The Collapsed

The Collapsed: It's the end of the world as we know it - yet again. Civilisation has fallen, violence, killings for no apparent reason. Buildings burning, bodies in the street, some have apparently committed suicide. A family flees a city, heading into the countryside but encounter more violence. They hear strange noises, like mutterings. This film might well have had some influence on Bird Box but it doesn't have the same attraction. It wends it's way towards a great reveal in an episodic manner, wooden acting and lack lustre direction Written and directed by Justin McConnell. Some interesting ideas and scenes, so it maybe deserves 5/10. On Netflix.

Probably going to polarize critics and viewers, since I'm not sure that I have seen a flick with this kind of pacing and structure before. I'll admit now that I've known about this for a while, since I caught the director's last film (a documentary called WORKING CLASS ROCK STAR) a few years ago and check in from time to time.. was curious what he'd do with a narrative.

While the film is far from perfect, it's a good time and enjoyable. The camera-work and score are top notch, the lead is very good, and the rest of the cast does a serviceable job considering the budget. Most of all, I really liked the different take on the end of the world... I'm not so sure I fully understand what "it" was, but I definitely get what "it" does, so by the end it's clear what has happened. By the end, it all makes sense.

I've read a bunch of reviews online, and they seem split. Some really like it, some outright hate it... I'd have to say judge for yourself. It's a good movie if you're open-minded and don't go in expecting THE ROAD or something like that (considering this was made for a fraction of that flick's catering budget). I really liked the atmosphere most of all... some really great tense moments brought up because of it.

Check it out - you probably won't be disappointed.

In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Taking to the forest, they soon discover the other survivors may be the least of their worries.

My first question is, do we need another post-apocalyptic movie? For the most part, no. The genre has been done to death and very few actually excel. (The same could be said for zombie films.) Want to see a good post-apocalyptic film? Check out "Dead Weight".

If this film excels at anything, it is stretching a budget. The film could reasonably have been made for a very, very low sum. There are practically no special effects, no big-name actors and all outdoor settings. I suspect the equipment would be the most expensive part, and McConnell probably had some or most of that from previous films.

Where it falls short is dialogue delivery. Some of the lines are bad, but they are compounded by the poor delivery. It just does not seem to come out as very natural. In all fairness, the father and son interact rather well. It is the daughter and especially the mother who fall flat. I am a bit confused why the father has an accent and no one else does, but that is not unheard of.

Should you see this film? Probably not. It is not terrible, but is not really all that great, either. The best part is probably the soundtrack. Watch it to learn how to make low-budget film, if you wish, but as for entertainment -- it provides very little.

Well here we go again with another post apoc film to grace DVD. I just watched a German import the other day called Hell which was okay but brought nothing new to the table. The collapsed has to be the slowest film I've seen in years but for some odd reason I had to watch all of it. I guess I was thinking their was a lot more to it than meets the eye but NO it was exactly what I expected. About half way through I knew the ending, talk about Transparent. I believe if I had let my 4year ols son watch it instead of putting him to bed before the credits started, I think he would've figured this one out. The acting was lousy and you can't blame that on the budget. I've seen tons of films on a shoe-string budget have excellent acting....hello Cassandra Kane from Family Demons and I think that budget was under 10grand. This had a lot more to work with and we are dealt some of the worst cards on this side of poker. The sets were good and some tension thats it!!!!!

My girlfriend is awesome for clocking bad movies and she gave up on this 5 mins in.. Sooo Whilst on my own I decided to finish it off. I Have a cold and bought some cheap whiskey (Purely for medicinal purposes)

So After swallowing a few shots to clear my sinuses the alcohol numbed the shards of glass score that was entering my ear and it became somewhat watchable. However I was still unable to get past the shoddy acting but had a few giggles at ninja dad taking cover behind trees no thicker than my thigh and the stealthy bunch hollering so much a deaf dog could hear em.

I persevered and in the end realised that I had lost over an hour of my life and I can't tell if it was this movie or the whiskey that has killed so many brain cells.

To be fair it was something to watch and I managed to watch it till the end with a little help from some spirit.. Which would suggest that this is an okay drunk film... but not the best I have seen and certainly not palateble sober.

3 outta 10 just cos It kept me watching but was quite dissapointed in the end Aaaand because whiskey.