2012: Supernova is a 2009 direct-to-video science fiction disaster film directed by Anthony Fankhauser and starring Brian Krause, Heather McComb, and Najarra Townsend. It was distributed by The Asylum. As with the previous film, titled 2012: Doomsday, 2012: Supernova is a mockbuster of the Roland Emmerich film 2012, which was released a month later. It is the second film in the Asylum's 2012 trilogy though the films have nothing to do with one another. The third film is titled 2012: Ice Age which was released in 2011.
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| Directed by | Anthony Fankhauser |
| Written by | Anthony Fankhauser John Macy John Willis III |
| Produced by | Paul Bales Stephen Fiske David Michael Latt David Rimawi |
| Starring | Brian Krause Heather McComb Najarra Townsend |
| Cinematography | Mark Atkins |
| Edited by | Danny Maldonado |
| Music by | Chris Ridenhour |
| Distributed by | The Asylum |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200,000 |
Premise
editWhen a star gone supernova threatens to destroy Earth, an astrophysicist puts together a dangerous and desperate plan to shield Earth from the destructive burst of radiation heading toward it. The movie begins in the year 2010 where a NASA scientist detects a massive asteroid coming towards Earth that will crash into the Pacific Ocean and cause the tectonic plates to shift and possibly cause every continent on Earth to sink. In order to prevent this the scientist John Cleves decides to ask his wife Sharon bates for help, she tells him that the only way to prevent this is to shield the United States with enough electricity. In the end every continent and country on Earth sinks. Only the USA survives surrounded completely by ocean.
Cast
edit- Brian Krause as Kelvin[1]
- Heather McComb as Laura[1]
- Najarra Townsend as Tina[1]
- Allura Lee as Dr. Kwang Ke[1]
- Alan Poe as Dzerzhinsky[1]
- Londale Theus as Captain Henreaux[1]
- Stephen Schneider as Captain James Moto[1]
- Rob Ullett as NASA Official
- Dana Tomasko as NASA Technician
- Rick L. Dean as NASA Technician
- Pete Angelikus as NASA Technician
- William Joseph Hutchins as NASA Technician
- Doug Newman as NASA Technician
- Jeff Crabtree as NASA Technician
- Maus Jackson as NASA Technician
- J. Dedman as USAF Agent
- Henrik Ej Hermiz as USAF Agent
- Malcom Scott as The President
- Brittian D. Soderberg as NASA Soldier
- Andrew Fetty as NASA Soldier
- Bryan Dodds as NASA Soldier
- Dorothy Drury as Agent Dunne
- Stafford Mills as Farmer Brown
- Kevin Ashworth as Carter
- Stephen Blackehart as Agent Greene
- Matthew Farhat as Lieutenant Shalah
- Melissa Osborne as Eden
Reception
editHorrorNews.net reviewed the film, writing that "Frankhauser's depiction of what will happen in 2012 is action packed, but lacks in character development and believability impedes the likability of the movie to a certain extent".[2]
Sequel
editAnother sequel was released the following year entitled 2012: Ice Age and borrowing elements from another of Roland Emmerich's films, The Day After Tomorrow.
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "2012: Supernova – review". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Rose, Joanna (2011-07-13). "Film Review: 2012 Supernova (2009)". HorrorNews.net. Archived from the original on 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2020-12-22.