How It Ends
How It Ends

How It Ends

2018Movie113 minEnglish

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

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IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes24%
Metacritic31/100
Google Users56%
Director: David M. RosenthalGenres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Plot Summary

As a mysterious apocalyptic event causes civilization to collapse, a young man desperately tries to reach his pregnant girlfriend before the world ends. He enlists the help of his estranged father-in-law for a perilous cross-country journey. They face increasingly dangerous obstacles and confrontations with desperate survivors, forcing them to confront their fractured relationship and the dying world around them.

Critical Reception

How It Ends received largely negative reviews from critics, with many criticizing its predictable plot, underdeveloped characters, and uninspired take on the apocalypse genre. While some acknowledged the potential of the premise, the execution was widely seen as disappointing.

What Reviewers Say

  • The film suffers from a derivative and uninspired plot.
  • Character development is shallow, failing to create meaningful emotional connections.
  • The apocalyptic scenario feels generic and lacks originality.

Google audience: Audience reviews indicate a mixed reception, with many finding the film to be a watchable but ultimately forgettable apocalyptic thriller. Some appreciated the action sequences and the father-son dynamic, but a significant portion felt the story was predictable and failed to deliver a satisfying conclusion to its premise.

Fun Fact

The film's ambiguous ending was a deliberate choice by the filmmakers to focus on the characters' journey rather than providing a definitive explanation for the apocalyptic event.

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Dr_Nostromo

Dr_Nostromo

58/100 When an inexplicable and catastrophic event occurs on the west coast of the U.S., two men head for Seattle to try and find their daughter / fiancé. Without giving anything away, let's just say that the title becomes rather ironic ...
Gimly

Gimly

"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 finis...
hdreport

hdreport

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. The...