Dean Devlin
Geostorm

If they continue to produce films where the main content is climate change, it means these films work. More than the high tension, the action scenes, or the special effects (which is a variable that depends on the resources available to the production), the main reason for this interest must be found in what, even on an unconscious level, constitutes perhaps not a reason for active involvement in the interest of the climate change cause, but a true and genuine fear in front of natural disasters that cannot be countered. It is something that is not new in the human imagination but has evidently had reasons to grow and replace what until the late eighties was the fear of a nuclear holocaust. Moreover, the lack of agreement on issues such as renewable energy and climate change, mainly caused by the hostile attitude of Donald Trump's USA (although the international situation as a whole is, let's say, "peculiar"), constitutes one of the hottest issues in international politics. Of course, most people know nothing about this, but it matters little; the emotional reactions in front of the “disaster” remain the same.

In this film entitled "Geostorm" directed by Dean Devlin, it is precisely (again) the United States of America that holds the fate of the planet in its hands. After a violent global climate crisis that killed millions in 2019, the international community addresses the issue unitedly and solves it with an innovative and composite satellite monitoring system called "Dutch Boy." The project is initially managed by the USA, but just as the handover approaches, the system starts to fail, and a new crisis erupts. The US government leaders decide to recall and send back into space the scientist Jacob Lawson (Gerard Butler), who has been in charge of the project since its inception but was "deposed" due to his stubborn character and his disregard for bureaucratic procedures. Clearly, the crisis will later turn out to be due to an international intrigue involving important figures at the top of the US political elite.

Nothing more than an apocalyptic setting film that emphasizes (perhaps right on the wave of the geopolitical situation briefly depicted above) the necessity of international collaboration, which is, after all, the only way to address not just this issue but all those dynamics that have created what is evidently a state of international crisis today. The story is rather flat and, moreover, there is no more or less credible scientific explanation for how the "Dutch Boy" works. There might be a bit of regret for the waste of some stars like Andy Garcia or especially Ed Harris (but even Gerard Butler himself can be much more heroic and "badass" than this), although the former, in particular, seems to have been a bit "out of steam" for some years now. What a pity.