"You think I'm crazy? Well, listen up, there's a storm coming like nothing you've ever seen, and not a one of you is prepared for it"
Curtis
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| It's perfectly normal to blow the family budget on building a bunker. |
Script Logic; 2/2
Pace; 1/2
Acting; 2/2
Aesthetic; 2/2
Originality & Intention; 2/2
Final Score; 9/10
Final Word: On reflection, 9/10 does feel like a really high mark for a film I didn't much enjoy. Still, it's a film I'd definitely recommend, but one which you'd probably only watch once. The story concerns Curtis, as played with seething intensity by quality actor Michael Shannon (soon to be seen in Man Of Steel), a family man plagued by portentous visions of an apocalypse. However, poor Curtis struggles to convince the people he loves that his visions are real, and not the result of hereditary mental illness- and this uncertainty creates the film's tension. Through the duration of the film we witness Curtis' life coming apart at the seams and his once stable relationships unraveling while he takes desperate measures to protect his family. Although it feels perhaps twenty minutes too long the story culminates in a memorable and haunting payoff- one which I won't spoil for you here, and I recommend you don't go looking for answers online or you'll spoil the entire film. A successful but uneasy mix of drama, psychological horror and almost unbearable unease.
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