The Blackout
2019 · Movie · TV-MA · 127 min · ★ 6.5 · 62% critics
Global contact with most towns on Earth is suddenly severed, leaving only a small ring-like area with electricity and possible reports of life from space. When military forces investigate beyond that zone, what they find is shocking and unpredictable.
Also known as The Blackout: Invasion Earth
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Details
- Original title
- Аванпост
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-11-21
- Network
- TV-3
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (576 votes)
About
If you enjoy post-apocalyptic sci-fi thrillers with an immersive, dark atmosphere like World War Z or Blade Runner 2049, you’ll likely want The Blackout; Not for you if you dislike bleak, tense stories or want a wholly original plot.
Pros: immersive atmosphere; dark sci-fi tension; bold visuals | Cons: familiar plot feel; mixed opinions on originality; length may drag
Themes
- survival
- alien invasion
- earth in peril
Cast & crew
Lukerya Ilyashenko
as Alena
Pyotr Fyodorov
as Yura
Svetlana Ivanova
as Olya
Aleksey Chadov
as Oleg
Kseniya Kutepova
as Marina
Konstantin Lavronenko
as Dolmatov, major
Philipp Avdeev
as Zhenya
Artyom Markaryan
as Sasha
Sergey Godin
as Lavrin
Artyom Tkachenko
as Id
Directed by Egor Baranov