People party at the end of the world looms
Scientists Dr Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) discover that a comet is hurtling towards Earth and will destroy the planet in six months' time. All photos: Netflix
The pair find the populist president Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her chief of staff son Jason (Jonah Hill) are highly sceptical and play down the threat
The world's nations fire nuclear missiles towards the inbound comet. In reality, plans exist for such planetary defences
Experts say it is likely to turn into large object into a cloud of tiny objects that would continue towards Earth
Later, the White House accept a tech billionaire's plan to mine the comet for precious resources - in an unsubtle allegory of looming climate change and big business interests colliding
A lot of the public don't believe the comet is a threat, even as it draws near
It turns out warning mankind is not easy
People party at the end of the world looms
Scientists Dr Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) discover that a comet is hurtling towards Earth and will destroy the planet in six months' time. All photos: Netflix
The pair find the populist president Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her chief of staff son Jason (Jonah Hill) are highly sceptical and play down the threat
The world's nations fire nuclear missiles towards the inbound comet. In reality, plans exist for such planetary defences
Experts say it is likely to turn into large object into a cloud of tiny objects that would continue towards Earth
Later, the White House accept a tech billionaire's plan to mine the comet for precious resources - in an unsubtle allegory of looming climate change and big business interests colliding
A lot of the public don't believe the comet is a threat, even as it draws near
It turns out warning mankind is not easy
People party at the end of the world looms
