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How It Ends

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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 07/13/2018
1/4
You're better off not even beginning. Go to Full Review
Nyle Coleman InSession Film 05/09/2024
D
If anything it generates more questions and provides no answers, all as the film is preparing to close. Go to Full Review
Charlie Ceates Cultured Vultures 10/29/2019
2/10
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. Go to Full Review
Amanda Sink The Hollywood Outsider 01/09/2019
5/10
How It Ends is a mildly effective thriller with an ending that will leave some viewers frustrated. Go to Full Review
Chauncey K. Robinson The Twisted Girl Next Door 10/11/2018
You won't beg for the two hours of your life back after watching this film. It had it's moments. Go to Full Review
Josh Martin Film Inquiry 08/08/2018
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. Go to Full Review
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A H @Ahe_rose 6d If you’re thinking of watching this movie, dont! It sounds like a goood movie im theory but was put together like half a puzzle created by a toddler. Action movie with violence but no logic it’s like someone wrote it who is all bronze and no Brains. I have so many questions that id rather microwave my cat for some answers. The only good part of this movie is Theo James. But just go watch divergent full stop. See more Joel T @Covidlover Dec 16 Dumb movie with a lame ending. Nothing is answered. I’d rather put my hand in a blender. See more Peyton H @PeyLay Dec 6 Terrible. Terrible plot. Terrible script. Terrible acting. Terrible movie. What a waste of time. See more B N. @Sonny004 Nov 12 Terrible start to finish. See more ROSEMARY M Nov 5 I can't understand the bad reviews. Great acting, suspenseful, and an easy to understand ending. So much better and more authentic than so many Hollywood disaster movies. Thought it was great and would highly recommend if you like the genre See more Matt N Oct 11 Just watched after seeing the first third years ago & rediscovering with a morbid sense of "what ever happened in that movie"? Finished it and still asking, but remembering why I forgot. Had real potential, and the one good concept was the eerie feeling of not knowing what was up and that the world / nature / situations were largely beyond one's control and even understanding. Turns out it was a movie of disconnected & causeless occurrences, typically just repeat run-ins with evil people with guns setting traps to take people's supplies/lives and apparently hanging out 24/7 stationed at literal (pointless) roadblocks. Several plot holes illuminated how bad the writers were... waterpark stop was clearly abandoned for YEARS, but there was a half-eaten sandwich in the diner and snacks in a vending machine? That's a very tiny hole compared to many others... Plane crash didn't make much sense, but there wouldn't sensibly be any large planes in the air AT ALL esp after day 2, unless military, but that looked commercial and recent smoke billowing. Military train crash also seemed WTH, except maybe in connection with the sudden prevalence of bad guy gangs setting traps. They could've messed with the tracks to cause crash to steal supplies & (laughably) somehow killed the few soldiers on board, who were seen laying at the wreck site. Also, why didn't he take some AK47s and handguns from said soldier bodies / train cars? Ammo is a prime commodity in any lawless apocalypse. Zero explanation for the HUGE FIRE somewhere in Montana? Causing a long chain of people to march away, except the gas thief trap gang in the smoke that they had to run down. (You'd think he'd learn to stop approaching people who seem shady...yet he STILL went in the woods with neighbor knowing the guy was off - IDK, maybe with the intent to kill him instead?) Also, didn't he clearly see volcanic smoke clouds past Seattle before going into the city (which would've taken an entire day in/out), and everybody knows about Mt. St. Helens, but he thinks nothing of the increasing earth tremors and ash, until an apparent epiphany immediately after taking out wife-creeping neighbor. There were some other actions that made a ton of sense, which was nice to see. Forrest Whit was awesome at the beginning in taking on the 1st car thief gang @ gas station, and the convict fake cap without any hesitation. Covering the brake lights (usually easy to remove the bulbs, but okay). Avoiding other people mostly (other times blindly entering traps tho). I like how they left the girl (I'm terrible with character names), when she disappeared on them, I mean...went a little crazy & "off the reservation". Weird why she did that in the middle of nowhere without a plan, or that she was surprised by the guys fighting for survival, but apparently she had "survived on her own since birth", so I guess that makes sense to her somehow in an unknown field with insane storms crashing through? Yeah, this was dumb overall, but could've/should've been much better. Another film full of non-sensical unrealistic conflict for the sake of conflict (as if the world ending wasn't enough), but at least it wasn't MOSTLY annoying just because of characters making unbelievably terrible & uncharacteristic emotional decisions, like is the case with even worse movies. The irony is literally in the title. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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