How It Ends

Unrated

7/13/20181h 53m

Digital Release (US)

~ No one survives alone ~

Overview:

A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.

Director:

David M. Rosenthal

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$20,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

chicago, illinois
lightning
pregnancy
seattle, washington
volcano
earthquake
tsunami
road trip
murder
apocalypse
power outage

Cast

Theo James

~ as ~

Will

Forest Whitaker

~ as ~

Tom

Kat Graham

~ as ~

Samantha

Kerry Bishé

~ as ~

Meg

Grace Dove

~ as ~

Ricki

Mark O'Brien

~ as ~

Jeremiah

Nicole Ari Parker

~ as ~

Paula Sutherland

Nancy Sorel

~ as ~

Sonographer

Anett Rumanoczky

~ as ~

Flight Attendant

Cheryl Gensiorek

~ as ~

Airport Bar Woman

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Reviews (2)

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hdreport
Written 6 year(s) ago
6
What starts off feeling like a low-budget drama, How It Ends evolves into a stylistic sci-fi film with some really nice special effects that show off the feature-length’s estimated $20M budget. But the movie is not without its flaws.

Theo James seems almost lifeless as “Will” in this post-apocalyptic adventure – did he ever establish a character before getting on camera? It doesn’t feel like it. James lumbers through scenes, lacks depth, and is just never believable as a man on a mission to save his pregnant fiancé from impending doom.

Forest Whitaker is Forest Whitaker as the goateed “Tom” who sets on a journey with Will, his soon-to-be son-in-law, to find his daughter Samantha. Whitaker rescues several of the scenes from being completely devoid of expression, but there is only so much you can do when the dialogue is itself so banal.

How It Ends plays like a short film that was extended to feature length. There were scenes that simply could have been cut, or at least shortened to keep the pace quicker. With the right editing, the one-hour, fifty three-minute film would have been more effective at ninety minutes. But maybe Netflix steers for lengthier content — the longer the program the longer viewers are streaming from the service — and that must be good for stockholders.

Entire Review: ‘How It Ends’ (Netflix Original Film) https://goo.gl/4rMqpU
Gimly
Written 6 year(s) ago
4
"Okay, so basically, The Losers Club all get together for a rescue mission, and they head into the sewers by going through the well-house to face Pennywise, but the-"

Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.