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Watched this after Super Bowl 53 knowing it was going to be terrible. I never laughed so hard watching my city of Riverside, CA be destroyed. Then you take a chopper from March Air Force Base trying to save you family LOL. Then there is lava going down Magnolia Ave. I was so entertained by not how bad it was but by how my city gets destroyed and it being better than watching the Super Bowl.

If you're looking for a good disaster film, this is not it, however if you're looking for something to laugh at, then it's a good choice.

The writing was absolutely ridiculous and the CGI, I have no words.

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It was so very kind of the lava to stop flowing while Father and Daughter had a pointless convesation in the front yard while the house behind them continued to fall down, possibly with her friend/friend's family still trapped inside.

THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE. I REALLY HOPE THEY MAKE A SEQUEL. THE ACTING WAS TOP NOTCH AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE SPECIAL EFFECTS. THE ACTING WAS GREAT AND I WAS SO ENGROSSED BY THE STORY. IT WAS SO DRAMATIC. THESE ACTORS DESERVE AN OSCAR. THE BEST SCENE WAS THE LAST SCENE. IT WAS SO WELL PUT TOGETHER. A REAL CLIFFHANGER. ALSO FOR A SEQUEL THEY NEED TO ADD SHARKS OR SOMETHING OR LIKE SOME CRAZY DISEASE THAT MAKES PEOPLE INTO ZOMBIES. I WAS REALLY GLAD THEY SHOWED HOW DESTRUCTIVE LAVA IS. BUT OUR 4 HEROES SURVIVED THAT, BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, AND ELECTROCUTED. I am not sure why everyone gave this movie such low ratings. I loved it. It delivered on what I was expecting and the main older actors came through perfectly. The daughter got on my nerves. She asked too many dumb questions and instead of keeping the pace to get to the caves, she seemed to whine a lot. The son was also excellent. That is why 10/10 stars was received from me. The movie was very entertaining and it delivered. GO TRUMP.

END OF THE WORLD is another cheesy, unintentionally hilarious disaster movie from those hardworking folk at The Asylum. Once again it follows the same cookie-cutter template as the rest of this studio's disaster flicks: a top scientist is ignored by their peers and forced to rush their family to a place of safety when disaster strikes. This one has an all-round string of disasters rocking everywhere, so expect heroic death, exploding vehicles, and as much zero budget destruction as is humanly possible on a budget stretching to around a hundred bucks. Ludicrous overemoting, slow motion, bad writing and mindless plotting are the order of the day here, so accompanying alcohol is advised.

This is the standard Asylum formula for the end of the world disaster. World coming to an end, the family is divided and then try to get together. Only a family member knows what is going on or can save the world. The military is involved and this time it is Sallieu Sesay instead on John Rhys-Davies. For some reason, a defibrillator used over the clothes missed the feature.

The picture opens with a solar storm warning. CME stands for Coronal Mass Ejection. California has an earthquake, volcano, sinkhole, and CG fire. Mom tries to get everyone into caves for the coming earthquakes. We do get to see someone pushed out of the way of a lightning bolt (about 1/3 of the speed of light...think fast!)

Not as good as the ones with ice in them or Gimli.

No swearing, sex, or nudity.

Is there anything good about this movie. Some of it wasn't that bad. The Science behind the theme. But that is about it.

The parents are truly bad parents. How can you raise kids who become idiots at the peak of a disaster? The boy is semi useful but not until three quarters of the movie is done with. The girl should have just died. She was that bad. It is a wonder she didn't get her dad killed during all of her freeze ups and cries of "I'm scared." Seriously girl. Move it or lose it. People like this are going to die even if you have someone looking out for them. Very few young people are this helpless.

The Main Character. Her focus is all over the place. Save your family, no save as many people as possible. Go to the caves for safety, no go to the military base to go to the caves for safety. She ignores the Mayor's assistant when all of the disasters start to come and fails to alert her she should at least go to a military base if it gets worse. But during the movie she stops to help three people in the middle of an earthquake? She seems like she has common sense one minute than overwhelmed by emotions he next. It is hard to identify with her.

Her Husband. Really. Ex military and you didn't teach your kids to have a sense of survival skills? Your motto is never give up but that seems to be your kids first choice is to cover their head and hope for the best.

Brother... Your dependence on your mom is not healthy. You look like your a man but act like your 12. Did you not learn anything from your father?

Sister. My God she makes me want to throw up. I would have slapped her twelve times over. As you stand there doing nothing the lava, Lighting, floods and earthquakes are getting closer. What do you not understand here?

All of this is the writers fault. Human beings are meant to be survivors. While you are having the kids be weak for drama sake, you are frustrating your audience who want to see action from people not from the CGI. CGI is used to heighten the movie not be the movie.

At some point the kids are going to have survival mode kick in. I would wager is would have been much much sooner than this. Teens would have been on those streets in those cars of theirs racing to get out of the city. Traffic should have been featured in all of this. How can streets be empty at one point than you see only a few cars in the background? Where are the police and emergency services? Whoever wrote the screenplay on this shouldn't be allowed to ever write for another movie ever again.

I am not sure why everyone gave this movie such low ratings. I loved it. It delivered on what I was expecting and the main older actors came through perfectly. The daughter got on my nerves. She asked too many dumb questions and instead of keeping the pace to get to the caves, she seemed to whine a lot. The son was also excellent. That is why 9/10 stars was received from me. The movie was very entertaining and it delivered.