The best disaster films belong to the genre of "post-apocalyptic." The heroes of such paintings act in conditions when a global disaster is about to happen or has already happened on Earth - catastrophic climate change, an invasion of aliens, etc. Some of the best films in this genre are "The Day After Tomorrow", "Through the Snow" and "After AD".
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"Through the Snow" is a film by Korean director Pong Joon Ho. The picture unfolds in 2014. According to the plot of the film, scientists are trying to deal with global warming on the planet with the help of a special chemical that is sprayed in the atmosphere. But scientists are failing - the chemical launches an irreversible process that leads to the onset of the Ice Age. The ground is covered with ice and snow. To "escape" from the coming winter, the railway tycoon launches a passenger train along the world railroad, in which several hundred people travel. The rich and the poor gathered here, dividing into classes, as in real life. Clashes break out between socially stratified groups of people. The leader of one of the uprisings, named Curtis, is trying to free his brothers from the prison compartment and make his way to the train engine and the head carriage, in which the same railway tycoon named Wilford is traveling. At the meeting, Wilford tells Curtis that all the uprisings were planned to reduce the number of passengers on the train.
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"After our era" is a post-apocalyptic catastrophe film by American director M. Night Shyamalan, released in 2013. The main roles in the film are played by Will Smith and his son Jaden. According to the plot of the film, on our planet, long abandoned by mankind, a spaceship with a father and son on board crashes. Heroes of Will and Jaden fall into a world flooded with predators and wild monkeys. To give a signal for help, they need to get to the wreck of a ship that fell hundreds of kilometers from the landing site. To all other dangers is added the fact that on board the ship, the father and son were transporting the alien monster "ursu", specially bred for hunting people. The monster is attracted by a sense of fear. Father is a professional ursa hunter and is not afraid of her. But both legs are broken, and he is forced to send his son on a long journey to the remains of the ship. Can a son overcome fear and avoid the paws of ursa?
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"The Day After Tomorrow" is an American disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. According to the plot of the picture, global warming is taking place on the planet, because of which the glaciers are melting and the opposite process begins - general cooling. One after another, natural disasters occur on Earth. The protagonist, the scientist Jack Hall, is trying to warn the government of an imminent global catastrophe. In parallel with this, he needs to save his son.
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