Daylight's End (2016)

Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in ... See full summary »

Director:

William Kaufman

Writer:

Chad Law

Stars:

Johnny Strong, Lance Henriksen, Louis Mandylor

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johnny Strong	...	Rourke
Lance Henriksen	...	Frank
Louis Mandylor	...	Ethan
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	Chris
Krzysztof Soszynski	...	Alpha
Chris Kerson	...	Dugan
Chelsea Edmundson	...	Sam
Gary Cairns	...	Drew
Mark Hanson	...	Burton
Heather Kafka	...	Earnesta
Sonny Puzikas	...	Vlad
Farah White	...	Annabelle
Ed Spila	...	Bishop
Matt Beckham	...	Harker
Susana Gibb	...	Madeline

Storyline

Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.

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Plot Keywords:

police station | revenge | grenade | suicide | death | 

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Taglines:

The apocalypse was just the beginning

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 2016 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

O Fim do Dia

Filming Locations:

Dallas Municipal Building - 106 South Harwood, Dallas, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Throttle Films,Indigo Pictures,Alternate Ending Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

D-Cinema 96kHz 5.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A plan by the survivors in the movie was to make it to the southern tip of the Baja peninsula because the zombies could not walk that far in under one day. At the beginning of the movie, Rourke (Johnny Strong) comes across a zombie girl holed up at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert inside of a freezer just after sunrise. The scene suggests it would have taken too long for the zombie to reach another city in less than a day.

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Goofs

When Frank is delivering an inspirational speech to the surviving members of the group, Sam's hat appears, then disappears, then re-appears.

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Soundtracks

Born Down
Written, Performed and Produced by Johnny Strong
From the album War Horse
Courtesy of Johnny Strong
Available at johnnystrong.com

User Reviews

Surprisingly good.....

I have to confess I came to Daylights End with very limited expectations. I was then surprised at how easily it exceeded all of them.

This is a very good film. Its intelligently written, with a implausibly plausible premise and down to earth, honest characterizations, that lend this film a certain maturity. It reminiscent of films like 28 Days Later and whilst it has a B budget, still manages to hand in an A grade performance.

The action scenes, in particular, are "polished". Clearly a lot of work went into the run and gun scenes and I suspect, a military expert was used to lend the whole thing an air of realism.

Just as surprising is the quality of acting. Pretty much everyone from Lance Henrikson, Johnny Strong and the rest of the cast hand in decent performances.

Its remarkable how much can be done with so little, whilst deep pockets Hollywood often achieves so little, with so much. Well shot, acted and directed, with a convincing story, that's very entertaining. Eight out of ten from me.