End of the World

Horrible acting. Very hokey! Safe your money. Don't watch.

Riveting, in the sense that it is like rivets being shot into your head. As a Sunday morning SyFy film it's perfectly adequate viewing, but often grabs your attention and you have to rewind to check that the special effects really were at the level of 1950s stop go animation. The lack of continuity should place this film on any university course as a case study of what happens when it is totally ignored. Acting and characterisation were entirely adequate, but would have been helped by having a semblance of a plot to work to.

Why 2 stars - well, it is eminently more watchable than some of the dreary romance stuff you get on some film channels, which are not even worth reviewing.

Finally, as a serious question, what does a "second second assistant director" do?

Seriously, this movie is so badly made I genuinely laughed in delight.

Science Mom and Ex-army Dad need to get Tech Nerd Son and Daughter With No Actual Characteristic Beyond Being The Daughter to safety because a big solar storm is causing volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes that are oddly localised to LA. I know this was likely intended to be a serious action movie, but it is so horrendously bad that it loops back around to brilliance.

At one point what is supposed to be heavy debris is clearly papier-mache. A man gets a tsunami to the face. Lava somehow manages to sneak up on people. Everyone is oddly chill, and I spotted at least one actor trying not to laugh. At one point two characters that were in the middle of nowhere suddenly appear in the city. The acting is so bad that Tommy Wiseau seems like Meryl Streep in comparison. Budget was apparently half a million but looks like it was at most ten dollars and a coke.

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Would recommend watching while in an altered state of consciousness.

One thing that this movie has going for it is that it doesn't fail to surprise. With every single passing minute I just keep thinking "it can't get worse than this, now can it?" Oh, yes it can and it does so progressively.

If you start counting "cinema sins" you'd probably come the conclusion that this movie is a demon from hell.

Don't watch it. Just don't. There's nothing to gain and there are better bad movies to waste your time on.

For a movie released in late 2018 everything about it sucked, acting was almost as bad as some christain productions, the soundtrack was about as creative as the music you hear when your put on hold during a phone call to your family doctor, and the CGI appeared to be outsourced to some high school kids. Good luck to any potential future audience members.