The Day the Earth Stood Still

Keanu Reeves tops this adaptation of the seminal 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still with this 20th Century Fox production. Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) helms the story of an alien traveler, Klaatu (Reeves), who heads to Earth along with his bodyguard robot, Gort, to deliver a warning of planetary destruction if the people of the world fail to stop laying waste to the environment. Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, and Kathy Bates co-star in the David Scarpa-penned film., Planet Earth stands on the brink of destruction as alien visitor Klaatu arrives to deliver a grave warning., A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth., An alien from another planet, accompanied by a giant robot, lands on Earth to eradicate the human race because of environmental damage inflicted by mankind on the planet. Keanu Reeves stars in this spectacular update of the 1951 sci-fi classic. Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm. Directed by Scott Derrickson., Director Scott Derrickson’s remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic replaces the original’s theme of fear of impending nuclear war with current concerns for environmental catastrophe. Keanu Reeves stars as Klaatu, an alien sent by a confederation of extraterrestrial beings to warn the inhabitants of Earth that the biosphere is on the verge of collapse. Predictably, as soon as he emerges from his spaceship a trigger-happy soldier ignores his instructions and takes a shot at the visitor. The wounded Klaatu asks for access to the United Nations to deliver his message, but the Secretary of Defence, Regina Jackson, instead orders that he should be taken away for further investigations. Klaatu becomes increasingly convinced that Earth can only survive if mankind is eradicated…, A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien’s foreboding visit to earth., An alien from another planet, accompanied by a giant robot, lands on Earth to eradicate the human race because of environmental damage inflicted by mankind on the planet., An alien traveller, Klaatu, heads to Earth along with his bodyguard robot, Gort, to deliver a warning of planetary destruction if the people of the world fail to stop laying waste to the environment.