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:

Конец дня

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

Johnny Strong used a similar rifle, an M14 in the movie Black Hawk Down

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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

Decent

Imo this movie certainly deserve more than 5.

Yes, it looks cheap in many places but it also has redeeming qualities. Basically, everything that comes out of this movie is never very good and in some instances it is really lacking, but overall it is enjoyable.

The characters are very numerous and we don't get to know them very well. They will mostly stay complete strangers to the audience until the end. Even the main protagonist is that way. But on the other hand, they aren't ''flat'',''idiotic'',''generic'' characters (minus the ''BADASS'' hero), they still have decent lines and interactions among each others.

The camera quality though suffers from the low-budget thingy and gives that cheap impression to the movie. While the set is decent>good, the costumes are very authentic, same for the makeup, and the casting (when it comes to visual). Just to explain my thoughts on that, there is a pattern in recent movie where every character is a teenager, with a stupid makeup and a stupid face (I am sure its about makeup and light), a good case is the recent Warcraft.

I do think that the plot is sometimes inconsistent, and that they chose to film some scenes just for the sake of having those scenes in the final cut. Worst, the same is true for some characters: there is clearly one character that is just there to make one scene happens and that afterward becomes completely useless; that can probably be true in other movies, but here it is quite shocking in the sense that everything might indicates that this characters is important or will become important later on. Which never happens, it's just a filler.

My review might look ''weak'' because it doesn't manage to underline the inner qualities or deficiencies of the movie, but it is only because the movie is that way. There is nothing really shiny about it, and although it has deficiencies in certain areas, I still think that it provides for an overall agreeable watch. Despite its faults there is a sense of authenticity that helps build intensity. I have to say, the final-final scene also made me sweat, which doesn't happen so much to me in other movies.

I wish they had a better writer for the characters and plot development, otherwise they still have a decent man capable of taking care of the ambiances&atmosphere; the general ideas are there, it's just that tiny bit of execution and cleverness that is lacking.

To summarize + Costumes/guns/(visual)casting + Intensity + Gunfights ain't bad - Gunfights sometimes feel a bit repetitive and sometimes idiotic - this cheap ''look'' of the camera - some inconsistencies in the plot or some scenes (but that would require spoilers to elaborate) - characters development really lacking