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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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Tyson D @Spudsprout 22h (Overall Rating: 1.79/5) (Bad) --- (Cinematography/Atmosphere: 3/5) While the visuals were decent they could have been better, there were obvious breaks in continuity that were distracting. --- (Storyline/Plot: 1/5) I love disaster movies, I hate pointless movies, the latter takes the cake here. With this title, one would think the ending would have been an answer. Terrible. --- (Acting: 2.25/5) While not the worst acting I've seen, I would expect this cast to perform better than rigid posterboard. --- (Character Quality: 1.5/5) Every tired character trope was here. They were all about as deep as the first step into the shallow end of the pool. --- (Entertainment Value: 2/5) This could have had a ton of potential but every situation that arose was predictable, thus boring --- (Expectations vs. Reality: 1/5) I've watched this twice now for reasons of rating. Its not better a second time. You don't need to watch it a first time. See more Ava C. @RT21243384 Jun 17 Story ends abruptly and rushed compared to the rest of the movie. Made me feel like there should be a part 2? See more Garry A @heavyg Jun 14 It started off strong. There were some dramatic moments but the movie dragged. The ending was a non ending. It was terrible. See more Amber B. @movieswamber Jun 11 This movie was beautiful to watch some of the shots were very pretty. It didn’t have much of a resolve or answers at the end and I wish that would have been a bit more flushed out but I do feel like the characters were well developed and there were good action scenes. This felt like a nice break from the "save the world" mindset usually found in and of the world movies. See more Jon S. @RT67711484 Jun 9 Good background movie if your doing other things. See more Ron W @RT82257303 Jun 6 Every trope you can think of for the genre, plus inexplicable hillbillies with New York accents in rural South Dakota trying to get them for some reason. 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