The world is ending, yet no one seems to care. ‘Don’t Look Up’ is a sarcastic but joyful dystopian satirical comedy about everything wrong with civilisation. Despite the crass comic ambience and DiCaprio’s self-conscious nervousness, the journey is fascinating and rib-tickling.

Adam McKay, the writer-director, offers a strange disastrous mess about a disaster, because, well, who doesn’t enjoy an apocalypse? Kate Dibiasky, a Michigan State University graduate, discovers an unnamed comet, and her boss, Dr. Randall Mindy, deduces that the object is a planet-killer. The problem is that no one believes them. Is humanity still alive? Let us recall the finale’s surprise finish. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

Don’t Look Up for a Plot Synopsis

Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), a stoner and anarchist, detects a comet near our solar system using the Subaru Telescope. She shares her discovery to her mentor, Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio), and it prompts a celebration. Mindy calculates the comet’s orbital trajectory (which he names ‘Dibiasky’ after Kate). His findings are shocking, so he phones Dr. Calder, who transmits the call to Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe, the chief of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office. According to orbital estimates, the comet will collide with the Earth in six months and fourteen days.

The comet has a diameter of five to ten kilometers, and the collision could result in a near-extinction event. It’s the doomsday clock ringing once more. They board a plane bound for Washington, D.C. Dr. Oglethorpe gulps down a quarter of Xanax while checking the news of Riley Bina and D.J. Chello’s breakup. Kate steals the rest, and the general returns with pricy food from the canteen, which Kate later discovers is free. Jason, the President’s associate, expresses regret that the President will be unable to attend the conference, but he arranges for them to stay in a hotel.

The next day, they meet with President Orlean (Meryl Streep), who is uninterested in the computations. When they indicate the likelihood of collision is 99.78 percent, she doesn’t like the sound of it and requests that it be reduced to 70%. The President instructs them to “sit tight and assess.” However, their story goes viral after Abdul Grelio’s moving essay in the ‘New York Herald.’ Everyone is preparing for the end of the world, and the President authorizes a defensive operation. But business magnate Isherwell smells money. The clock is ticking as they aim to commercialize the comet’s minerals.

Don’t Look Up the Ending: Does the Comet Impact the Earth?

According to Dr. Randall Mindy’s estimations, the apocalypse is quite real. The comet Dibiasky, named for Kate, is poised to collide with the Pacific near Peru six months and fourteen days after it was discovered (Six months, ten days, two hours, eleven minutes, and 41 seconds, according to Kate). When the President appears to be preoccupied with the midterm elections rather than the apocalypse, Kate and Randall tune in to the morning show The Daily Rip.

But, once again, Riley Bina’s public reconciliation with D.J. Chello steals the show, and the scientists only get a brief cameo. Randall attempts to warn the people, but the anchor is more concerned with aliens. In any case, they reveal that humanity is in great danger, but the apocalypse is not a popular topic on breakfast television. Kate becomes the subject of internet memes after an on-screen outburst. The scientists lose hope, until a presidential scandal restores their faith.

To save her image, the President plans a spectacular nuclear operation, complete with General Benedict Drask’s heroism. The story goes viral, and the professor strikes up a friendship with the female reporter, but the missiles retreat. As it happens, media magnate Peter Isherwell is in charge. China has a monopoly on the majority of rare minerals used in electronic motherboards (yttrium, terbium, osmium, dysprosium, and so on). The comet, as it happens, has 32 trillion dollars in these resources, and BASH wants a fair part. As a result, Isherwell devises a complex strategy for severing the asteroid into controllable meteoroids.

The professor inquires whether the project has been peer-reviewed, but no one responds. Isherwell is a platinum-level donor with complete access to the administration, and he joins forces with Orlean to recover the wealth from the cosmic object. The quest fails when they uncover an explosion in Russia caused by mission debris. Randall notices the comet in the sky after leaving The Daily Rip angry. People keep staring at their watches, while the comet gets closer. It collides with the Earth, and humanity becomes nearly extinct, save for a post-credits sequence.

Do Dr. Mindy and June rekindle their romance?

Kate disappears after her first stint at The Daily Rip. Meanwhile, Randall, fueled with the apocalyptic adrenaline, pursues Brie Evantee, the female reporter from outrageous wealth. Her grandfather pioneered the technology of flash-freezing. In her stride, she also has three master’s degrees, two divorces, and two Monets. She also claims to have had sexual relations with two former presidents.

Randall becomes the face of the F.E.M.A. campaign on the apocalypse, thanks to some help from the media and the President. In any case, a concerned June Mindy arrives in D.C. to discover Randall with Brie. June hurls Randall’s medications at him in the heat of the incident. Randall, as it happens, has some challenges that necessitate the use of Xanax and Zoloft. He also suffers from panic attacks. However, in the face of the presidential administration’s lunacy, Randall comes across as the only sane voice. However, he chooses pleasure over suffering and deviates from the prescribed path.

Teddy cautions him that a guy always has a choice in the midst of his infidelity. Randall, a book-smart professor, becomes one of America’s hottest scientists, but he doesn’t want any of the attention. As an idealist, he feels that people have the right to know what is going on, but he eventually submits. Randall returns to his wife in Michigan after his spell with Brie. He also brings Kate and Yule, and June unlocks the door. Randall can’t say enough how much he adores June, and she forgives him. She rekindles her relationship with Randall. But do they make it?

What Befalls Dr. Mindy and Kate? Do they perish?

As revealed in the post-credit sequence, humanity does not die extinct. The capsules land on a new planet, and the astronauts awaken from cryogenic hibernation. Furthermore, the alien world has 9% more oxygen in the air. However, we’re curious about Randall Mindy, Kate, Yule, Teddy, and June. Randall is approached by Orlean and Isherwell about joining the backup expedition with the “adults,” but he declines.

Randall, being an idealist, would rather die with his family than go on a mission with a few elites. As a result, we can suppose that Randall, Kate, Yule, Teddy, and others perish as a result of the impact. As the comet approaches the globe, the party gathers for supper at Randall’s house. Yule offers a prayer, and the wall behind Teddy begins to collapse while soothing jazz music plays in the background. It’s the end of the world, and the next view shows a half-burned planet.

Is Humanity Still Alive? Is President Orlean still alive or dead?

The post-credit sequence takes place 22,740 years later, when BASH capsules arrive on a new planet. Oxygen abounds in the vivid and verdant planet. As a result, humanity will live to see another day. The President is still alive, as is Isherwell, who is being held in cryogenic chambers, which appears to be a plan B reserved for the wealthy. However, as you may have noticed, the majority of the people who emerge from the capsules are elderly, putting a damper on humanity’s chances of survival.

Following that is a daring naked dance sequence. However, while they are still having a good time, the President meets her demise. A Bronteroc (picture a larger version of a rooster) bites her head alive, fulfilling Isherwell’s super-intelligent phone A.I.’s prophecy.