Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
ジャンル : アクション, ドラマ, サイエンスフィクション, テレビ映画
上映時間 : 1時間 30分
演出 : J.P. Howell
シノプシス
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to earth. It is deflected but so close that it shift our course closer to the sun, causing rapid extreme heating, hopefully only mid-term. Nathan warns his sister, TV journalist Carly, and she her lover, police detective Tom. He brings his unruly daughter Kim, her ex-con lover C.J. and her mother, nurse Bonnie, when Nathan offers a flight to a friend's Arctic weather station. Tom takes charge of a dangerous trip to the airport, as everywhere on earth things catch fire and people fight for water, transport and sheer looting.
On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a daughter who doesn't even remember his face. And a poor rescue worker falls in love with a rich city girl. When they all find out a gigantic tsunami will hit the beach, they realize they only have 10 minutes to escape.
巨大地震が発生し、猛烈な揺れに襲われたカリフォルニア。超高層ビル群やゴールデンゲートブリッジが次々と倒壊し、ロサンゼルスなどの大都市が相次いで壊滅。救難活動に奔走するレスキュー隊のパイロット、レイはサンフランシスコに残された娘の救出に向かう。
地球への衝突コースを取る小惑星が発見された。もしも、テキサス州の大きさにも匹敵するその小惑星が地球に激突すれば、人類の破滅は免れない。これを回避する方法はただひとつ、小惑星内部に核爆弾を設置し、内側から破壊するしかない。そしてその任務に選ばれたのは石油採掘のスペシャリストたちだった。刻々と迫る滅亡へのカウントダウンの中、人類の運命を委ねられた14人の男たちは小惑星へと飛び立った！
南極で研究を続ける古代気象学者ジャック・ホール教授は調査データから地球規模の自然危機を予感する。そして、その4か月後、東京などで異常気象が発生し彼の嫌な予感は現実味を帯びてくる。
ホワイトハウスの女性スキャンダルを追っていたテレビ局のジェニーは、「エリー」という名に行き当たる。だがそれは女性の名ではなく、「Extinction Level Event（種の絶滅を引き起こす事象）」の略だった。大統領は、1年後に未知の彗星が地球に衝突する可能性があることを公表。これを阻止すべく彗星を核爆発させて軌道修正するプロジェクトが実行されたが、結果は失敗。衝突が刻一刻と迫る中、ついに大統領は地下に選ばれた100万人だけを移住させる計画を発表するのだった。
名作パニック映画『ポセイドン・アドベンチャー』を大胆にリメイク。巨大な津波の襲来で豪華客船ポセイドン号は転覆し、乗客の生命が多数失われた。わずかな生存者のなかで、脱出を試みるギャンブラー、ディランだったが……。
地上135階、シスコにそびえ立つ超高層ビル“グラス・タワー”落成式の日。規格外の製品を使ったために起きた出火はやがて巨大な炎となり、最上階に何百人も閉じ込めたままビルを飲み込む。
NYからギリシャのアテネに向かっていた豪華客船ポセイドン号が、海底地震による大津波に飲まれて転覆。その惨状とともに生き残った船客の脱出劇を描いた、ロナルド・ニーム監督による傑作パニック巨編。
A helicopter pilot and an environmental scientist lead a exodus of survivors in a search for a safe haven after a catastrophic tectonic event causes the crust of the earth to break apart.
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
When a super cyclone threatens the entire American eastern seaboard, a lone meteorologist and a petroleum engineer must battle the elements to stop the threat.
A chunk of dark matter shoots right through earth, causing various worldwide disasters. A family in Los Angeles struggles to survive the ordeal.
科学者は、惑星地球の心臓がその回転運動を止めようとしていることを発見します。それは、私たちが知っているように生命をなくし、大きな自然災害を引き起こします。 科学者のグループは、大災害を防ぐことができる地球の中心への危険な任務のために募集されます。
2010年にメキシコ湾沖で発生し、日本でも大きく報道された海底油田爆発事故を映画化。2010年4月20日、メキシコ湾沖約80kmに位置する石油掘削施設「ディープウォーター・ホライゾン」で、海底油田から逆流した天然ガスへの引火による大爆発が起こった。海上一面が火の海と化す最悪な状況の中、施設内に閉じ込められた作業員たちは被害の拡大を食い止めるべく奔走し、決死の脱出を図る。「ローン・サバイバー」「バトルシップ」のピーター・バーグ監督が、人為的ミスの連鎖や親会社と下請け会社の確執といった小さな原因の積み重ねが未曾有の大事故へと繋がっていく様子を緊張感たっぷりに描き出す。主演のマーク・ウォールバーグをはじめ、カート・ラッセル、ジョン・マルコビッチら実力派キャストが集結。
Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
スピルバーグ製作総指揮、M・クライトン脚本に加え、「スピード」でメガヒットを飛ばしたJ・デ・ボンがメガホンを取ったパニック・スペクタクル。竜巻内に調査用のセンサーを送り込む事で早期警報の実現を図ろうとする研究者グループと、それに対抗するグループとの競走を、迫力のCGを駆使した竜巻の映像で描く。
2009年、リムジン運転手のジャクソン・カーティスは、子どもたちとの旅行を楽しんでいた。ところが、偶然湖底に沈む巨大な研究施設を発見し、地球が滅亡に向かっていることを知る。この危機から逃れる手はないものかと模索するジャクソンだったが、すでに天災は地球上の至るところで起こり始める。
死火山“ダンテズ・ピーク”を調査しにやって来た火山学者ハリーは、調査の末、地殻変動の兆候を発見した。仲間の研究者たちに知らせたものの信じてもらえなかった彼は、市長のレイチェルのもとに押しかける。上司の反対を押し切って、避難を勧告するハリー。だがついに、大地震が起こってしまった。しかしそれも、大噴火の前触れにすぎなかったのだ……。
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
Promethean Kinetics has created Helios, a revolutionary clean coal energy source so powerful it rivals the force of the sun and will solve the energy crisis. But when certain governments start cutting safety measures required by Helios, the highly-explosive product begins to seep deep below the Earth's crust, producing giant blasts of fire and violent earthquakes above the surface. As cities shake and oceans boil, Eve Adams, creator of the Helios technology, rushes to investigate the subterranean phenomenon. As the situation becomes ever more dire, she is the only one who can save mankind, not to mention reputation.
When a volcano expert becomes convinced that a cataclysmic natural disaster is about to unfold, a volcanologist Professor John Shepherd and his graduate students believes that recent unexplainable volcanic activity as all of the volcanoes in the world are going to erupt and kill every living thing on the planet! They try to convince the government that their theory is true not a joke while also trying to figure out how to stop it before time runs out!
A Yellowstone National Park scientist and a thrill-seeking ranger join forces to plug-up a volatile super volcano that threatens to wipe out the entire United States.
Illegal experimentation accidentally rips open a previously unknown hidden magma reserve directly under Manhattan!
When miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North Atlantic, exposing a deep seismic fault that runs the length of the North American continent. Joining forces with government seismology expert Dr Amy Lane, Boomer must now race against time to stop the chasm that is threatening to tear America - and the entire world - in half.
An earthquake destroys a Russian Nuclear Power plant.
On a secret military base a group of scientists have made a discovery unequaled since the invention of the A-bomb; code-named Eruptor, it's a device that supercharges Dark Matter and uses it to change the molecular structure of its target, thereby eradicating it. But when the Eruptor malfunctions and a leading scientist on the project is blasted with Dark Matter, he receives incredible abilities
INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As the temperature plummets, Miami is blasted with snow and ice. Evacuation routes are jammed. The only chance David, his old flame Bryn, and a few other hopeful survivors have is to hole themselves up in a special chamber at INTER SCI. A desperate race for survival is ignited as nature's fury rages and the temperature plunges toward -459.67° F...ABSOLUTE ZERO!
When a shower of massive meteors threatens an extinction level on Earth, the world's greatest minds devise a dangerous plan that will take the planet off its axis in order to avoid the impact.
A seemingly-harmless snow globe unleashes a devastating winter storm on a peaceful mountainside community, prompting one family on a race to save their town from certain destruction. As night falls on Christmas Eve, the Miller family finds a gift-wrapped snow globe just outside their door. Inside is an exact replica of their town - right down to the smallest detail. But this isn't your typical holiday decoration, because every time it's shaken, a blank of snow a blizzard blasts through town. Later, when the buttons on the globe plunge the town into total chaos, the Miller's must find a way to stop the destruction once and for all.
Jupiter’s famous blemish, the Great Red Spot, has vanished. When massive storms are reported in North America, it quickly becomes apparent that the huge, high storm that has been swirling around Jupiter for hundreds of years has landed on Earth. Swallowing up everything in its path, the Great Red Spot threatens to transform Earth into another Jupiter-like gas giant in just a matter of days! aka Mega Cyclone
A series of freak weather occurrences around Washington D.C. reunites two estranged brothers who are the sons of a once prestigious climate scientist. One of them suspects their father is behind it and upon further investigation, they discover that all of their father's enemies are dead - victims of freak weather accidents.
An object is shot down over Seattle and the debris begins to affect the local weather, ultimately threatening the whole world.
Charlie Price, a former scientist turned science fiction author, starts living one of his novels when the Federal Science Foundation's weather experiments escape control and turn disastrous.
A brother and sister are torn apart when their parents die tragically in a tornado. While he moves to Seattle to be away from the memory, she devotes her life to studying storms and weather patterns. When she discovers the threat of a powerful series of tornadoes are heading for Seattle, she must convince her brother and the entire city that she is not crazy; and they are in grave danger
When tornadoes hit a nuclear power plant, critically damaging the plant's cooling system, the results could be catastrophic. Atomic Twister, a countdown to disaster, traces an extraordinary day in the lives of small town citizens who unexpectedly find themselves facing the possibility of mass destruction.
アメリカ政府が推進する“アポロ計画”。それは、核融合リアクターが放射するビームによって、オゾン層から膨大なエネルギーを取り出す夢のプロジェクトだった。その実用化実験は無事成功を収めたかに見えたが、実験の影響により予想外の気象変動が発生、全米各地に猛烈な竜巻や大嵐が吹き荒れる。プロジェクトの元リーダーであるネイサンは、この異常気象がほんの始まりに過ぎないことを予測し、事態を収めようと奔走する。
これが地球最期の日だ。地球に接近する巨大彗星に向け、核ミサイルでの迎撃作戦発動。しかし計画は失敗、彗星は無数の破片と化し地球に殺到する。降り注ぐ隕石の雨、パニックに襲われ逃げ惑う人々。そして人類の運命に止めを刺す、巨大隕石激突の時がせまる!!
A storm chaser tries to save Boston from destruction when a freak tornado bombards the city with huge boulders.
A deadly meteor storm has been labeled a one-time celestial occurrence, but astrophysicist Steve Thomas believes something worse is yet to come. After discovering his asteroid tracking satellite is secretly being used for military surveillance, Steve leaks the truth to the press, and it costs him his reputation, his job, and his friends. With the backlash of being a whistle-blower, the pressure threatens to tear his family apart, just when Steve discovers a threat to the entire planet: a giant dark asteroid invisible to current detection systems will soon strike the Earth. Barred from using his own satellite to prove the asteroid's existence, Steve is forced to work in the shadows in a desperate attempt to save humanity.
Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.
