No final dos anos 50, o adolescente Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) vive em uma cidade onde a mineração é a maior empregadora local. Ao saber que os russos colocaram o satélite Sputnik em órbita, Homer começa a sonhar em também colocar um foguete seu em órbita. Logo ele convence alguns amigos a participarem do projeto e, com o apoio de uma professora, dá início ao projeto que irá mudar sua vida para sempre.
Karen, Sarah, and Emma Tunney are all moving to a small town in Pennsylvania where, unknown to them, in 1913, a horrid mine accident trapped dozens of children alive, underground. But there's a problem. They're still alive.
Capiapó, Chile. Um desmoronamento faz com que a única entrada e saída de uma mina seja lacrada, prendendo 33 mineradores a mais de 700 metros abaixo do nível do mar. Eles ficam em um lugar chamado refúgio e, liderados por Mario Sepúlveda, precisam racionar o alimento disponível. Paralelamente, o Ministro da Energia Laurence Golborne faz o possível para conseguir que os mineiros sejam resgatados, enfrentando dificuldades técnicas e o próprio tempo. Baseado em fatos reais.
Uma equipe de busca e salvamento é transportada para uma estação de mineração distante onde deverão resgatar Whit Charmicael (Daniel MacPherson),o único sobrevivente de um acidente com uma arma biológica .
Quando um adolescente desaparece em uma pequena cidade já devastada por um acidente de mineração fatal, três estranhos encontram-se reunidos em um emaranhado de segredos, mentiras e a dor coletiva da comunidade. Recuperando-se o desaparecimento de seu filho, Diane (Elizabeth Banks) percebe se afastar de seu marido (Josh Lucas), um executivo da empresa de mineração, cujo papel no acidente fez sua família o principal alvo para a raiva da cidade. Quando ela forma uma ligação perigosa com o único sobrevivente do desastre (Boyd Holbrook), verdades serão descobertas que ameaçam rasgar os poucos segmentos restantes que mantém a cidade unida.
In this steampunk fantasy adventure, a collapse imprisons three dwarven miners who must now work collectively to combat starvation, despair, and a mysterious creature.
Maxime is a young Valdorian who works in a gold mine. As he experiences several difficulties as he goes through life, he will question his definition of masculinity. It's with the help of the tightly knit brotherhood of colleagues in the mine that he will find the necessary support to overcome a feeling of stubborn guilt which prevents him from achieving happiness. Until the day an explosion breaks out underground. As part of the rescue mission, Maxime descends into the mine lair with the firm intention of bringing each of his colleagues back to the surface alive.
“Laura” is based on a true story about a dramatic search and rescue mission at Halemba coal mine that gripped Poland in February of 2006. A miner was trapped underground, and by the fourth day when everyone was beginning to lose hope of his safe return, the rescue team heard a faint knocking on the pipeline. After a nearly a week long search, the miner was rescued. Those who followed the story closely called it a miracle. But the miner claimed that what saved him was stronger than a miracle – his love for his daughter Laura, and his wife Marlena.
On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had happened. Within hours two men would manage a heroic escape but 29 remained unaccounted for. Over five days the men’s families and loved ones waited, hoping they would come out alive. Then two further explosions sealed the men’s fate. However, the fuse that would eventually snuff out so many lives was lit decades before. Set in the drama of the five days between the three explosions, Pike River reveals the tragic back story of the mine where pressure for profits would eventually contribute to the deaths of 29 men. Featuring interviews with the Pike River families and scripted drama to depict key events.
A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial turmoil and the current push by global mining giants to destroy regional communities and replace local mineworkers with a subservient itinerant workforce.