Then There Was

Yawner. Pushed no boundaries. A what could be movie about a blackout. Everything implied, nothing seen. Good cure for insomniacs.

Nothing groundbreaking. The acting is good enough and the story is decent but it seems more it should a single episode of TWD or some such show. Plot is kinda weak to carry a whole movie.

As others have said, the total breakdown of society happens extremely quick in this movie. I think that's a problem a lot of people had watching it. I get they want to push the plot along but there are also so many moments when you're telling the characters to not do something logical. Movies that have to use dumb decisions to advance the plot or unrealistic scenarios are usually lazy writers. Add in some stereotypical stuff, like a pregnant woman in an end of times movie and teenagers making bad choices that also drag it down. I did want to like this movie, and the acting was pretty good outside of one college girl, But the plot is what did it in for me. I think if it did not have the college kids it could have been saved. I guess It's okay if you are watching it for free and need a couple of hours to kill, but you will not remember this movie long after you watch it. A good movie will make you think about it afterwards, this one just made me mad I watched it and wasted two hours. Especially the ending.

This film needed to be massively edited. The problem was the writer clearly had some kind of ego trip that they didn't their cut out what they thought was significant and important content, which in truth was boring and pointless mundane and lame.

The girls were just unwatchable.

Actually, every character was pathetic.

I have no idea what the point was, other than "guns bad".

The writers and everyone involved in this dogs breakfast should be ashamed. So much potential ruined by amateur skills surpassed by inflated ego.

Any review over 3 is someone attached to the film.

So much potential, ruined by amateurs resorting to cliches, 1 dimensional characters and pointless, repugnant side stories.

I am scatching because I know they are reading this and they deserve it. Well edited, if I were the editor I would not want my name attached to this film

The Blackout is a well-crafted film from the start about a global blackout and its impact on one local area. The acting is superb and there is ample tension throughout its duration. It bogs down a little at times with mundane dialogue, but overall the pacing is good. The film is a study of human behavior during a time of serious crisis and it plays out in a fairly realistic manner. There is an obvious anti-gun bias evident, especially at the end of the film, where it seems that everything would be fine if there were no guns. Well, realistically, in a global blackout that lasted for any extended period, everything would not be fine--guns or no guns. In a world so dependent on modern contraptions and conveniences, most of us would not know how to survive in their absence--not for long anyway. In the end, it is a good film, but personally I could do without the political message.