Oscar-winning performers Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio star as each other's foil - DiCaprio is a timid and anxious professor while Lawrence is the egalitarian, aspiring PhD candidate. Working at Michigan State University, Lawrence's character Kate discovers a rare comet, headed towards the Earth, which as we soon learn has almost a 100 percent  probability of extermination.

Lawrence and DiCaprio cleverly balanced each other's emotions – when DiCaprio was taciturn, Lawrence was seething with anger and when she gave up, DiCaprio's inchoate rage bubbled up to indignation. McKay's screenplay brimmed with several subplots which were masterfully crafted by a corral of actors. Each of the stars shone and had just the perfect screen-time to leave a profound impact on the protagonists. As usual, Meryl Streep was a delight to watch, with her hilarious impression of Donald Trump and the mother-son dynamic with Jonah Hill, who is a stand-in for Jared Kushner. Another favourite was Cate Blanchett's role as a co-host – a hit at Megyn Kelly - embracing her apathetic and cynical attitude about everything but trivial stories.

Mark Rylance's performance as Peter Isherwell, a hybrid Zuckerberg-Bezos-Gates pied piper, was blood-curdling. Instead of taking thorough actions to save the planet, he was only interested in wringing more profits through the exploitation of the working class. Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi also appear to mock the celebrity culture that society and therefore, the media, are more obsessed with than real news.

McKay was determined to bluntly ridicule the people who pull the puppet strings on the broken system that has made modern America a cesspool in so many pathetic ways.

After estimating the apocalyptic incident that is just six months away, both scientists are immediately escorted to the White House. The lack of effectual decision-making throws them off. They became the voice of the viewers throughout the rest of the movie – yelling and pleading for ways to fix the problem that only got bigger each day. To no one's surprise, once Isherwell and the government's conjoined effort to entertain their greed fails magnificently, they run away without a pang of conscience. No Time to Die's cinematographer Linus Sandgren added jump cuts and cutaways frequently to set the atmosphere of a thriller movie. The remarkable score by "Succession's" Nicholas Britell elevated these scenes to an outstanding stature.

Perhaps, the most sinister part of "Don't Look Up" is its plausibility. Like a Saturday Night Live skit, it feeds you stories of contemporary malaise that are prevalent in the world but the one percent of rich people, with the help of the government, tries to subterfuge. The movie serves as a wake-up call so we acknowledge just how attuned to Ostrich syndrome we are.

With precedents like "Dr. Strangelove", "Armageddon", "Deep Impact" and "Black Mirror", "Don't Look Up" had big shoes to fill. Receiving four Golden Globe nominations, McKay's hard-hitting masterpiece has surely earned him high praise.