Geostorm Dvd

Geostorm is a 2017 American science fiction disaster film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Dean Devlin in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Abbie Cornish, Richard Schiff, Alexandra Maria Lara, Robert Sheehan, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez, and Andy García. The plot follows a satellite designer who tries to save the world from a storm of epic proportions caused by malfunctioning climate-controlling satellites.

Principal photography began on October 20, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. After poor test screenings, re-shoots took place in December 2016 under executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer, writer Laeta Kalogridis and new director Danny Cannon. The film is the first co-production between Skydance Media and Warner Bros. The film was released by Warner Bros. in the United States on October 20, 2017, in 2D, Real D 3D and IMAX 3D. Despite grossing $221 million worldwide the film was labeled a box office flop given its $120 million budget, losing the studio $74 million, and received largely negative reviews, with criticism focused on the “uninspiring” story and “lackluster” visual effects.

Plot

In 2019, following many catastrophic natural disasters, an international coalition commissions a system of climate-controlling satellites called “Dutch Boy”. After Dutch Boy neutralizes a typhoon in Shanghai, a United States Senate sub-committee reprimands chief architect Jake Lawson, because he brought Dutch Boy online without authorization and replaces him with his brother Max, who works under United States Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom.

Three years later, a United Nations team stationed in the Registan Desert comes across a frozen village. Mahmoud Habib, an Indian engineer working on the International Climate Space Station (ICSS), copies data from the Afghanistan satellite onto a hard drive before he is killed in a supposed accident. After convincing President Andrew Palma to conduct an investigation, Max persuades Jake to go to the ICSS to investigate. Another satellite increases temperatures in Hong Kong, causing gas explosions that nearly kill Max’s college friend Cheng Long, the head of Dutch Boy’s Hong Kong department.

Jake arrives at ICSS to examine the malfunctioning satellites (which are damaged afterward and their data erased) with station commander Ute Fassbinder and her crew, consisting of engineer Eni Adisa, systems specialist Duncan Taylor, technician Al Hernandez, and security officer Ray Dussette. They recover the hard drive, but hide it from the crew, suspecting a traitor, and examine the data, discovering that a computer virus has wiped out everyone’s login access to the satellite and is causing the malfunctions. Suspecting Palma is using Dutch Boy as a weapon, Jake tells Max he needs to reboot the system to eliminate the virus which requires the kill code held by Palma. The ICSS staff neutralize malfunctioning satellites by deliberately knocking them offline via collisions with replacement satellites.

Back on Earth, Cheng discovers he and Max have lost login access and warns Max of a global cataclysm known as a “Geostorm” if the malfunction continues. Cheng is pursued to Washington, D.C. by a team of rogue government agents, who ultimately cause his death in a traffic incident, but not before he says “Zeus”. Discovering Project Zeus simulates extreme weather patterns to create a Geostorm, Max enlists his girlfriend, Secret Service agent Sarah Wilson, to acquire the code. During this time, the ICSS team loses control of all operations as the virus initiates the self-destruct program.

During the Democratic National Convention in Orlando, Florida, Max discovers Orlando is next to be targeted after a massive hailstorm hits Tokyo and an offshore cold snap takes out a portion of Rio de Janeiro. Max requests Dekkom’s help, but Dekkom instead tries unsuccessfully to kill Max, unveiling himself as the saboteur; Max immediately informs Sarah. The two kidnap Palma to protect him from Dekkom’s agents and secure the kill code, which is Palma’s biometrics. As they escape from the stadium before a lightning storm destroys it, Max reveals their activities and Dekkom’s treachery to Palma. After outsmarting Dekkom’s mercenaries, the three arrest and confront Dekkom about his intentions: to decimate the other elected officials in America’s line of succession, giving him the chance to dominate the world while eliminating America’s enemies at the same time. Max and Sarah escort Palma to the Kennedy Space Center, where they transmit the code but learn that the self-destruct sequence cannot be stopped.

Meanwhile, in space, as more disasters strike around the world (including tornadoes in Mumbai, a heatwave in Moscow and a megatsunami in Dubai), Jake realizes Taylor is the traitor and masterminded Habib’s death and the storms on Dekkom’s orders. In the ensuing confrontation, Taylor accidentally ejects himself into space while Jake escapes. As the crew evacuates, Jake and Ute stay behind to ensure the system’s reboot, eliminating the virus and transferring satellite control to NASA, preventing the Geostorm at the last second, and escaping in a replacement satellite.

The two take shelter in the replacement satellite as the self-destruct sequence completes and uses its thrusters as a beacon. A nearby shuttle piloted by Hernandez picks them up. Six months later, Jake works as the head engineer for Dutch Boy once more, which is now administered by an international committee.

Cast

Gerard Butler as Jacob “Jake” Lawson, a satellite designer, former ICSS commander, and Hannah’s father
Jim Sturgess as Assistant Secretary of State Max Lawson, Jake’s younger brother and Hannah’s uncle
Abbie Cornish as U.S. Secret Service Agent Sarah Wilson, Max’s fiancée
Ed Harris as U.S. Secretary of State Leonard Dekkom
Andy García as U.S. President Andrew Palma
Richard Schiff as Virginia Senator Thomas Cross
Alexandra Maria Lara as Ute Fassbinder, the commander of the space station and DLR Astronaut
Robert Sheehan as Duncan Taylor, a British crew member of the ICSS and UKSA Astronaut
Eugenio Derbez as Al Hernandez, a Mexican crew member of the ICSS and AEM Astronaut
Adepero Oduye as Eni Adisa, a Nigerian crew member of the ICSS and NASRDA Astronaut
Amr Waked as Ray Dussette, a French crew member of the ICSS and CNES Astronaut
Daniel Wu as Cheng Long, the Hong Kong-based supervisor for the Dutch Boy Program
Zazie Beetz as Dana, a cybersecurity expert, and good friends with Max
Talitha Bateman as Hannah Lawson, Jake’s daughter and Max’s niece. She is the beginning and end narrator of the film.
Billy Slaughter as Karl Dright
Tom Choi as Chinese Representative Lee
Mare Winningham as Dr. Jennings
Jeremy Ray Taylor as Emmett
Gregory Alan Williams as General Montgaff
Drew Powell as Chris Campbell
Katheryn Winnick had been cast as Olivia Lawson, Jake’s ex-wife and the mother of Hannah, but during reshoots, her role was recast with Julia Denton.