Instead, the deaths are so few and far between those scenes which could’ve been scary have no teeth.
#COUNTDOWN MOVIE MOVIE#
I could see this movie adopting a slasher movie’s structure, creating tension by making the main character powerless as their friends are picked off, the whole time knowing that their time is ticking. A better movie might make up for this lack of tension by showing us side characters with countdowns shorter than Quinn’s. Knowing exactly when the characters are going to die should be a great source of tension. Photo Courtesy of The Schiller Film Group The Angel of Death himself appears in Quinn’s rearview mirror? Show me that when she has two minutes left. Quinn is haunted by visions of her dead mother? Well, she still has two days left. The film’sįundamental rules tell us that, until Quinn’s timer reaches zero, she’ll be Learn that Quinn’s app tells her she has three days to live. Countdown’s main problem becomes obvious though the second we There are much sillier premises that have led to
Named Quinn (Elizabeth Lail) downloads the app and finds she and her sister (Talithaīateman) have a scant three days left to live, she races to outrun the Angel ofĭeath and stop her countdown before it reaches zero. If a person uses this knowledge to avoid their fated demise, they breach the app’s terms of service wherein turn the victim will be tormented by the Angel of Death himself until their time runs out and their life is taken. The film centers around an app named Countdown which accurately predicts how long a person has left to live. Countdown, written and directed by Justin Dec, is a horror movie that wants to be too many things.
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