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Countdown

  • 2019
  • PG-13
  • 1h 30m
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Countdown (2019)
When a young nurse downloads an app that claims to predict exactly 
when a person is going to die, it tells her she only has three days to live.  With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
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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 fi... Read allWhen 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.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.

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    • Justin Dec
  • Writer
    • Justin Dec
  • Stars
    • Elizabeth Lail
    • Jordan Calloway
    • Talitha Eliana Bateman
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    • Director
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    • Writer
      • Justin Dec
    • Stars
      • Elizabeth Lail
      • Jordan Calloway
      • Talitha Eliana Bateman
    • 454User reviews
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    • 31Metascore
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    Elizabeth Lail
    Elizabeth Lail
    • Quinn Harris
    Jordan Calloway
    Jordan Calloway
    • Matt Monroe
    Talitha Eliana Bateman
    Talitha Eliana Bateman
    • Jordan Harris
    • (as Talitha Bateman)
    Peter Facinelli
    Peter Facinelli
    • Dr. Sullivan
    Dillon Lane
    Dillon Lane
    • Evan
    Tichina Arnold
    Tichina Arnold
    • Nurse Amy
    Tom Segura
    Tom Segura
    • Derek
    Lana McKissack
    Lana McKissack
    • Rachel
    Anne Winters
    Anne Winters
    • Courtney
    Matt Letscher
    Matt Letscher
    • Charlie
    P.J. Byrne
    P.J. Byrne
    • Father John
    • (as PJ Byrne)
    Valente Rodriguez
    Valente Rodriguez
    • Father David
    Louisa Abernathy
    Louisa Abernathy
    • Mrs. Talbot
    Charlie McDermott
    Charlie McDermott
    • Scott
    Jonny Berryman
    Jonny Berryman
    • Jeff
    Cornell Adams
    Cornell Adams
    • Dave
    John Bishop
    John Bishop
    • Gerry
    Allen Zwolle
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    • Writer
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    • Trivia
      The app featured in the film actually exists. It is owned by the studio and was used to promote the film. If you download it, it gives you a time until death. But if you delete it and download it again, it gives you a different time.
    • Goofs
      ##Spoilers## Quin is given an injection in the arm to revive her after death. Since her heart would have stopped upon death her circulatory system would no longer work. Therefore, anything injected after death would remain at the injection point and never reach the vital organs to revive them.
    • 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.

    • Crazy credits
      There is a mid-credits scene of the tech salesman's Tinder date.
    • Connections
      Featured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Countdown (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      We Bad, We Know
      Written by Spencer Bastian (as William Spencer Bastian) and Samuel Martin

      Performed by ZOI, BiFox

      Courtesy of ZOI Music

    User reviews454

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    7/10
    A nice surprise of modern Horror comes in a tale of classic 90s genre art
    This horror film does a surprising amount right, despite the attacks that modern times are not only inflicting on entertainment arts and pop culture. The basic idea (minus the cellphones and apps) could also have originated in the 90s, the jump scares aren't over the top and feel appropriate, the brutality of modern exaggerations gives way to the classic approach of not showing too much, but certainly not too little. The balance that director Justin Dec finds and implements in this film is an increasingly unusual sight. The effects are well done, the supernatural is well staged and the humor relies on lovingly written supporting characters who shine with dialogues that you can hardly find anywhere in films these days.

    The actors are all okay to good. Elizabeth Lail in particular plays her role of a rather shy but quite powerful woman very believably. Jordan Calloway is okay, if a bit pale, and Talitha Bateman is at times a little over-the-top in her role. Byrne and Segura show that they have a little more experience in the film business and are small highlights in their very comedic supporting roles. Facinelli also plays his role as a secondary antagonist appropriately, if not particularly multifaceted.

    The film might open up one or two secondary storylines, but doesn't let them distract it from its path, instead integrating them for the most part appropriately into the main storyline. This is interesting with its intersection of religious horror and modern technology, which often proves to be quite real horror of its own kind. The quiet narrative style is impressive, the mixture of frightening scenes and a good horror staging, which can be found in quieter moments, the conveyed film feeling, which through cinematography, lighting and scenery seems like a journey through time to better times in film history and the short playing time, the one really good pacing favors such a storyline.

    Director Dec's feature film debut comes as a bit of a surprise. Although this is not a film that can be found in the ranks of great films of the genre, it is definitely a nice popcorn cinema that is fun and shows on many levels what so many modern productions lack: passion for the genre, a feeling for atmosphere and the courage not to take yourself too seriously.
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    • Release date
      • October 25, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Ứng Dụng Tử Thần
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • STX Films
      • Wrigley Pictures
      • Two Grown Men
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $25,621,766
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,865,082
      • Oct 27, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $48,021,766
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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