of people struggling with the large-scale cataclysm ensuing from the end of the world in 2012. John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover and Amanda Peet star.

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The world destroyed (again) in new '2012' trailer!

Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 11:53AM | By

Franck Tabouring

Roland Emmerich is back destroying everything on the face of the Earth in "2012," his latest apocalyptic adventure that will hit theaters Nov. 13, 2009.

A brand-new trailer for the action flick has just debuted online, and you can check it out below. Judging by this footage, chances are we'll see more destruction than ever before in an Emmerich flick.

Trailers for Emmerich flicks always look epic and neat, and this one is certainly no exception. Okay, Cusack driving a car out a moving plane is a tad too insane for my taste, but then again, is there ever anything realistic in his films in the first place?

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