Film review: How it Ends

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Cert: 15

Director: David M. Rosenthal

Screenwriter: Brooks McLaren

Starring: Theo James, Kat Graham, Nancy Sorel, Nicole Ari Parker, Forest Whitaker, Anett Rumanoczky, J.J. Ramberg, Cheryl Gensiorek, Harpreet Singh Kanda, Ron Verwymeren, RJ Fetherstonhaugh, Aaron Hughes, Lanie McAuley, Josh Cruddas, Aidan Ritchie

Running time:  1h 53min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity:
  • A couple start to kiss and he removes her blouse. Although it is dark, you can see the outline of her breast. They caress and fall on the bed on top of each other. Scene is over, implying they had sex.
  • A promiscuously dressed woman propositions a man to go in the back of his car for sex, suggestive and not seen.


Violence & Gore:
  • A woman and two men with bats demand another 2 men's car and money. In self-defense, a man pulls out a gun and scares his assailants away.
  • A man in a stolen police car pulls over the two main characters, after trying to escape, the main characters engage in a gun battle with the fake cop, cars slam in to each other and the characters fire guns at each other. It ends with the enemy car crashing. One character is seen with a little blood and a minor head wound.
  • The main characters witness a violent car accident, and car flips over multiple times. When the characters check for victims, most are dead, one is shown covered in blood and with a graphic head wound. Another dies in agony as the characters are forced to leave him behind.
  • Two men with shotguns ambush and point their guns at the main characters, a brief scuffle breaks out, people punch each other and hit one another with the stocks of their shotguns.
  • After shooting out the tires of a car filled with gas thieves, the car flips over several times, and later explodes, presumably killing everyone inside.
  • To treat a man's collapsed lung, another performs a medical procedure, a close up shot of a long needle being push into the man's chest, and once through the needle spits out a mist of blood from his lung.
  • During another confrontation on the road, guns are fired and several people on motorcycles are violently ran off the road.


Profanity: Variations of "f" words throughout. Use of "a**hole" and "sh*t".
Lots of the F word and some of the S word.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: A couple scenes features some characters having a social drink.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Several scenes of people robbing each other at gunpoint, vehicle crashes, a few dead bodies but the bodies do not look very scary. A few scenes of someone shooting at others. One particular scene shows a man shooting and presumably killing another man at pretty close range.



Story: A desperate man tries to return home to his pregnant fiancĂ©e after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos

Like: I honest after watching this film and seeing all the reviews i honest dont think some people get what this films is because they're saying there is no ending, see this is the whole point of actually paying attention to a film details. The film isnt a character drive film its more of a plot driven film where the title of the film explains what the film is, especial with the ending, its a perfect ending for what the Films title is explain what is happening in the film. 

Theo James and Forest Whitaker give great performance throughout this film, giving character trying to survive and get to a woman they both care about. The film shows just how bad it can truly get when the world is falling apart, if people think the world will help each other hide behind this rosy tint glass your mistaken, people will become their true primal selfs where most everyone will be out for themselves it will become a savage world where people will do anything to survive.

This is what this film absolute shows, as thing seem normal at first then things start to happen to until the film final reveal a Apocalyptic disaster globally with cities in ruin, burning forest and ash falling from the sky which gives the audience a sense of what is happening.

In a way the film is a metaphor of it own title, so is it worth watching yes if it your type of film that you dont need all the question answered you might enjoy the film.   

Dislikes: In some way i do think this film could do with some sequel to see how everything plays out, but i think the title of the film explains it perfect that the world has come to end.

Overall: Good acting, story that pretty much explain itself, good ending

Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 8.7 out of 10 for concept




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