Storyline

Journalist Jenny Lerner is assigned to look into the background of Secretary Alan Rittenhouse who abruptly resigned from government citing his wife's ill health. She learns from his secretary that Rittenhouse was having an affair with someone named Ellie but when she confronts him, his strange reaction leads her to reconsider her story. In fact, a comet, discovered the previous year by high school student Leo Biederman and astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf, is on a collision course with the Earth, an Extinction Level Event. A joint US-Russian team is sent to destroy the comet but should it fail, special measures are to be put in place to secure the future of mankind. As the space mission progresses, many individuals deal with their fears and ponder their future.

Plot Keywords

comet, outer space, spacecraft, nuclear weapons, bravery, disaster, giant wave, telescope, space travel, observatory, teenager, media coverage, title directed by female, lifting someone into the air, manhattan new york city, overalls, chrysler building manhattan new york city, reference to moby dick, trucker, cigarette smoking

Short Review

It drags considerably, and mainstream action audiences are likely to find it tedious and undeniably old-fashioned.

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