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The American television series 12 Monkeys (2015–2018), created by Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett, follows a science fiction mystery drama with a time-traveling plot based on the 1995 film of the same name. Set in the year 2043, the story centers around scavenger James Cole, who is recruited by a team of scientists led by physicist Katarina Jones for ‘Project Splinter’. Their mission is to prevent the release of a deadly virus by an organization known as the ‘Army of the 12 Monkeys’ in the year 2015. In Cole’s original timeline, this virus ...

Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2023), an American post-apocalyptic horror drama series by creators Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson for AMC, serves as a spin-off of The Walking Dead. The show follows the initial stages of the zombie outbreak in the West coast, coinciding with Rick’s coma in Atlanta. Unlike its predecessor, Fear highlights the strain already present in the South while only emerging in California. Taking place in the same universe as The Walking Dead, this gritty drama delves into the early days of the undead apocalypse through the eyes of a ...

Z Nation (2014–2018), an American horror TV series on Syfy, created by Karl Schaefer and Craig Engler and produced by The Asylum, takes place three years into a zombie apocalypse. The outbreak, caused by a deadly virus that has wiped out most of humanity, has left Alvin Bernard Murphy as the only known survivor of a zombie bite. Prior to society’s collapse, Murphy was one of three inmates at Portsmouth Naval Prison in Kittery, Maine who were part of a government-approved experiment. Each inmate received a different test vaccine and only Murphy successfully survived ...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) is an American sci-fi action film directed by Matt Reeves. A decade after the deadly Simian Flu pandemic, the global human population has drastically decreased and only a small fraction are genetically immune. Human society collapsed as a result. Meanwhile, a group of apes with enhanced intelligence from the virus have settled in Muir Woods National Monument near San Francisco, led by Caesar and his lieutenants Maurice, Rocket, and Koba. Unknowingly, a team of humans led by Malcolm enter the apes’ territory in search of a hydroelectric dam to restore their community’s ...

The Last Days (2013) is a Spanish science fiction thriller film directed by David and Àlex Pastor. In the post-apocalyptic setting of downtown Barcelona, an office worker named Marc struggles to survive and find food in a city that has been devastated by disaster. He is tasked with digging a tunnel in the basement of a building, and his desperation to find out the fate of his girlfriend Julia, who was with him during the catastrophic event, leads him to nearly cause a collapse. Later on, when they reach a neighboring building, Marc encounters his ex-boss Enrique, who ...

After Earth (2013) is an American post-apocalyptic action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan and co-written with Gary Whitta. Loosely based on an original idea by Will Smith, the story follows a father-and-son journey in a futuristic world where humans have evacuated Earth due to a massive environmental disaster. Set 1,000 years later on the human-populated space colony Nova Prime, the S’krell extraterrestrial race threatens to take over using their fierce creatures known as Ursas, who hunt by sensing fear. The ...

World War Z (2013) is a gripping American film directed by Marc Forster. It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks and was written by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski. The story follows Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator, as he navigates through a world overrun by zombies with his wife Karin and two daughters, Rachel and Connie. One particular moment that stands out to Gerry during this chaos is how quickly someone can turn into an infected ...

In the action horror film Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, Alice and her fellow survivors aboard the Umbrella Corporation freighter Arcadia face an attack from a fleet of Umbrella gunships, led by Alice’s brainwashed former ally, Jill Valentine. In the chaos, Alice is captured while an Alice clone wakes up in the suburbs with her husband Todd and deaf daughter Becky. The peaceful neighborhood is soon revealed to be Raccoon City during the initial zombie outbreak. As they try to escape in a truck driven by Rain Ocampo, who is later knocked unconscious, Alice hides ...

Battleship (2012) is an American military science fiction action film, adapted from the popular board game. Directed by Peter Berg from a script by brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber, the film takes place in 2005 on ‘Planet G’, a possibly habitable world. During this time, a communications array is constructed in Oahu to connect with any extraterrestrial life. It is here where Alex Hopper crosses paths with Samantha Shane, daughter of Admiral Terrance Shane, while trying to impress her. After getting arrested, ...

The Boat (2011–2013), a Spanish mystery TV series developed by Álex Pina and Iván Escobar, and produced by Globomedia for Antena 3, aired from January 17, 2011 to February 21, 2013. This gripping show combines drama, mystery, and action in a popular formula of the late 2000s. Following a global catastrophe caused by a tragic accident at the particle accelerator in Geneva, the crew and students of the Estrella Polar school-ship find themselves stranded and alone in a world where most of the land is underwater. The ship becomes their new home, but they soon realize they are ...

Director Steven Soderbergh released the American thriller film Contagion (2011). After a business trip to Hong Kong, PR executive Beth Emhoff had an encounter with a former lover during her layover in Chicago. She initially chalked up her slight illness to jet lag. However, just two days later, upon returning to Minneapolis, Beth’s husband Mitch rushed her to the hospital after she suffered a seizure. Despite her treatment, she tragically passed away from an unknown disease. Meanwhile, Mitch’s stepson Clark also succumbed to the illness. Thankfully, Mitch was found to be naturally immune but chose to keep ...

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman and written by Chris Bertolini, Battle: Los Angeles (2011) is an American military science-fiction action film set in a world where hostile alien spacecraft suddenly make landings off the coasts of major cities. As Los Angeles is evacuated, a group of Marines from Camp Pendleton, led by Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz, are called in. Despite his plans to retire, Nantz is assigned to the 1st Platoon, Echo Company, of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines under the command of 2nd Lieutenant William Martinez. The platoon sets up a forward operating base ...

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), an action horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, is the second installment in the series to be helmed by Anderson. Alice and her clones launch an attack on Umbrella HQ in Tokyo, wiping out all members except for Albert Wesker who manages to escape in a tiltrotor plane. He sets off a bomb that creates a massive sinkhole, as the real Alice, who had already boarded the plane, attempts to eliminate him. However, he injects her with an anti-virus that strips her of her superhuman abilities. It is then revealed that Wesker has ...

The American post-apocalyptic neo-Western action film, The Book of Eli (2010), directed by the Hughes Brothers and written by Gary Whitta, follows Eli as he travels on foot through the wasteland of the former United States thirty years after a nuclear holocaust. Despite his rugged appearance and sunglasses, Eli possesses remarkable survival and fighting skills. When he stumbles upon a town ruled by warlord Carnegie, who is searching for a certain book to control the people, Eli makes a deal with a store owner to recharge his portable music player. While at the town bar, ...

The Walking Dead (2010–2022), an American post-apocalyptic horror drama show, is the source material for the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard. This show and its corresponding comics make up the foundation of The Walking Dead franchise. The plot revolves around a diverse group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies, also known as ‘walkers’. As society has crumbled, these survivors must also contend with other groups who have established their own ...

The Road (2009), an American post-apocalyptic film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. It follows a father and son as they struggle to survive in a world ravaged by an unspecified catastrophe that wiped out all plant and animal life. Together, they travel along a road towards the coast in search of safety, scrounging for resources and avoiding violent gangs of cannibals armed with guns. Years earlier, the man’s wife gives birth to their ...

Carriers (2009) is a post-apocalyptic American film written and directed by the Pastor brothers. The world has been devastated by an extremely contagious virus, known as “The World Ender Virus”, causing widespread deaths. In order to seek refuge, Brian, his girlfriend Bobby, his brother Danny, and Danny’s friend Kate plan to make their way to Turtle Beach, Texas – a place they used to visit in their childhood. To increase their chances of survival, they adhere to a set of rules devised by Brian. On their journey, they encounter Frank and his infected daughter Jodie who are stranded with an empty ...

Survival of the Dead (2009), a horror film, marks the sixth installment in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead series and was his final work before passing away in 2017. The opening introduces National Guard Sergeant ‘Nicotine’ Crockett and his comrades Kenny, Francisco, and Tomboy, who desert their posts to rob the protagonists from the previous film. At the same time, Plum Island off the shore of Delaware is home to two rival Irish families – the O’Flynns and Muldoons. Led by Patrick O’Flynn, the O’Flynns gather a group to eliminate the undead on the island. ...

The American science fiction thriller film, Knowing (2009), was directed and co-produced by Alex Proyas and starred Nicolas Cage. In 1959, a Lexington, Massachusetts elementary school held a competition for students to envision the future through drawings. One student, Lucinda Embry, ignored the task and instead listened to whispering voices that guided her to write out a series of numbers. The teacher collected all the drawings before Lucinda could finish writing the final numbers. The next day, she etched the remaining numbers into a closet door with her fingernails. ...

2012 (2009) is a science fiction film directed and written by Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser. American geologist Adrian Helmsley travels to East India in 2009 to meet with astrophysicist Satnam Tsurutani, where he learns about a new type of neutrino causing the Earth’s core to heat up. Upon his return to Washington D.C., Adrian informs White House Chief of Staff Carl Anheuser and President Thomas Wilson. The following year, over forty-six nations work together to build nine arks in Tibet and secure important artifacts. Nima, a Buddhist monk, is evacuated with his ...