Movie Review: GEOSTORM (2017) Starring Gerard Butler

Director: Dean Devlin
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Andy Garcia, Ed Harris, Alexandra Maria Lara
Runtime: 109 min
Rating: PG-13 for destruction, action and violence
Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray

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New on DVD and Blu-ray: GEOSTORM (2017) Starring Gerard Butler

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Product Description: What if, in the wake of more than a decade of devastating weather events, we finally found a way to control Mother Nature and the destruction her tirades entail? When catastrophic climate change endangers Earth’s very survival, world governments unite and create Project Dutch Boy: a global net of satellites surrounding the planet that are armed with geo-engineering technologies designed to stave off the natural disasters. After successfully protecting the planet for two years, something is starting to go wrong. Two estranged brothers (Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess) are tasked with solving the program’s malfunction before a worldwide geostorm can engulf the planet.

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Weekend Box-Office: THOR - RAGNAROK Scores Thunderous $121M Debut

Over the weekend Marvel added another notch on their huge belt, as "Thor: Ragnarok" exploded into theaters and made easy work of the competition at the box-office. Meanwhile, "A Bad Moms Christmas" scored a much smaller, but decent debut.

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Weekend Box-Office: JIGSAW Dismembers Competition in Yet Another Slow Weekend

"Jigsaw" is the latest installment in the successful "torture porn" franchise to top the charts, and while it's no surprise, it's also not an amazing feat during a terrible weekend in which new arrivals tanked and releases currently in theaters slowed down.

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GEOSTORM Trailers, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

"Geostorm" is a sci-fi disaster film co-written and directed by "Independence Day" writer Dean Devlin.

When a network of satellites designed to control Earth's weather turns against its creators and triggers a devastating global geostorm, it's up to satellite designer (Gerard Butler) and his brother (Jim Sturgess) to come up with a plan to save humanity. Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez, Ed Harris and Andy Garcia also star.

The film went through several difficulties during production and was delayed for re-shoots in 2016, for which Warner Bros. brought in producer Jerry Bruckheimer, writer Laeta Kalogridis and director Danny Cannon.

"Geostorm" opened in theaters on October 20th, 2017 and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. The film also bombed at the box-office, opening with only $13.7 million in the U.S. against a $120 million budget.

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Weekend Box-Office: Madea Sequel BOO 2! Tops the Charts As Other New Releases Struggle

I suppose it's no longer a surprise that Tyler Perry's movies make a lot of money, so then you won't find it strange that the latest Madea flick "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" is at the top of the box-office, ahead of a big-budget disaster movie, a true story firefighter drama and a dark serial killer thriller, all of which have struggled over the weekend.

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In Theaters: GEOSTORM, THE SNOWMAN, ONLY THE BRAVE and BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN

This week in theaters we have the disaster blockbuster "Geostorm", the serial killer thriller "The Snowman", the firefighter drama "Only the Brave", and the comedy sequel "Boo! 2: A Madea Halloween".

Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.

New Soundtracks: GEOSTORM (Lorne Balfe)

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Composer:
Lorne Balfe

Total Time:
52:20

Label:
WaterTower Music

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
October 13, 2017

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Teaser Trailer for GEOSTORM Starring Gerard Butler

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for the upcoming mega-disaster flick "Geostorm". The film marks the directorial debut of "Independence Day" producer and co-writer Dean Devlin, and its sci-fi premise focuses on a network of satellites designed to control the global climate that go haywire and start creating all kinds of extreme weather phenomenons that threaten to wipe out humanity.

Devlin also penned the script alongside Paul Guyot ("The Librarians"), and the cast includes Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris, Andy Garcia, Jim Sturgess, Alexandra Maria Lara and Mare Winningham.

"Geostorm" opens in theaters on October 20th.

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Gerard Butler to Star in GEOSTORM from ID4 Writer Dean Devlin

Gerard Butler ("Olympus Has Fallen") has nabbed the lead in the sci-fi adventure "Geostorm" which will be the feature film directorial debut of Dean Devlin, the writer of Roland Emmerich's blockbusters from the 1990s, "Independence Day", "Stargate" and "Godzilla". The project is handled by Warner Bros. and it will feature Butler as "a stubborn but charming satellite designer who, when the world’s climate-controlling satellites malfunction, has to work together with his estranged brother to save the world from a man-made storm of epic proportions. A trip into space follows, while on Earth a plot to assassinate the president begins to unfold." The film will be produced by Dana Goldberg, Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan, with Paul Schwake as executive producer.

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