Go, New York, go! It's nice to see Cali destroyed for a change.
New York's apocalyptic big screen fantasies come true this weekend. After cruelly decimating NYC in three previous films (Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow), director Roland Emmerich finally focuses the destruction on the rest of the world in 2012, his tale of the Mayan-predicted doomsday. The greatest city on Earth doesn't escape, but at least it gets to watch California catch an L.
To better understand why the residents of the Big Apple are relieved to see other cities toppled, watch all the classic clips of New York being destroyed from throughout movie history. If we missed any of your favorites, post a link in the comments section so everyone can watch as it all falls down...
Fail-Safe (1964)
Destroyed By: Nuclear bombs
Complex Says: Though it doesn't actually show the city being obliterated, we're still disturbed that the president would trade NYC for Moscow when he could have saved it by talking up Philadelphia's historic value and appeasing the Soviets by wiping cheesesteaks and Freeway beards off the map. Somehow life would have gone on.
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