Descent

Descent is a 2005 original film on the Sci Fi Channel. Oil drilling causes the Earth's crust to sink, pushing the magma up. A crew must detonate nuclear weapons underground and push the crust back into its proper position. The film's plot has been compared to that of The Core.
top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Solar Attack

    Solar Attack

    Solar Attack (also called Solar Strike) is a 2005 direct-to-video film by Lions Gate Entertainment. It concerns large coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that cause the Earth's atmosphere to burn, potentially suffocating all life on Earth. All of this happens during a time of political tension between...
  • Meteor

    Meteor

    Meteor is a 1979 disaster film in which scientists detect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth and struggle with international, cold war politics in their efforts to prevent disaster. The movie starred Sean Connery and Natalie Wood. It was directed by Ronald Neame and with a screenplay by...
  • 2012

    2012

    2012 is an upcoming disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. The film has an ensemble cast, including John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody Harrelson. The film will be distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in...
  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks! is a 1996 comic science fiction film directed by Tim Burton and based on the cult trading card series of the same name. The film uses elements of black comedy, surreal humour and political satire, and is also a parody of multiple science fiction B movies. Mars Attacks! stars an...
  • The Crazies

    The Crazies

    The Crazies (also known as Code Name: Trixie) is an american 1973 action/drama film about the effects of the accidental release of a military biological weapon upon the inhabitants of an small American town. The film was written and directed by George A. Romero, and starred Lane Carroll, Richard...
  • The Day After

    The Day After

    The Day After is an American television movie which aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC Television Network. The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Descent was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution