The shocking footage these filmmakers captured reveals why the Earth is in serious trouble.
It's fast-paced, action-packed, and visually stunning. It's better than "The Avengers!" (Or so I say.) In any case, this is not your average save-the-whales video.
Louie Psihoyos isn't your average filmmaker.
He's best known for his 2009 documentary "The Cove," which took home an Oscar for its investigation into dolphin hunting practices in Japan.
Even if you haven't heard of the film, you still may have heard about its infamous, gut-wrenching scene depicting a brutal dolphin massacre in the waters of Taiji, Wakayama.
How did Psihoyos get so close to the action without tipping off the fishermen?
"The first time I saw a slaughter, I was hiding across the cove, hanging from a rope on a cliff in full camouflage and face paint," he told The Humane Society of the United States.
So, yeah. Not your average filmmaker.
Now, six years later, he's back with a new film. And he has his sights set on an even bigger target than the dolphin-meat industry.
He's taking on the world's next mass extinction.
Science says there have been five big mass extinction events, or periods when abnormally large numbers of species die out simultaneously. Psihoyos and many others say we're on the verge of the sixth.
When he decided to explore the issue through film, though, he wanted it to be something everyone would want to watch — not just environmentalists. So he and his team, as they've done before, went undercover.
Using technology straight out of a James Bond movie, Psihoyos and his crew conducted covert operations to take us inside the back rooms of the endangered animal trade, to the front lines of carbon dioxide emissions, and underwater to witness the destruction of the world's oceans — giving us an unprecedented look at how humanity is driving entire species to extinction.
And, more importantly, what we can do about it.
While the film hasn't seen a wide release yet, early word says the effect is powerful.
Ecowatch is calling "Racing Extinction" a "must-see documentary." And it's not hard to see why. It's got everything.
High-tech gadgetry.
Stunning images of nature's beauty.
High-octane explosions.
And a message meant to inspire the next generation to change the world.
Trust me, if you care about the fate of the world at all, you aren't going to want to miss "Racing Extinction." And if you're just in it for the spy missions and the daring getaways, that's cool too.
To find out when the film is coming to your town, check the film's official website.
And here's the trailer to get your blood pumping!
P.S. If you think nothing can ever be better than "The Avengers" (and that is a great movie, BTW), you can still feel OK about thinking this is awesome (and important) too.