Country: United States
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 12 December 2008
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Directed by Scott Derrickson
Written by David Scarpa
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates
A remake of the 1951. A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu (Keanu Reeves) comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. Klaatu himself already has a negative opinion of humans, and when detained by Regina Jackson, the United States Secretary of Defense, and barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides they shall be exterminated so the planet – with its rare ability to sustain complex life – can survive. Dr. Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) and her stepson Jacob (Jaden Smith) finally convince Klaatu humans are worth saving.