Product Details

• Actors: Kennette Benedict, Steven M. Block, Robert R. Butterworth, Clark Chapman, Joseph Cirincione
• Writers: George Kachadorian
• Producers: George Kachadorian, Justin Weinstein, Michael Bicks, Monica DelaRosa, Rudy Bednar
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OCY7QW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,131 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Last Days on Earth" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

How smart are we as a civilization? Smart enough to control our own destiny and avoid the cataclysms that could end life as we know it? Using state-of-the-art computer-generated graphics and interviews with the world’s top scientists, Last Days on Earth takes viewers inside seven of the deadliest threats to humanity. Some have the power to render us extinct, others can destroy the planet; all could entail the end of our civilization. How likely are they to occur, what exactly would happen if they did, and could we survive?

Last Days on Earth goes beyond science fiction to science fact, as it takes viewers on a roller-coaster ride through black holes, intelligent robots, asteroid strikes and deadly plagues. Viewers will journey from the outer reaches of the universe to the inner world of DNA.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More sensationalism than science, April 20, 2008

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E. J. Zita "E.J. Zita, physicist and farmer" (Olympia, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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While the science in this review is mostly accurate, it has a silly focus. It tries to grab the audience with scary speculations about cosmic disasters. Stephen Hawking hits the nail on the head. When the reviewer asks him to speculate about how gamma ray bursts could destroy Earth, he sensibly responds that this has not been a problem in Earth's 4.5 billion year history. Earth is in far greater danger from human actions, he says. Indeed.

Unfortunately, Neil deGrasse Tyson continues the alarmist drumbeat uninterrupted, ignoring Hawking's wise words. Tyson plunges on to the next scary speculation - ooh, how could a black hole destroy us!? Get real. We don't have to sensationalize science to make people interested. Reality is interesting enough, and more important.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, Interesting and Intriguing, January 18, 2008

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D. Lane "Dakila" (Bear Creek, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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Most people would think of this as depressing..but I found it very interesting. It reminds me that whatever little problems I have going on in my life..it could be worse and they're just not that important in the long run. The interviews were very interesting and the information was well thought out. I loved the CG graphics and explanations and overall just really enjoyed watching this.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, May 22, 2007

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R. Boden - See all my reviews
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The Special on ABC was out of this world...it actually scares you. Makes you wonder how will we go...anyway it was a awesome special and I recommend this to anyone who wants to know how we will be destroyed.