User reviews

Plot

Seven teenagers. Five months. Twenty feet underground. No exit. The gripping story of a handful of high school kids trapped in a wealthy Philadelphia family's backyard bunker.

Cast

Unfamiliar with anyone involved, but they're some of the oldest "Teenager" I've ever seen.

Verdict

I don't know why but going into Survival Box with the missus we'd found ourselves believing incorrectly that the movie fell under a certain horror sub-genre we like. Not sure what it's called, but it's where people are thrown into a deadly game such as Cube, Circle, Human Race, Would You Rather etc. Let me be clear, this is not that and in fact isn't even a horror.

A thriller following a theme that we've seen before, no really we've seen this exact movie before. We see the turmoil, we hear the angst, we witness quite frankly very little as the movie slow burns to absolutely nothing. I'd hoped that it had a surprise twist (And not an obvious one) but no it has nothing and arguably has another non-ending.

Full of unlikable characters, dull dialogue and no notable scenes this is an utter bore.

Rants

I want a doomsday bunker! I mean I don't trust society nor our governments, I already stockpile food! I'd make a great survivalist. I'm just not a gun-nut, paranoid or into conspiracy theories. In fact it's probably a bad idea anyway as I'd probably descend into my doomsday bunker, setup shop there and never come out.

Breakdown

Recycled concept Poor casting Weak characters Goes nowhere fast.

Dont normally review movies here,but felt I had too because of the 2 false 10 and 9 star reviews.. this movie is very wooden with nothing to offer that is new..the cast is very boring and drab..as others have pointed out in other reviews around,this is more like a tax write off than an effort to make a decent flick ..very sub par and not worth the time it will take to watch.

Survival Box doesn't have many if any good qualities. You are better off with a dozen different Netflix titles with similar stories.

Bad acting, bad story, so many mistakes, and pretty much nothing happens whole movie!

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!

If you are an adult, or even a remotely mature teenager, skip this. It's for kids who don't want to see, and especially not read Lord of the Flies. It's basically a re-imagining of it with less creativity, worse writing and filled with contradictions and cliches. Lord of the Flies was all about the premise of what would happen if kids were put into an almost impossible situation. This movie was made just to have another movie with a bunch of pretty young people who look like the young Jonas Brothers and Kardashian fans. But: If you like movies where you couldn't care less about ANY of the characters, you might like this. But you might also be a little dopey.

Almost everything about this movie was cringe. Acting was terrible, the directing and production was horrid, but honestly the worst part about the entire movie was actually the audio engineering. All the speaking scenes were very low so had to turn the volume up, then when the party scene began the volume was way too loud.

But somehow this movie did better than battlefield earth... how?

Let's see... 5 x 30 = 150 days... c'mon, people... it's simple math. Pffft...

Survival Box is a must see for this generation! With Trump and Kim Jong Un making the kind of statements that could start a nuclear war, this movie is a Lord of the Flies for the nuclear age, and the movie will get this generation talking about how brutal, terrifying and nasty nuclear war is. It is beautifully acted by a young ensemble and expertly directed and shot - so much so that you actually feel like you are in the bunker with those kids! intense, gripping and totally immersive viewing, this movie is an absolute standout and unlike any of the other films I've seen in this genre.

You watch a movie don't know one person acting and you want an Oscar performance.. wow really. I was intrigued and watched the movie wondering what was going to happen. So with that said I liked to movie , even what some would say slow parts . Waited to see who came out in the end .

For 250 days and more they stay inside a bunker with no exit and limited source of water and electricity and food than also their clothes are in clean condition also how ever they manage to survive

The day any sane person gives this movie anything over a 2/10, I will never watch another movie. Just terrible!

Worst movie I ever seen . Bad acting so boring and slow

Movie is well too slow start and even slower in the middle of it . Quit watching in the middle of it not my thing.

As the other person said I don't leave reviews but I was so disappointed I actually looked up this film to see what others thought . Very unbelievable doesn't seem to explain what's going on very well sort of flicks one thing to another skipping things out . Wasted an hour and half of my life . I really would skip this one if I was you

What was the point of this movie? Absolutely pathetic, even 1 star is being generous. Waste of space and time

Yep I stopped at 30 minutes..Don't waste your time..

I wish this bad meant good but this is a terrible movie. Nothing is explained, nothing is plausible and the acting is so bad that it was almost impossible to get through. Avoid this one at all costs. I can't even say to watch it just to make fun of it because there is nothing to it. Nothing in this movie ever comes close to making any kind of sense. Whoever directed this please go back to your old job.

This movie is a refreshing take in a category that has gotten stale. It was great to watch a movie that cared about the characters and connected you to them.

Who were the Executive Producers and Co-Executive Producers hired for this? Absolutely abysmal, everyone involved in this needs to take a film and acting course. My daughter can do a better job. Anyone involved in this should end their career now, this movie is clearly a resume padder for the untalented.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME! (as others have said)

2 stars......because it's a movie. And It's got....half decent bones (setting/camera-work.) The rest....wow. Truly just one messy trope cliche after another. Right off the bat, they make sure to throw in that one **** character every terrible movie has that is so far off the spectrum of a normal person it's laughable. In real life, if there were someone who is that much of a ****, people just wouldn't put up with you, let alone in a life or death end of days type scenario(He luckily doesn't have a ton of screen time). Anywho, the rest of the characters aren't much better, all falling into one or another type that has been recycled over and over again from every other poorly written movie out there. The other fun note, this bunker's automated systems kick in and seal this group inside. Yet there's about 3 seconds of them questioning whether it's maybe just a fluke. Then they all just kind of go, "yep, okay, world is over, everyone is probably dead" which would be fine if they acted ANYTHING remotely logically after that, instead it's paranoia and unexplained behavior left and right within a week or two. It's like the writers couldn't decide what each character would be...if they'd be survival experts, smart, stupid, grown ups, soap opera characters that give monologues, stoic non-emotional, hyper-emotional, or the spoiled rich kids they were supposed to be. So instead characters just change from scene to scene, thus the reasoning/thought process that you might be able to apply and fool yourself into believing to explain why a character would do something, has to switch every few moments for it to make any sense. Which becomes tiring....fast!

If you like the idea of this movie. But want something with characters who make sense with the way they are non-sensical due to circumstances. Something that is raw. Something that will leave you kind of feeling....icky. And point out what actually lies below the surface of humanity being kept in check by society. Watch a movie called The Divide. It also has an occasional meh-moment. But it literally beats this movie over the head with story/character based logic.

30 days has September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31, except February which has 29 - on a leap year 29. So I don't know what 5 months have 30 days, in a row,,,,,,,

I just have the heart to not to give this movie a 1 star...