Geostorm: Engineer Gerard Butler

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Trailerul 2 - Geostorm

Gerard Butler takes time out from battling terrorists to travel into outer space in hopes of
preventing a global weather catastrophe in the second trailer for Warner Bros. and Jerry
Bruckheimers science fiction action movie, Geostorm. The movie marks the directorial debut
of Independence Day and Godzilla producer Dean Devlin (though Judge Dredd director Danny
Cannon was brought on to direct reshoots).

n cel de-al doilea trailer, Gerald Butler se lupt cu teroritii pentru a cltori n spaiul cosmic, n
sperana de a preveni o catastrof meteorologic

Gerard Butler ia timp s se lupte cu teroritii pentru a cltori n spaiul cosmic, n sperana de a
preveni o catastrof meteorologic global n cel de-al doilea trailer pentru filmul de aciune
science-fiction "Geostorm" al lui Warner Bros. i Jerry Bruckheimer. Filmul marcheaz debutul
regizoral al Zilei Independenei i productorul Godzilla, Dean Devlin (dei regizorul Dredd,
Danny Cannon, a fost adus la rechemri directe).

In Geostorm, global weather is controlled by a network of satellites, making catastrophic


weather events a thing of the past. But something goes terribly wrong with the system and
Earth is put in danger of being pummeled by every disastrous weather phenomenon you can
imagine, from hurricanes to tornadoes to blizzards to tsunamis. Only the systems
designer, engineer Gerard Butler, can prevent a bad weather outbreak of apocalyptic
proportions.

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The second trailer for Geostorm (the first Geostorm trailer dropped in March) offers a big
heaping helping of disaster-porn imagery a la The Day After Tomorrow and 2012 (both films that
incidentally were directed by Dean Devlins Independence Day partner, Roland Emmerich).
Tidal waves crash into cities, giant hail stones destroy buses, airplanes freeze in midair and
crash into buildings, multi-tornado storms sweep across wooded areas. Just imagine every Syfy
disaster movie mashed together into one monstrous super-disaster-movie and thats pretty
much what Geostorm looks like.
In a departure for the actor, Gerard Butler actually plays the nerd who must use science instead
of punching and shooting skills to help avert disaster. The action role in Geostorm instead goes
to Abbie Cornish, who in a parallel plot-line plays a Secret Service agent who for some reason
must kidnap the President of the United States (Andy Garcia) and drive him somewhere while
buildings are crashing down all around them (a very obvious echo of 2012 and San Andreas).
Normally it would be Butler kidnapping/rescuing the president (with terrorists after him), so its a
nice switch to see Butler in outer space doing science things while Abbie Cornish gets to be
Gerard Butler.

Few disaster movie tropes appear to have been overlooked by writer/director Dean Devlin
on Geostorm. Clearly, Devlin learned this formula well while working with Roland Emmerich on
the Independence Day movies and Godzilla. He even gives Gerard Butler a daughter to wait on
the ground and worry about him, while hes up in space trying to save the world.

Geostorm may not look like the most original movie in the world, but for fans of old-fashioned
disaster flicks and Syfy movies, it looks like pure gold. Considering that the movie lacks big
stars outside of Butler, it nevertheless has to be considered somewhat of a risky box office bet.
The movie also stars Ed Harris, Jim Sturges, Robert Sheehan, Zazie Beetz and Mare
Winningham.

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