Artist 2012 (2009)

Opening in 2009, 2012 follows brilliant scientist Chiwetel Ejiofor as he uncovers the horrible truth about the earth’s impending doom, then relays it to president Danny Glover. Glover is thus saddled with a horrible problem: How to preserve the human species, even though life as we know it is about to end. The film, on the other hand, takes on no such burden, letting the plan to offer refuge from the apocalypse to the chosen and the wealthy pass without a lot of hand-wringing. Instead, it shifts the focus to struggling author John Cusack as he becomes aware of the coming disaster and desperately attempts to save his family. Because what’s a few billion corpses when a photogenic lead is at stake?  

Updated 04/16/2010