Radioflash

Can't say I expected a lot, but definitely a little more than I got. "Radioflash" is a tale of a young teenage girl and her challenges and adventures after an EMP kills power for more than 200 million people - it's a tale of many familiar themes, cliche characters, a familiar take on everything featuered. In other words, "Radioflash" falls short of everything but acting.

The first 5 minutes of "Radioflash" are the best its got - mildly intriguing, good looking, good sounding, maybe even the only original-ish thing in this flick. After that we jump into the 90 minutes of something that feels like a lamer recreation of many other known and better movies, and, in retrospect, those first 5 minutes provided only a very vague point in relation to the rest of the movie. So we start watching Reese's and her father Chris's journey to the girls grandpa through the now apocalyptic land & the many troubles and poeple they encounter along the way. Practically every plot device, every theme, the characters, even the technicalities (atmosphere building, painfully cliche cinematic sentimentalism, etc.) feel generic & very familiar, which results in a high predictability factor. We go from every apocalypse-starting movie ever to any rural survival thriller ever, to a "Wrong Turn" type of story without the disfigurations and any horror elements. One thing that didn't underwhelm me was the acting, both our main heroine and the supporting cast did their best, or so I feel. What truly grinds my gears is the cinematography, the fact that even the technical aspects are generic-feeling. Don't get me wrong, it looks good, it's just... so very routine.

Yes, that's how "Radioflash" felt for the most part - routine. I'm pretty sure it's going to find a slightly better reactions from the more average movie goers, but all the while trying to look for and enjoy qualities of "Radioflash", I struggled not to be bored. Boredom is the worst thing any movie can offer. My rating: 4/10.

There is no plot. A girl runs through the woods encountering an assortment of Deliverance rejects on her way to her grandfather's cabin. What's the point? Stories like this usually have our hero trekking to a promised land. There's no promised land here. Just grandpa's cabin. Even if she makes it the pair will surely be quickly overcome by more of the same psychopaths she encountered on the way. Good luck with that.

Four stars for the occasional decent performance from actors given nothing to work with.

Nice cinematography and editing and better acting than expected. However, that is where the compliments stop. There was so much wrong with this film that made me wish the movie would end already, including obvious mistakes with facts about what an EMP would actually do/destroy, holes in the story, continuity, and strange randomness. All of which stemmed from a terrible script.

As i read down the bad reviews more than half of them are stating things that didn't happen or they missed. No wonder you think the movie is bad if you miss major parts.

Anyways the movie wasn't great nor was it bad.

5.5

Radioflash is one of those movies that starts promising but in the end it won't be remembered at all. In the beginning I was intrigued by the story, thought I would rate it with an eight as the cinematography wasn't bad at all and the acting was decent as well. Then the story got a bit sloppy but I was still wondering where they would go to with it, my scoring went from an eight stars rating to a seven, but by the end it just failed completely, the story got really nowhere and it felt like they were too lazy to write something decent. Instead it became a bit ridiculous so a six stars rating is more than generous. Too bad because it had potential in the beginning. I still enjoyed watching it though, mostly because of the good cinematography, but it clearly could and should have been much better.