After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong. The system built to protect the Earth is attacking it, and it's a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything.

In an instant, the Earth breaks open, swallowing hikers, trees, and electrical towers, and turns an entire mountainside into a rolling avalanche of soil, timber, and rock - destroying everything in its path.

"Jack Tate is a brilliant, yet troubled physicist specialising in Earth Sciences. He provides the land-based support for a research vessel in the Antarctic Ocean. One hundred miles off the coast of Australia, Jack's colleagues are studying the thinning of the ozone layer. Without warning, a blast of sub-zero air strikes the vessel, flash freezing the scientists and crew. As Jack pieces together the chain of events, the deadly and ever-growing ice-cold...

In this beautifully filmed movie about the end of the world, Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. A planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth and threatening to collide. Meanwhile, tensions are mounting and relationships are fraying as the family deals with their fears.