A man tortured by nightmares believes he's had a premonition of the end of the world.

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Curtis (an impressive Michael Shannon from HBO's Boardwalk Empire and The Runaways) is tortured by violent apocalyptic nightmares. When he decides to build a tornado shelter on his land, he realizes the construction will take on more meaning than expected. First, Curtis has to protect himself from his own fears, with his family's propensity towards schizophrenia making sure he can't differentiate between premonitions and real risks. His wife (Jessica Chastain) tries to find out what's driving him to bring him back to reason, but how can she protect him from his fears if she doesn't know whether they are founded?

Jeff Nichols adds another chapter to the discussion of whether 2012 will bring the end of the world or just the rebooting of the Mayan calendar. Michael Shannon incarnates the symptoms of schizophrenia so well that audience members who are even slightly hypocondriacal will start to question their own sanity. This psychological thriller is not for those already unsure about the fate of the world, but is bound to make those who aren't question the issue.