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Now this is how you destroy the world. roland emmerich s 2012 pounces on a nostradamus-style loophole in the mayan calendar and rams the apocalypse through it gleefully conjuring up an enormous amount of saturday-matinee fun in the process. a scientist (chiwetel ejiofor) detects shifting continental plates and sun flares and realizes that this foretells the imminent destruction of the planet. just as the molten lava is about to hit the fan a novelist (john cusack) takes his kids on a trip to yellowstone; later he ll hook up with his ex (amanda peet) and her new boyfriend (tom mccarthy) in a global journey toward safety. if there is any safety. the suitably hair-raising plot lines are punctuated--frequently people frequently--by visions of mayhem around the globe: the vatican falls over the white house is clobbered (emmerich s independence day was not enough on that score) and the california coastline dives into the pacific ocean. unlike other action directors we could name emmerich act