
About
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Rating and Reviews
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6.236/10

CinemaSerf
This could have been so very much better had director Mimi Leder focussed on creating either a decent science fiction film or an extinction event family drama, rather than this messy hybrid with too m... read more
almost 2 years ago
Patrick E. Abe
A high school Astronomy club discovers a celestial anomaly, their advisor checks it, becomes alarmed at what he finds, and things shift gears. Not bad for a movie that made "E.L.E/Extinction Level E... read more
almost 9 years ago
talisencrw
I was really disappointed, considering all of the great actors involved and since I love science fiction and the great disaster films of days gone by. I bought the DVD used and got my money's worth--i... read more
almost 9 years ago
People
Cast

Robert Duvall
Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner

Téa Leoni
Jenny Lerner

Elijah Wood
Leo Biederman

Vanessa Redgrave
Robin Lerner

Morgan Freeman
President Tom Beck

Maximilian Schell
Jason Lerner

James Cromwell
Alan Rittenhouse

Ron Eldard
Oren Monash

Jon Favreau
Gus Partenza

Laura Innes
Beth Stanley

Mary McCormack
Andrea Baker

Richard Schiff
Don Biederman

Leelee Sobieski
Sarah Hotchner

Blair Underwood
Mark Simon

Dougray Scott
Eric Vennekor

Gary Werntz
Chuck Hotchner

Bruce Weitz
Stuart Caley

Betsy Brantley
Ellen Biederman

O'Neal Compton
Morten Entrekin

Rya Kihlstedt
Chloe

Aleksandr Baluev
Mikhail Tulchinsky

Caitlin Fein
Caitlin Stanley

Amanda Fein
Caitlin Stanley

Joe Urla
Ira Moskatel

Una Damon
Marianne Duclos

Mark Moses
Tim Urbanski

Derek de Lint
Theo Van Sertema

Charles Dumas
Jeff Worth

Suzy Nakamura
Jenny's Assistant

Alimi Ballard
Bobby Rhue

Charles Martin Smith
Dr. Marcus Wolf
Katie Hagan
Jane Biederman

Denise Crosby
Vicky Hotchner
Frank Whiteman
Priest

Jason Dohring
Jason
Rahi Azizi
Student

Hannah Leder
Holly Rittenhouse

Tucker Smallwood
Ivan Brodsky

Merrin Dungey
Sheila Bradley

Kimberly Huie
Wendy Mogel
William Fair
Grey Man

Francis X. McCarthy
General Scott

Ellen Bry
Stofsky
Lisa Ann Grant
Reporter
Leslie Dilley
Waiter

Concetta Tomei
Patricia Ruiz

Mike O'Malley
Mike Perry

Kurtwood Smith
Otis Hefter
Gerry Griffin
NASA Official

Charlie Hartsock
David Baker

Jennifer Jostyn
Mariette Monash
Don Handfield
Dwight Tanner
Jason Frasca
Steve Tanner

Cynthia Ettinger
Pretty Woman
Benjamin Stralka
Little Boy
Stephanie Patton
Brittany Baker

Michael Winters
NASA Guy

John Ducey
Young Lieutenant

Christopher Darga
Section Leader
Joshua Colwell
CAPCOM
Cornelius Lewis
Bus Sergeant
Kevin LaRosa
Pilot

Thomas Rosales Jr.
Refugee (uncredited)

Sommer Garcia
Student (uncredited)

Mic Rodgers
Secret Service Agent #1 (uncredited)
Shannon Frank
Refugee (uncredited)

W. Earl Brown
McCloud (uncredited)

Tai the Elephant
Elephant (uncredited)
Director

Mimi Leder
Director

Lisa M. Rowe
Second Assistant Director

Cara Giallanza
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Robert Rooy
First Assistant Director

Michele Ziegler
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Alison C. Rosa
Second Assistant Director
Glen Trotiner
Second Assistant Director
Dana J. Kuznetzkoff
First Assistant Director
Faith Conroy
Script Supervisor
Larry Leahy
Script Coordinator
K.C. Colwell
First Assistant Director
E.J. Foerster
Second Unit Director
Mark Vargo
Second Unit Director
Wainani Young-Tomich
Additional Second Assistant Director
Paula Case
Second Second Assistant Director
Creator

Bruce Joel Rubin
Writer

Michael Tolkin
Writer