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.

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.

Good premise and similar to other dystopian stories. Sadly this film has more holes in the plot than Swiss cheese. This is my favorite genre so despite the poor reviews gave it a shot.

There is zero continuity of camera lens and/or editing software. It changes from color, to very grey to black and white. Those changes aren't tied to a story arc or flashback, just happen.

When I'm the house, the camera couldn't be any closer to the actors unless they were carrying the cameras. Quick cuts, poor editing, bad angles with a side of Blair Witch project filming.

If this was a senior film project it would deserve a B+ as a commercial film it's a solid D.

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.

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