When Worlds Collide (2012 Version)

When Worlds Collide is a 2012 American science fiction disaster film released by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Roland Emmerich, directed by Michael Bay, and stars Joseph Kucan, Christina Aguilera, Ken Takakura, and Ian Somerhalder. The film is based on the 1933 science fiction novel & 1951 movie of the same name.

The film's storyline concerns the coming destruction of the Earth by a rogue star called Bellarix and the desperate efforts to build 3 space arks to transport a group of men and women to Bellarix's single planet, Odin.

Plot
In the prologue, quotes from the Book of Genesis are shown and narrated, describing God's decision to wipe out humanity.

Pilot Owen Chuck flies top-secret photographs from Japanese astronomer Dr. Ken Yamato to Dr. Zack Brody in the United States. Brody, with the assistance of his daughter Jess, confirms their worst fears: Owen has discovered that a rogue star named Bellarix, accompanied by an Earth-sized planet named Odin, is on a collision course with Earth.

Brody warns the United Nations that the end of the world is little more than ten months away, with a close pass first by Odin, before Bellus destroys the Earth 3 weeks later. He pleads for the construction of "arks" to transport a lucky few to Odin in the faint hope that humanity can be saved from extinction. With other scientists scoffing at his claims, his proposal is rejected.

Wealthy humanitarians arrange for a lease on a former air base to build an ark. To finance the construction, Brody meets wheelchair-using business magnate Randall Drakeson. Drakeson demands the right to select the passengers in exchange for his money, but Brody insists that he is not qualified to make those choices; all he can buy is a seat aboard the ark. Drakeson capitulates.

Jess tells her father she is attracted to Chuck, so he finds an excuse to keep him around, much to the annoyance of her boyfriend, medical doctor Ryan Harris. As Bellarix nears, martial law is declared and residents in coastal regions are evacuated to inland cities. Groups in other nations begin to build their own spaceships.

Odin makes a close approach first, causing massive earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis that wreak havoc around the world. Several people are killed at the camp, including Dr. Yamato. Afterward, Harris and Chuck travel by helicopter to drop off supplies to people in distress in Phoneix. When Randall gets off to rescue a little boy stranded on a rooftop in a flooded area, Drake flies away, but reconsiders and returns.

As the day of doom approaches, the passengers are selected by lottery, though Hendron reserves seats for himself, Stanton, Joyce, Drake, pilot Dr. George Frey, and Randall, for his daughter's sake. He also includes the young boy who was rescued, raising the number of passengers to 45. Randall, feeling he lacks any needed skills, pretends to draw a lottery number, but Hendron knows better. For Joyce's sake, Drake tells Randall that Frey has a "heart condition" that may kill him during liftoff, convincing Randall he is needed as the co-pilot.

The cynical Stanton fears what the desperate lottery losers will do, so he stockpiles weapons. When a young man turns in his winning number because his sweetheart was not selected, Ferris, Stanton's much-abused assistant, claims it at gunpoint, only to be shot dead by Stanton. Shortly before blastoff, many of the lottery losers riot, seizing Stanton's weapons to try to force their way aboard. Hendron triggers the launch prematurely while he and Stanton are still outside, so the ship will consume less fuel. With an effort born of ultimate desperation, Stanton stands up and walks in a futile attempt to board the departing spaceship.

The crew are rendered unconscious by the g-force of acceleration, and do not witness Earth's collision with Bellus. When Randall comes to and sees Dr. Frey already awake and piloting the ship, he realizes he has been deceived.

As the spaceship enters Zyra's atmosphere, the fuel runs out; Randall takes control and glides it to a safe landing. The crew find Zyra to be habitable. David Randall and Joyce Hendron walk hand-in-hand down the ramp with their fellow survivors as a new day dawns. In the background is an artificial structure.