How It Ends

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How It Ends

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2018

1h 53m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Adventure

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In the midst of an apocalypse, a man struggles to reach his pregnant wife, who is thousands of miles away.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

You're better off not even beginning.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 13, 2018

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Nyle Coleman

InSession Film

If anything it generates more questions and provides no answers, all as the film is preparing to close.

Rated: D

May 9, 2024

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Charlie Ceates

Cultured Vultures

How It Ends is truly unique in the fact that it's the only disaster or post apocalypse film to leave me bored. The cinematic version of watching paint dry.

Rated: 2/10

Oct 29, 2019

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Amanda Sink

The Hollywood Outsider

How It Ends is a mildly effective thriller with an ending that will leave some viewers frustrated.

Rated: 5/10

Jan 9, 2019

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Chauncey K. Robinson

The Twisted Girl Next Door

You won't beg for the two hours of your life back after watching this film. It had it's moments.

Oct 11, 2018

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Josh Martin

Film Inquiry

Even with a good hook, How It Ends suffers from a lack of vision, which is exactly what you don't need in an effects-heavy disaster movie.

Aug 8, 2018

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John W

Beyond low budget, shocking how incoherent the story is. As if it was all improvised by a child that didn’t do their homework. I can’t express how many times i needed to stop watching and question its questionable “plot twists”. This lack of realism is nothing short of lazy writing, an attempt to combine action, intrigue, apocalypse and family. When they said “How it ends” i guess they meant the script writers’ career. This movie is thousands of little conflicts forced together as one incoherent mess.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Aaron M

So so so bad. Bad cheesy acting, dumb ending. Plot is interesting but it’s not even worth a watch since it was so terribly made. Nothing is explained and the whole journey there is so stupid.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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David H

I can’t understand the poor reviews for this movie. It’s certainly an unusual apocalypse movie. Much is left to the imagination. But it’s subtle and thought-provoking. Great cinematography too. Maybe I’m just weird.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/25/24

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Luke R

This was beyond cheesy, but not in a good way, wasted of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Doug B

The tension-driven in "How it Ends" places it in one of my top science fiction movies of all time. Great acting, believable human reactions to the events, and the overall plot was very compelling. I would like to see the sequel to see how it really ends. I place it up there, not as high as Interstellar, but still pretty impressive film, acting and the sound track.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/20/24

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Daz N

Confused on first viewing last year, suddenly compelled to watch again. Love the pacing, cast and overall feel. Yes, it is ambiguous but perhaps that is the appeal? Makes you think...what would you do???

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/02/24

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Synopsis

In the midst of an apocalypse, a man struggles to reach his pregnant wife, who is thousands of miles away.

Director: David M. Rosenthal
Producer: Tai Duncan, Kelly McCormick, Patrick Newall
Screenwriter: Brooks McLaren
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 13, 2018
Runtime: 1h 53m

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