Matt-Dawg420 Review of Japan Sinks: 2020

Japan Sinks: 2020 (2020)

A good natural-disaster, bring-family-together series

[8/10 · 18 February 2021]

I've recently seen this pop up when I opened Netflix and I will say, it's not a bad show. Being only 10 episode long, it does bring all the "natural disaster tropes" into one short series. Step 1: Disaster hits and the family is all spread out. Step 2: Family comes together and figures out how to survive. Step 3: along the way a parent dies in an unforeseen accident. Step 4: the remaining family struggles with the loss while trying to stay strong. Step 5: the family come across other survivors (some good, some bad) and form a bigger group. Step 6: the group comes to know of a "safe haven" which turns out to be a cult. Step 7: disaster hits the safe haven and the group makes a hasty escape. Step 8: the group learns of an evacuation process and tries to make it to the evac point. Step 9: the group finds another way to escape together when the "big disaster" finally hits. Step 10: after being separated (again) the group comes together after a few days apart. Step 11: the final parent dies saving the group and gives them a chance to escape and live. All in all, I find Japan Sinks 2020 to be a visually stunning and heart-wrenching show. A show about struggles, hardships, sacrifices, community and surviving to show that no matter what happens, it's family and friends you meet along the way to help you in trying times.