A while back I posted this thread about an Australian movie called 'The Rover'. It certainly isn't a 'happy' film, but I enjoyed it.
The other night I watched another depressing apocalyptic Australian Movie 'These Final Hours'.
I cannot really recommend it, I didn't enjoy it so much, mostly because I didn't care about most of characters, still it was well filmed and the plot certainly asked some interesting questions.
The gist is that a huge asteroid, several kilometres across is going to hit the Earth, Nasa and the rest swing into action to break the thing up. They fail and film begins ten minutes after the object lands somewhere in the North Atlantic.
A huge firestorm sweeps out from from the impact point and will eventually circle the globe wiping out all life on the planet.
The events of the film take place in Perth, Australia, which has twelve hours to wait before the firestorm arrives. As the film progresses intermittent radio broadcasts indicate the destruction of Europe, North America etc.
Of course knowing that the end is near everyone gathers their loved ones to them and sits down to quietly contemplate the end...
...of course they don't it all goes to hell in a bucket and the worst aspects of humanity come to the fore.
Here is the trailer.
[video=youtube;QaoF6byFQFU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaoF6byFQFU[/video]
The other night I watched another depressing apocalyptic Australian Movie 'These Final Hours'.
I cannot really recommend it, I didn't enjoy it so much, mostly because I didn't care about most of characters, still it was well filmed and the plot certainly asked some interesting questions.
The gist is that a huge asteroid, several kilometres across is going to hit the Earth, Nasa and the rest swing into action to break the thing up. They fail and film begins ten minutes after the object lands somewhere in the North Atlantic.
A huge firestorm sweeps out from from the impact point and will eventually circle the globe wiping out all life on the planet.
The events of the film take place in Perth, Australia, which has twelve hours to wait before the firestorm arrives. As the film progresses intermittent radio broadcasts indicate the destruction of Europe, North America etc.
Of course knowing that the end is near everyone gathers their loved ones to them and sits down to quietly contemplate the end...
...of course they don't it all goes to hell in a bucket and the worst aspects of humanity come to the fore.
Here is the trailer.
[video=youtube;QaoF6byFQFU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaoF6byFQFU[/video]
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