When a nurse downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With the clock ticking and a figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
In a teenage party, a group of friends download the app Countdown that predicts when the user will die. The teenager Courtney sees that she has just a couple of hours to live and does not accept the ride of her drunken boyfriend Evan. She walks home but she is killed by a supernatural creature when the timer in her cellphone reaches zero. Meanwhile Evan crashes his car at the same time of her death and he goes to a hospital where the nurse Quinn Harris works. Evan discloses that he is afraid to go into surgery since the app Countdown predicts that he will die at the same time of the surgery. The doctors and nurses of the hospital decide to download the app and Quinn learns that she has only three days of life. When Evan mysterious dies in an accident at the hospital, Quinn buys a new cellphone and finds that the app is also installed. When she meets Matt Monroe at the parking lot of the store, she learns that his death is predicted for a couple of hours before her and they team-up to ...Written by
Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fun fact. When the app notifies the "victim," the scream you hear is from Bungie's game Destiny. It uses the scream of Omnigul. See more »
Goofs
It is not possible to unlock a phone using dead man's eye (or photo, printout, screen etc).
Applications check whether eye is real by analyzing its micro-movements. See more »
Quotes
Father John:
[from the trailer]
All we have to do is beat the clock by one second.
Father John:
If this is a curse, since they come from the devil and his demons than curses can be broken, all you have too do is prove the devil is a liar.
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Crazy Credits
The start and end credits have rolling text characters, which end up at the correct names. See more »
interesting, original concept that feels strangely applicable to our modern society. Let's be honest: if we could really download an app like this, most people would.
decent acting.
surprisingly likeable and intelligent main character, which is kind of refreshing in this genre.
not particularly scary to me but probably pretty creepy to someone who scares easily. Which is a good thing.
no inconsistencies or plot holes I could find.
What I didn't like:
unnecessary romance is unnecessary.
the comic relief priest.
the weird sexual harassment subplot. I feel like they could've done without.
bit predictable at times, clichés throughout.
a couple of dumb jump scares.
Overall not a terrible experience. Probably don't care to watch it again but if you're in the mood for a fun horror flick this'll do just fine.
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Overall not a terrible experience. Probably don't care to watch it again but if you're in the mood for a fun horror flick this'll do just fine.