How It Ends
2018 · Movie · 113 min · ★ 5.3 · 27% critics
After a sudden, unexplained catastrophe throws the country into chaos, a man teams up with his partner’s father and sets out on a dangerous road trip toward home. With communications down and danger on every stretch of highway, they push forward through escalating unrest, hoping to reunite with loved ones before it’s too late.
Also known as El final de todo
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-07-13
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 27/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 (2,046 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a straightforward, tense apocalypse road trip focused on survival and relationships, but Not for you if you need clear explanations and closure, like in Extinction or The Divergent Series: Insurgent.
Pros: strong performances; tense road-trip momentum; engaging survival stakes | Cons: thin originality; unanswered questions; abrupt open ending
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- lightning
- pregnancy
- seattle, washington
- volcano
- earthquake
- tsunami
- road trip
- murder
- apocalypse
- power outage
Cast & crew
Theo James
as Will
Forest Whitaker
as Tom
Kat Graham
as Samantha
Kerry Bishé
as Meg
Grace Dove
as Ricki
Mark O'Brien
as Jeremiah
Nicole Ari Parker
as Paula Sutherland
Nancy Sorel
as Sonographer
Anett Rumanoczky
as Flight Attendant
Cheryl Gensiorek
as Airport Bar Woman
Directed by David M. Rosenthal