
Exploding Sun
2013 · Movie · 121 min
★ 4.7(38)unSUB Rating
A historic space launch triggers a solar-storm event that could have cataclysmic repercussions for the planet if it isn’t stopped in time - and time is running out. The world watches in awe as the Roebling Clipper is launched into space. Using state-of-the-art scalar engines to fly around the Moon and back in just hours, the maiden voyage of the first-ever trans-lunar passenger ship is about to make history. Among those on board: First Lady Simone Mathany, space-exploration entrepreneur Steve Roebling, Dr. Denise Balaban, pilot Fiona Henslaw, and a very lucky lottery winner. But while en route, a massive solar flare sparks a cosmic-ray burst that accelerates Aurora’s engine and blows the ship away from Earth’s orbit. Now out of control, it’s hurtling straight for the sun. At Mission Control, along with the desperate President Thomas Mathany, an increasingly anxious team of experts puts a plan into motion - an interception by a shuttle attached to the International Space Station. When that ends in disaster, the Aurora only picks up speed. Now being pulled toward the sun at three percent of the speed of light, it’s only a matter of hours before it burns. With that, the scalar engine will trigger cosmic ray bursts, and a giant electromagnetic pulse storm that will blow Earth back into the Stone Age. Now, preparing for the inevitable seems the last - and only - terrifying option.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-02-09
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 4.6/10 (38 votes)
Themes
- spacecraft
- sun
- solar flare
- disaster
- solar storm
- disaster movie
Cast & crew

Julia Ormond
as Joan Elias

David James Elliott
as Don Wincroft

Natalie Brown
as Cheryl Wincroft

Anthony Lemke
as Craig Bakus

Alex Weiner
as Reggie Walker

Mylène Dinh-Robic
as Denise Balaban

John Maclaren
as Alan Elias

Jane Wheeler
as Simone Mathany

Bruce Dinsmore
as Peter Roebling

Charlotte Legault
as Lara Mathany
Directed by Michael Robison