Geostorm script - Save the Cat beat sheet analysis

A massive dust storm in Afghanistan visually establishes the film’s climate stakes.

At the cemetery, themes of reconciliation and brotherhood emerge as Max and Sarah attend a funeral.

We meet Jake and Max’s strained relationship, learn about Project Dutch Boy, and witness initial satellite sabotage onboard the ISS.

Hannah’s classroom presentation on Project Dutch Boy hints at the system’s fragility, foreshadowing its failure.

Sight!! I meant "Line of Sight".

Max and the White House team argue over the Dutch Boy malfunction and whether to shut it down.

Mr. President, this program was raced into existence.

Jake is ordered to the ISS, crossing from Earth-bound life into the dangers of space.

Space Station? As in outer? You know I've never actually been up--

Max’s interaction with Sarah and Hector explores the emotional heart and the conspiracy subplot.

Hector? Where in the world are you now? Still making climate simulations for the state department?

Scenes of climate chaos in Brazil, ISS operations, and Jake bonding with crew provide the ‘promise of the premise.’

Jaké and Ute discover the sabotage codes, raising the stakes with a major revelation.

There was a malfunction in the air lock. We're overriding it.

Makmoud’s plot unravels as Max decodes Jake’s message and Aluko kills Duncan, threatening the station.

At the convention, Max realizes the storm is a coup cover, making defeat seem inevitable.

They don't need to. They'll kill everyone here and blame it on the storm later. Sarah, this is...

As satellites malfunction and the station self-destructs, both brothers face utter despair.

Jake and Ute escape in a satellite, providing a new plan to save Earth.

Rescue and satellite relaunch sequences culminate in stopping the storms and foiling the coup.

It's my dad! That's my dad!

The survivors reunite with family at Cape Canaveral, echoing the themes of reconciliation.

Always was the brains in the family.