To Survive

I usually like these kinds of movies, but not this time. Its clearly a heap knock off of The Road which is an ATF of mine. But they just don't pull it off. The writing is bad, the acting is worse, and the cinematography is flat. Also, the sets are too obviously staged. But I'd still rate it higher if it wasn't such a blatant rip off. But you put the bad things mentioned above with a lack of creativity and you get yourself a boring loser of a movie. You should skip this one.

I love the bit when they leave the church after the pastor was killed and a truck drives past them in the background! Also a few other obvious bloopers, which make it the bit more watchable. Not that bad considering the budget would of been a bees cock of a Hollywood flick. There was some suspenseful moments, if you are into this genre it really is worth watching.

I enjoyed the film. Good acting, there was plenty of suspense and action. I love a post-apocalyptic movie!

The very first shot in the movie shows a highway full of traveling cars. Either the disaster never happened and the characters were complete lunatics, or hiring editors wasnt in the $5,000 budget to make this flop of a film.

The cause of the disaster is never explained and only mentioned as "the way things were before..." which isn't bad or really even necessary in that all you need to know is that something massively went wrong and humanity has been reduced to this. Where things go wrong are that some of the scenes were just too contrived . I mean someone just doesn't bust into your house and 5 minutes later ask them to stay for dinner. It's just not believable. Or asking to tag along with them the next morning. The execution of the scene felt awkward and forced and plainly just didn't work. Indeed most of the scenes where there's personal dialog feels awkward and made up on the spot. Especially the getting to know you scenes where loose ends and backstories are rounded out didn't achieve that. You still ended up with a bunch of individuals rather than a cohesive group. Since I've come this far, maybe filming in HD wasn't the best choice of camera. I mean it's great for sporting events and evening news, but not for this. It's too much stark reality.

Well, it's fairly apparent this movie didn't click for me. There wasn't a single character I could root for and the story felt like it was half thought out.