The blur exploits the idea of a broad doomsday circumstance coinciding with the extinguish of the Mayan Hunger Upon Calendar's around cycle on or almost December 21, 2012 (the northern hemisphere's winter solstice).

Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) is a divorced creator who occasionally works as a limousine driver and a writer, while his ex-wife (Amanda Peet) and children live together with her immature boyfriend. In Guatemala reports start coming in of store suicides in the Mayan jungles of people attempting to keep away from the close apocalypse. The IHC (Institute in place of Beneficent Continuity), a clandestine categorization, has realized the situation and begins constructing interminable arks undeserving of the Himalayan mountains designed to fight against most unpretentious disasters in organization to prevent both benevolence, outstanding species, and the greatest treasures of mankind representing when doomsday at the end of the day happens. There are arguments even so prevalent how and when the governments of the terra will on the qui vive their complement citizens and even discussions hither how the outstanding survivors will be selected to responsive to the catacalysm.

Meantime on a period travel to Yellowstone with his two immature children, Jackson meets Charlie Frost, who hosts his own tranny segment and blog take his assurance that the Mayans are correct all round 2012. Over the coming days measureless cracks are base within the blame lines in California, and teeth of the pleas from the government that the entirety is slender, Jackson isn't convinced. Hiring a concealed even and convocation crucial supplies he races to his ex-wife's L.A. haven to deliver himself and his dearest from the Soil's crust displacement occurring all on all sides them. After a long and threatening dog-races with the aid the collapsing streets to gross to Santa Monica Airport, Amanda's late boyfriend Gordon uses his airman skills to earn the kindred to sanctuary as the runway crumbles under them. As they look move in reverse the undivided cityscape of Los Angeles has already started to crumble into the Pacific.

When they contrive that the wide-ranging cataclysm is episode much faster than expected, they forced to the dogs to these ships in harmony to keep the charitable race preceding the time when all is lost. It on the double becomes clear that it's not justified Los Angeles that's experiencing disaster, the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupts, Las Vegas is destroyed close to a whopping chasm that cuts through the diocese and an ash cloud from the Yellowstone explosion, more vast earthquakes materialize in South America (one of which destroys the conurbation of Rio de Janeiro). Washington, D.C. is flooded nearby an massive tsunami which crushes the Bloodless Home, and The Vatican in Rome crumbles into oblivion, destroying thousand-year old Inclusive architecture and difficult hundreds of worshipers within seconds. As worldwide floodings get worse (equable at one element source to climb over the Himalayas), the U.S. government declares the raison d'etre of the world.

A league of survivors, including Jackson Curtis and his family must oppugn their style to China in advance they can directorship the consummate arks and keep themselves from the gigantic tidal waves flooding the Earth.