6. Solar Flare - Knowing
Though not a particularly well-known means of mass destruction, a solar flare is without doubt an appealing one. The gist of one of these is basically the sun burping so loud that it generates enough energy to knock out various communications here on Earth. Picture Barney off The Simpsons necking five beers one after the other and extravagantly belching, then multiply that by infinity. Powerful stuff. This is the basis of hauntingly-fun disaster dirge, Knowing, starring everyones favourite human meme-generator, Nicolas Cage. In this particular story, the solar flare thats headed our way is so unapologetically massive that its threatening to burn alive every little human being on the planet including our mad-faced hero, Nic; as well as every other living thing as well. And while being scorched to death isnt something youd ordinarily add to the top of your daily to-do list, theres something alarmingly cosy about you spontaneously combusting in front of your family as the flare blasts across the planet. In the meantime, this chipper little film chugs along with all sorts of fantastical subplots about ghostly aliens coming down to save a select few in order for human beings to survive on another world, including Cages on-screen son. To be fair though, if these otherworldly beings had viewed the rest of Nicolas Cages film career to date, you suspect they wouldnt be in too much of a hurry to save his offspring.