2012 [DVD] [2009] | ![2012 [DVD] [2009]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nftOoXUML._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Languages: Arabic (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), English (Audio Description), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 152 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5035822062030
ASIN: B002T1HIDK
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: March 29, 2010
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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-theorising 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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 Yes, a 5 March 1, 2010
Vaughan (UK)
321 out of 353 found this review helpful
I have looked at some of the reviews, and as much as anything I wanted to write a couple of lines simply to counter things.
There are far too many people who want to come across as insightful, so very seriously aware viewers, who know the hidden agenda going on, and can't be fooled into watching brainless entertainment without giving back a whole load of disdain. However, if you want a battleground for such debate, I hardly think 2012 is the proper place.
This movie is from the guy who make 10,000 BC, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow. It's a disaster movie. It's a soap opera. As such it has all the cardboard characters, the ridiculous cliffhangers, the simple dialog, and all the depth of a pond. On the other hand, it has spectacular effects, load bangs, literary seismic events. Some characters won't make it, some will become unlikely heroes. Which ones? Watch The Towering Inferno from the 70's to find out, it's all the same.....
But then, what was this movie trying to do? Some here are talking about the political message, the "new world order". I truly think they must be having a laugh on us. This film has been made many times, and it'll be made many times more. It's exciting at times, daft, silly and ridiculous. It's a disaster, after all.
What more do you want? You want politics? Go elsewhere. Who'd have thought an American movie, made largely for the American market, financed by American dollars, would center itself on American ideals, and the American way of life? Are we really shocked?
This is a five not because it's a good film, but because it does what it says on the tin. And for those concerned, it's okay to simply be entertained sometimes, honestly, it is.
Brilliantly dreadful December 2, 2009
Agnieszka Krajewska
47 out of 57 found this review helpful
Dreadful, dreadful film. And I loved every second of it! Full of scientific impossibilities - if you like your films factual, stay far away from this. But I never expected it to be a documentary. I went because I loved all the director's previous films and wanted to see more of the special effects he's known for. It is jam packed with death and destruction, in a PG way and I cannot wait for the DVD to come out. The first half had me laughing at all the silliness, the second crying, because it is the end of the world after all. Exactly what I looked forward to, exactly what I wanted. Brilliant.
Surprisingly good August 19, 2010
Eran Cohen (Israel)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Quite a few "end of the world" movies have been done in recent years and "2012" rises above them all, mainly due to breath-taking CGI work, good and believable performance of the cast and moving personal stories.
The premise of the film is the global catastrophe the Mayan calendar predicts on December 12, 2012. Signs of the impending disaster appear already in 2009 and are brought to the awareness of several head of states worldwide.
Led by the U.S. government, they form a plan to deal with the upcoming calamity - and the way they choose to react is one of the most surprising, interesting aspects of the film that is fully disclosed only in its last part. As "Judgment-day" comes to a close the story veers to focus also on the getaway of American, Russian and Tibetan families and highlights acts of unselfishness and personal bravery in the wake of the self destructing earth.
I recommended you to watch "2012" in the theater in order to experience the full extent of the amazing special effects of mayhem and devastation that are abundant throughout the film, but a good home theater would also do.
2012 September 4, 2010
Sarah14
Special effects are amazing and its a tear jerker. Makes you feel lucky your alive a great watch!
far fetched but i love it August 11, 2010
sega.xtra@ntlworld.com (England)
this film is very far fetched but thats why i love it, well worth the money, very good film, good old americans saving the day again lol
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