Geostorm
Estranged brothers race between orbit and Earth to stop a sabotaged weather-control network from unleashing a planet-wide storm.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- propulsive
- heightened
- apocalyptic
- blockbuster night
- action movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film's disaster spectacle underwhelming and its screenplay chaotic, implausible, and poorly assembled.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Dutch Boy satellite network manipulates global weather to counter climate change, but technological control creates an existential vulnerability.
Jake works through the satellite crisis in orbit while Max and Sarah investigate the conspiracy on Earth.
Jake and Max Lawson must overcome their damaged relationship while trying to stop a worldwide Geostorm.
The malfunctioning weather-control network is linked to conspiracy and murder rather than being only an accidental systems failure.
Films like Geostorm, and why
2012
shared global catastrophe premise, large-scale destruction, conspiracy plotting, and high-concept disaster spectacle
The Day After Tomorrow
shared climate-engineering science fiction, international crisis, apocalyptic stakes, and earnest action tone
Armageddon
shared satellite-based catastrophe, political conspiracy, survival thriller structure, and blockbuster science fiction
San Andreas
shared technologically mediated disaster, sibling-driven rescue mission, and escalating global peril
Movie Details
- Director
- Dean Devlin
- Release Date
- 2017-10-12
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (5350)
Cast
- Gerard Butler
- Jim Sturgess
- Abbie Cornish
- Alexandra Maria Lara
- Daniel Wu
- Eugenio Derbez
- Amr Waked
- Adepero Oduye
- Andy Garcia
- Ed Harris
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- YouTube TV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Geostorm about?
- Estranged brothers race between orbit and Earth to stop a sabotaged weather-control network from unleashing a planet-wide storm.
- What is Geostorm like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Geostorm as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Geostorm violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Geostorm as moderate.
- What did critics think of Geostorm?
- Critics broadly found the film's disaster spectacle underwhelming and its screenplay chaotic, implausible, and poorly assembled.
- Which films are like Geostorm?
- Films with a similar feel include 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, Armageddon, and San Andreas.
- How long is Geostorm?
- Geostorm runs 109 minutes.
- Where can I watch Geostorm?
- In United States, Geostorm streams on YouTube TV.
