Koby

Predictable story from start to finish and nothing that hasn't been done a dozen times before, but Butler and Baccarin make it enjoyable and worth watching!

DJariya

If you can’t wait, This is officially out today. $20 rental.

Otherwise it will be on HBO Max in 2021.

csant

Yeah, im going to watch this tonight and Tenet.

DJariya

A buddy of mine gave me a $100 Amazon GC for Christmas and I used some of it to rent this in 4K

This was a really solid movie. I was really surprised how riveted I was. I might even go as far as saying this might be one of Gerry Butler's best movies. As Dave said on the previous page, this was way better than Angel has Fallen as far as Butler movies. Sure, it's a pretty standard disaster movie for the most part, but the acting in this movie was solid by Butler and Baccarin and it really resonated with me and I cared for the characters. There are some really tense and emotional sequences. Ric Roman Waugh did a really great job with this on a mid-level budget. The last scene also really lifts your spirits and brings hope to these characters.

I might actually get the 4K disc for this when it comes out.

Noonan

Rented this over the long weekend. Decent flick overall. Two minor gripes but it didn't really effect my enjoyment of the ride.



Daytripper

Watched this tonight and echo everything Christy Lemire said. Was expecting another dumb but fun "London is Fallen". Miles better. One of the better disaster/popcorn films I've ever seen.

Why So Blu?

I've been reading posts about the 4K disc import. They fucked up during the authoring process and region locked it like a Blu-ray. I assume that unless you have one of those region free 4K players (the all in one machines) you will not be able to play it on a native USA 4K player.

jpcamb

It was an interesting watch but not sure this is something I would need to revisit. A few of the plotlines are really predictable and somewhat unbelievable but if you can suspend disbelief it's a fun watch. The interesting thing for me is "Roy" from the office has popped up 3-4 times this week on different movies and shows I watched so it's sort of an odd little coincidence to start seeing him again.

IBJoel

The good: Genuine sense of stress of separation in a disaster.

The bad: I don't care about your marital angst, I want to see society to collapse to have a processing outlet for that happening in the real world.

Also hilariously, my girlfriend and I were like, "Uh... that looks like Iceland, not Greenland..." Sure enough, they filmed those scenery shots in Iceland.

dex14

I thought, overall, this was generally pretty good. I liked that it was smaller in scope and a bit more character oriented. It reminded me a bit of The Wave to a degree.
I didn't care much for the cliched separation of the family, child with medical issue, etc.

Rob V

Rented this yesterday and thought it was pretty darn good. I'm all about disaster movies and this, as Dex mentioned, was way more character driven but overall a solid movie. I give it 3.5/5 and worth the rental and for sure a watch on HBO Max.

davidh777

just rented this and was expecting a moody emo thing because the poster looked like Songbird and was pleasantly surprised to get a full-on popcorn movie. Frustrating at times because of people making questionable choices under extreme circumstances, but as noted, they kept the human element.

DJariya

This premieres on HBO/HBOMax tonight. It's currently up.

SmackDaddy

This was surprisingly enjoyable. Caught this on HBO and figured I'd have it on in the background, but I ended up sitting and watching all of it. I kind of hoped that it would have gone with a darker ending, but overall really enjoyed it. It's a more grounded take on the genre and is much better for focusing on the one family instead of the usual disaster movie trope of multiple characters/storylines.

chowderhead

Really good film

Why So Blu?

Watched it on HBO Max and really liked it. I wish there was a 4K disc stateside. I almost bought the BD used via Redbox but then they raised the price a bit. I don't remember if the iTunes version has DV and Atmos, but the price is still too high there.

Also, in the end the voice over the intercom says

IBJoel

If you still want, PM me your address and I'll send you my copy. We had an extra screener copy. Watched once, but no Digital Code.

Giantrobo

Just added this to My List on HBOMax looks like some fun Summer Action. Glad to see people are positive. Will def check it out.

GoldenJCJ

Wow. This was surprisingly good. I went in expecting a cheesy disaster movie but it ended up being a fairly realistic portrayal of the end of the world. Ok, it wasn’t completely realistic but it was close enough. Sadly, I think a real end of the world scenario would play out much worse than the movie portrayed. I think this wrapped everything up a little too neatly.

Never-the-less, the movie gripped me from the start and never really let up. There were some cliches that the movie had to work through but as annoying as the “family gets separated” and “kid with a medical problem” is, the story handled them fairly well, I thought. The Presidential Alert message that popped up a few times was pretty terrifying in how authentic it felt.

There were also some really nice little touches throughout. All the wives giving each other little looks at the party, the woman reluctantly going along with her husband to kidnap the kid, and Scott Glenn’s attitude toward Gerard Butler were nice touches that added a little bit of humanity to what could have been a cookie cutter disaster movie.

I guess it’s arguable as to whether this is Butler’s best movie but I’d say it’s definitely his best performance to date. Morena Baccarin was also really good here!

If you have HBOmax, I’d definitely recommend this

DaveNinja

I watched this last night. I thought it should have been renamed:

it had scary parts but I'd only give it a C, maybe a C+

Toddarino

I never would have watched this had it not been for the comments here. Thanks dvdtalk, this was enjoyable.

E Unit

I thought that part was one of the very very clichés they opted for. As soon as we saw the kids was diabetic, you knew what was going to happen. Another gripe for me is the part where Roy from The Office and Hope Davis kidnap the kid? Seriously? And when they opened the doors at the end. Like no one look like they were in a cave for 9 months. It's like they opened up the door a few minutes after the comet hit. Small nitpicks for me but it was still a really good Armageddon-style film.

I also dug the pseudo Purge type stuff when society broke down when she and the kid went into the pharmacy. Not sure if it's worth a 4K disc pickup, but I'll probably get it on digital sometime down the line.

Giantrobo

Did he ever call his neighbor? He said he would call him when he arrived at the checkpoint for chosen folks.

E Unit

That will be restored in the Zach Snyder cut.

Inhumans99

To add to the chorus, I had been waiting for this to drop in price to buy on Fandango Now (I have Gift Cards), but upon learning this was on HBO Max I put it on and ended up watching all the way through and paying attention. It really is a shockingly good end of the world film and kudos to the word of mouth on this site and others that encourages folks to watch this movie. I went in expecting something a bit sluggish at times with not a lot of special effects, etc., and yet this film had some solid effects work and plenty of scenes that were quite action oriented. It was paced well and I said to myself after it was over, wow...folks on-line are right, this was a really good movie.