这部灾难影片背景以现代日本为中心，主要描写东京突然被一股莫名的浓雾所笼罩，整个都会好像一下子消失了似的，各地政府及科研人员因此极为震惊，急忙组织起来研究对策。但是人们却无法穿越浓雾进入东京首都圈。这场浓雾形成了一个无法穿越的电磁屏障。而圈外的科学家们则在受损严重的军用侦察机上得到灵感，利用即将到来的台风和雷暴雨，加上人工大功率电磁干扰机，终于化解了这场戏剧般的非自然危机。 这原本该是一个不错的富有戏剧张力的构思，但拍出来的片子却教人不敢叫好，剧中女记者的角色刻划不具感染力，而她和男记者之间时好时坏的关系描写也让人感觉莫名其妙，确是让观众感觉象一场雾。
太阳活动异常，地球内部的能量平衡系统面临崩溃，玛雅人的预言即将实现，人类将遭遇灭顶之灾。各国政府已经联手开始秘密制造方舟，希望能躲过这一浩劫。以写科幻小说谋生的杰克逊（约翰·库萨克 John Cusack 饰）在带孩子们到黄石公园渡周末时发生一连串怪事，而且遇到了神经兮兮的查理（伍迪·哈里森 Woody Harrelson 饰)，查理告诉他世界末日即将来临。伴随着火山爆发，强烈地震以及海啸，杰克逊带领自己的家人驾驶一架临时租来的飞机冲出被死神阴霾瞬间笼罩的城市上空，开始寻找查理口中各国政府正在联合秘密制造的方舟。在生死攸关的时刻，一些伟大的鬼魂将脱颖而出，而一些自私的心灵将无所遁形，当千千万万个生灵通过各种方法来到方舟制造基地之时，方舟有限的容纳数量引发前所未有的恐慌。最终，仅存的人们用互爱和对生命的尊重渡过了难关。 本片被称为《后天》的升级版，投资超过2亿美元，是灾难片大师罗兰·艾默里奇（Roland Emmerich）的最新力作。
该片主要讲述了大学生崔斯特利用自己的超能力拯救世界的故事。
"Dr. Cyclops" is known as one of the better "early sci-fi" films, made in ལ and released in 1940. (It is also in color.) But while the story has potential and there are some good moments, this is a very confused film. The plot is simple - crazy mad scientist on some remote island can shrink animals, and wants to try it on humans. He manages this on a scientific team that came to check things out. They get angry, and the crazy scientist eventually gets really angry because his new shrunken subjects won't cooperate. The thing is, the film doesn't seem to know if it wants to be a thriller, or a goofy movie. Dr. Cyclops (never called that but referenced to a Cyclops after one lens in his glasses breaks) looks cool in his "30's style sci-fi helmet" as he performs experiments and can be chilling at times. But there is so much "Disney-style goofy music" going on that it is hard to take anything seriously. The music belongs in a family comedy for the most part, and is played when the shrunken people do things like try to survive, and creep around the floor. Add that a few of them have pretty gruesome deaths and that just adds to the confusing atmosphere. The FX aren't so bad but nothing special. The giant sets built are pretty impressive though. There is a scene where little fires are tossed at a real crocodile's head which probably made animal activists angry. It also takes a long time for anything to really happen. This movie could have been done in a nice tight half-hour. Good for a viewing, but you probably won't watch again. The performance of the guy who plays Dr. Cyclops is definitely the main attraction.
