Moonfall

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In the 21st century, everything seems fine in the world. Vice President Charlie Haskell, eager for media attention, is set to inaugurate the newly completed American Moon base. A mission to Mars, led by a woman, is about to depart from low Earth orbit, while people on Earth marvel at a rare solar eclipse. However, this calm is shattered when an amateur astronomer discovers a new comet. Named Tomiko after its discoverer, this "near-solar" object is an interstellar wanderer with a mass one hundred times greater and a speed ten times faster than other comets, and it is headed straight for the Moon. If scientists are correct, Tomiko will collide with the Moon in less than five days, shattering it into a cloud of superheated gas, dust, and massive boulders that will rain down on Earth, causing chaos, violent storms, and potentially catastrophic tsunamis that could engulf entire cities—or worse, an apocalypse that threatens all life on the planet. Meanwhile, a hastily assembled fleet of transport rockets must evacuate the Moon base's inhabitants, but there is not enough space or time for everyone. The vice president, who hastily promised to leave last, struggles to find a way to escape without going back on his word.