“As long as we remember that we share one future, we’ll survive.”

From Geostorm.

In an attempt to stop the constant stream of natural disasters across the globe, seventeen countries joined together to develop a system of satellites that could help to regulate weather conditions before a disaster formed.  Leading the building crew in this massive, earth-saving project is Jake (Gerard Butler) while his younger brother, Max (Jim Sturgess) acts as a mediator with the political world.  Jake cannot control his attitude towards the politicians, so he is removed from the “Dutchboy” project after it is completed.  For three years, things go wonderfully: the satellites have successfully prevented countless disasters and the United States is preparing to hand over control of the system to the United Nations, but when a freak accident freezes a small Afghanistan village, Max is forced to ask Jake back to help fix the problem.  Jake reluctantly heads up to the International Space Station to find and repair the glitch, but more and more “accidents” take place across the globe, each one bigger than the last.  When a friend (Daniel Wu) in Hong Kong alerts Max to a possible security breach of Dutchboy’s system, he enlists the help of a hacker (Zazie Beetz), his secret service girlfriend (Abbie Cornish), and his mentor/Secretary of Defense (Ed Harris) to try to find the person responsible for attacks.  While one brother works on the ground, the other must fight the constant sabotage to find out who and how the system that was created to save the world has been turned into a weapon.

This movie is much more enjoyable if you approach it with the understanding that it is really a conspiracy thriller with disaster movie elements, rather than the purely disaster movie it was advertised as.  It is an entertaining movie to watch; the plot is pretty solid for the genre and the who-done-it aspect is blended well into the story.  The special effects are stunning and terrifying, and they help to cover up some of the plot holes that come with any disaster-type movie.  While it probably will not win any awards, Geostorm use a strong cast, comedic dialog, and dazzling effects to create a thriller that is fun to watch.

| Rated: PG-13 | Running Time: 109 minutes |Genre: thriller/disaster |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 5 of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 5 of 10