Movie review: Watch the trailer for Geostorm

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GEOSTORM is an American disaster science-fiction action film co-written, co-produced and directed by Dean Devlin as his feature film directorial debut.

The film stars Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara, Richard Schiff, Robert Sheehan, Daniel Wu, Eugenio Derbez, Ed Harris and Andy García.

In 2019, after several natural disasters of epic proportions hit Earth, 17 nations have banded together and commissioned a natural disaster defence system nicknamed “Dutch Boy”, a series of climate-controlling satellites surrounding Earth centred around the International Climate Space Station.

Three years later, a United Nations field team is riding through Afghanistan when they are confronted with an unnerving sight: an entire village frozen, along with its inhabitants.   US President Andrew Palma (Andy García) calls an emergency meeting of his Cabinet where it is revealed that an alleged malfunction in the satellite responsible for maintaining Afghanistan’s weather caused the freak freezing. President Palma wants it all covered up……