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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869

Plot: Zac wakes up from a failed suicide attempt to find himself alone on earth. Eventually he finds two more survivors; the only link between the three is that they all were at the moment of death at 6:12 AM, when Operation Flashlight occurred.

Realism: Excellent

Length: 1:31

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Without a doubt, my absolute favourite!

Since Operation Flashlight is never fully explained, it does not contradict science, so this certainly is feasible.

Not an action-packed movie, it's more of a thinking-man's film. Goes into a great exploration of the human psyche and how isolation would affect a person.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/5002/life-after-people

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Documentary

Realism: Excellent

Length: 2 seasons, 20 episodes

Comments: great documentary of what would happen if all the people disappeared

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/470/the-prisoner

Plot: The Prisoner is a unique piece of television. It addresses issues such as personal identity and freedom, democracy, education, scientific progress, art and technology, while still remaining an entertaining drama series. Over seventeen episodes we witness a war of attrition between the faceless forces behind 'The Village' (a Kafkaesque community somewhere between Butlins and Alcatraz) and its most strong willed inmate, No. 6. who struggles ceaselessly to assert his individuality while plotting to escape from his captors.

Length: 1 season, 17 episodes

Comments: While this is not a post-apocalyptic show, you should watch it. In fact, everyone should watch it. It's probably the single greatest TV series ever produced. An excellent study of the human mind, and identity.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1062/survivors

Plot: Set in the 2000s, the series focuses on a group of ordinary people who survive the aftermath of a devastating viral pandemic – referred to as European flu – which kills most of the world's population by causing cytokine storms in the body's immune system. The series sees the characters struggling against terrible dangers in a world with no society, no police, and no law, led by the de facto matriarch of the group, Abby Grant.

Realism: Excellent

Length: 2 seasons, 12 episodes.

Comments: 2008 UK drama series about a group of survivors of a viral pandemic. I really enjoyed this series, and was disappointed that it wasn't continued further.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137

Plot: After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Realism: Very good

Length: 2:14

Comments: Watch this 1959 version. The 2000 version sucks!

Good re-telling of the book.

The scientific aspect, with the fallout spreading globally and wiping out all life is not too accurate, but the story seems to be a fairly accurate representation of impending doom and how people react to it.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099731

Plot: In a dystopian near-future, the totalitarian and Christian-fundamentalist government of Gilead rules the former United States amidst an ongoing civil war and subjugates women, who are not allowed to work, control money, or even read. Widespread infertility due to environmental contamination has resulted in the conscription of young fertile women—called Handmaids, according to biblical precedent—who are assigned to the homes of the elite, where they must have ritualized sex with the men in order to become pregnant and bear children for those men and their wives.

Realism: Excellent

Length: 1:49

Comments: Great exploration of the very-near future USA as religious nut-jobs have taken over - A bit rushed, but if you want the whole story in an hour and half, go for it.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/16579/the-handmaids-tale

Plot: In a dystopian near-future, the totalitarian and Christian-fundamentalist government of Gilead rules the former United States amidst an ongoing civil war and subjugates women, who are not allowed to work, control money, or even read. Widespread infertility due to environmental contamination has resulted in the conscription of young fertile women—called Handmaids, according to biblical precedent—who are assigned to the homes of the elite, where they must have ritualized sex with the men in order to become pregnant and bear children for those men and their wives.

Realism: Scarily accurate!!

Length: 5 seasons, 56 episodes.

Comments: Closer adaptation to the original book. The US Republicans are currently in the process of converting the USA into Gilead!

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097162

Plot: After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.

Realism: Excellent

Length: 1:36

Comments: Not really post-apocalyptic, but great portrayal of surviving life at sea with no police around

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/13152/aftermath

Plot:

Documentary

Realism: Very Good

Length: 1 season, 5 episodes

Comments: This series is pretty good. It surmises 5 catastrophes, and how they would likely affect human kind.

Fairly accurate representation should those events happen, I just don't think those are likely scenarios.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074380

Plot: A farmer struggles to keep food on the table, and regain his son who has joined a gang of marauding city-folk during the world's worst famine.

Realism: Excellent

Length: 1:27

Comments: Deadly Harvest is not a big-budget film. I liked it when I first saw it, and found it to be a fairly realistic portrayal of a famine. Filmed in and around my home town of Toronto, so it gets points for that.

Worth watching.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3349356

Plot:

Docu-Drama

Realism: Excellent

Length: 1:32

Comments: Presented in a "found footage" format, with most of the filming (supposedly) done by the citizens on cell-phones and camcorders. Mixed with archival footage of events like Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Katrina, the 2003 Eastern US blackout, and footage of President Obama addressing the nation.

Probably one of the most realistic representations of an apocalypse scenario. A cyber-attack shuts down the power across the entire USA, with the resulting loss of fuel, water, and food.

There are some bits that are questionable, mostly around the group stuck in the elevator at the university. Once they go up to the roof of the elevator, the cables are clean and shiny. That's not how elevator cables are. They are greased, so they'd be black and yucky. Plus the roof would be covered in dust and dirty. The more inexplicable point though is that there are apparently no doors on any of the floors above the elevator. In reality, they'd only need to climb up 1/2 to 1 floor to reach the next level, and open the doors. If you've ever seen the inside of the elevator doors, you will see that they are fairly easy to open. All they'd need do is try and pull the doors open and see the lever bars that are locking them shut. Simply push the lever and the doors will unlock and slid open easily.

For the family that headed to their bug-out, bringing along the boyfriend, who then betrays them, is an old trope. And the last minute stand-off, saved by the ringing phone is also a bit of a cliche.

So I have some complaints, but overall, it's an excellent representation of how things would likely go down.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501

Plot: In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

Realism: Pretty good...

Length: 1:28

Comments: The Mad Max series was instrumental in me becoming a survivalist, and will always be a favourite.

By the time Beyond Thunderdome came out I had realized that in a true post-apocalyptic world, the only safe place would be on a sailboat.

Mad Max is the least apocalyptic of the three movies, as it takes place a short time in the future, technically 'pre-apocalyptic'. The world still exists as today, but is breaking down, and a good insight into how the world could fail.

All three of these movies are "classics" in the post-apocalyptic genre, and a must see.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082694

Plot: In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.

Realism: Pretty good...

Length: 1:36

Comments: The Mad Max series was instrumental in me becoming a survivalist, and will always be a favourite.

By the time Beyond Thunderdome came out I had realized that in a true post-apocalyptic world, the only safe place would be on a sailboat.

The Road Warrior is probably the least realistic as Humongous (the Warrior of the Wasteland, the Ayatollah of Rock & Roll'a), has a plentiful supply of fuel already as his gang can roam freely.

The film's comic-book post-apocalyptic style affectionately dubbed "diesel punk" popularized the post-apocalyptic genre in film and fiction writing.

All three of these movies are "classics" in the post-apocalyptic genre, and a must see.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089530

Plot: After being exiled from the most advanced town in post-apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.

Realism: Pretty good...

Length: 1:46

Comments: The Mad Max series was instrumental in me becoming a survivalist, and will always be a favourite.

By the time Beyond Thunderdome came out I had realized that in a true post-apocalyptic world, the only safe place would be on a sailboat.

Beyond Thunderdome has some fairly realistic ideas going for it.

• Max's truck is pulled by camels, as the fuel seems to be completely gone.
• Bartertown runs on methane powered generators.
• The water-seller is trying to sell radioactive contaminated water.
• Even ammunition is in short supply and mostly old and decrepit.
• The airplane kids have their own quasi-religion formed, and act believably given the situation. For example, Gekko (with the "sonic") walks with a limp, has a splint on his leg, and uses a crutch to walk. Obviously he suffered a broken leg, and before leaving, the adults told him to use the crutch and keep the splint on. Despite being long healed, he still follows the instructions he was given.

Overall, a fairly realistic representation.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/19540/ark-ii

Plot: Three young scientists travel around the country in the 25th century after the world has been ravaged by pollution. In their hi-tech RV (called Ark II), they study the land and help out those in need.

Realism: Not really...

Length: 1 season, 15 episodes

Comments: It's a 70's kid's show.. what do you want. At 10 years of age, I loved it, so there's the nostalgia factor for me.

Would I watch it now if I found it for the first time? Hard to say...

If you're looking for high action, or hard post-apocalyptic, this will fall far short. But if you take it as a kid's show, it's pleasurable and entertaining.

Probably the 100% coolest thing about the show is that they had a REAL WORKING JETPACK! The producers were able to get a Bell Labs jetpack and pilot for a day. They dressed up the pilot like Noah, and spent the day filming him flying around different areas. These shots were then edited into episodes to further the story lines. As a kid I was amazed and wondered what movie-magic they had used... my closest guess was the actor was suspended from a crane and they edited out the support cable. But the truth is even more exciting!

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675192

Plot: Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

Realism: Excellent

Length: 2:01

Comments: The story follows a man (Curtis) as his mind begins to be consumed by prepping for an apocalypse.

A good watch, and helpful to make sure you're not falling into the patterns that Curtis did.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367

Plot: In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.

Realism: Very Good

Length: 1:51

Comments: The disaster that caused the world to change is never explained. But the author mentioned that he researched asteroid impacts before writing it. The events in the movie seem to support that.

Given that, the events are fairly realistic. Although I don't think all the insects and animals would have died, and yet there would still be so many people about. Even without vegetation, there should be plenty of insects, and with all the dead, plenty of vermin.

That aside, the movie is a good portrayal of the decay of society and what you'd likely see within the countries.

Definitely worth watching.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/237/revolution

Plot: What would you do without it all? In this epic adventure, a family struggles to reunite in an American landscape void of electricity: a world of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters, where every single piece of technology -- computers, planes, cars, phones, even lights -- has mysteriously blacked out forever.

Realism: Pretty good...

Length: 2 seasons, 42 episodes

Comments: I watched it when it came out, and remember that I liked it. I'll rewatch it soon and write a better review.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/620/the-last-man-on-earth

Plot: The Last Man on Earth is a single-camera comedy chronicles the life and adventures of an average guy - and humanity's last hope - who discovers what life is like when no one is telling you what you can and cannot do.

Realism: Pretty good...

Length: 4 seasons, 67 episodes

Comments: Post-apocalyse, and comedy. It's a hard task to mix two distinct genres, but they manage to pull it off with this series.

Unfortunately, COVID caused an interruption in filming after season 4, and the series was then dropped.

If you enjoy dark comedy, this is the series for you.

I'm going to include a bit of a spoiler here. I'm only including this spoiler because it's not in the series, and only would have been revealed in the next season.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1752/the-starlost

Plot: Foreseeing the destruction of the Earth, humanity builds a multi-generational starship called Earthship Ark, 80 kilometres (50 mi) wide and 320 kilometres (200 mi) long. The ship contains dozens of biospheres, each kilometres across and housing people of different cultures; their goal is to find and seed a new world of a distant star. More than one hundred years into the voyage, an unexplained accident occurs, and the ship goes into emergency mode, whereby each biosphere is sealed off from the others. Four hundred and five years after the accident, Devon (Keir Dullea) a resident of Cypress Corners, a conservative agrarian community with a culture resembling that of the Amish, discovers that his world is far larger and more mysterious than he had realized. Considered an outcast because of his questioning of the way things are, especially his refusal to accept the arranged marriage of his love Rachel (Gay Rowan) to his friend Garth (Robin Ward), Devon finds the Cypress Corners elders have been deliberately manipulating the local computer terminal, which they call "The Voice of The Creator". The congregation pursues Devon for attacking the elders and stealing a computer cassette on which they have recorded their orders, and its leaders plot to execute him, but the elderly Abraham, who also questions the elders, gives Devon a key to a dark, mysterious doorway, which Abraham himself is afraid to enter. The frightened Devon escapes into the service areas of the ship and accesses a computer data station that explains the nature and purpose of the Ark and hints at its problems.

Realism: Pretty good...

Length: 1 season, 16 episodes

Comments: Old Canadian Sci-fi series about a group living on a generation ship where all the crew have died. They are on the ship due to some apocalyptic event back on Earth. Then there's a disaster on the ship which killed all the crew (hundreds of years before the start of the show).

So in the end, it's post-apocalyse, on a spaceship built due to a post-apocalypse!

I've always been a fan of sci-fi, and post-apocalytic, so this is a great combination for me.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101700

Plot: French comedy/drama about small town post-apocalypse

Length: 1:39

Comments: One of the greatest sex scenes ever filmed! (no, there's no porno)

Will definitely make you think twice about wanting to live in a post-apocalyptic scenario!

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055894

Plot: After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.

Length: 1:33

Comments: It's been years since I watched this, so I can't rate it's realism. The book is excellent, and this is a good adaptation of the book.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808

Plot: Corporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Realism: Suprisingly good

Length: 1:24

Comments: Looks a heck of a lot like Trump's 2024 campaign!

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756

Plot: In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and its creatures, so decides to take matters into his own hands to protect what he loves.

Realism: Seems possible

Length: 1:29

Comments: More of a sci-fi than pure post-apocalypse as it takes place on a spaceship. 

It's a slow-moving film, not a lot of action, but good storyline. A thinking-man's movie.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723

Plot: A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

Realism: Seems possible

Length: 1:37

Comments: More dystopian Sci-Fi that Post Apocalypse

A little far-fetched... but with all the additives in today's food, it's not beyond the realm of possibilities.

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URL: https://www.tvtime.com/pt/show/269060

Plot:

Documentary

Realism: Excellent

Length: 2 seasons, 20 episodes

Comments: A documentary series about how climate change is currently changing our environment. Told from the perspective of the people who are seeing the changes and how it's affecting them.

A good learning tool to show that climate change is happening, and what we can expect as climate change continues to worsen.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/4551/mega-disasters

Plot:

Documentary

Realism: Very good

Length: 3 seasons, 38 episodes

Comments: Most of the episodes are fairly good representations of possible disaster scenarios.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1607542

Plot: A docudrama about a family in LA that is trying to survive the breakdown of society, law, and order after a flu pandemic kills half the people on Earth.

Realism: Very good

Length: 1:27

Comments: This was a pretty good movie. For amateurs, they did decently.

I would have made a lot of different decisions, and it should be obvious that some of their choices were bad ones. But I suppose they did well considering they are not preppers or survivalists, and seem to have given it no forethought.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043

Plot: Jim has had an accident and is in a coma. A highly contagious, aggression-inducing virus called the rage virus is accidentally unleashed in Great Britain.

Realism: Excellent

Length: 1:53

Comments: Sort of a zombie movie, but without the dead rising. Overall, very good and realistic.

A few minor complaints:

• Why would anyone drive through the tunnel?
• You can not drive over other cars unless you are in a monster truck, and even then it's stupid thing to do.
• Why do you need to climb under a car to change a tire?
• Why do the infected stop attacking as soon as they bite you? Why not continue to attack and kill their victim?
• The soldiers do not act very professional. Post-SHTF or not, they do not act the way you would expect professional soldiers to behave. (My personal opinion).

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114898

Plot: In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw "smokers," and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land.

Realism: Zero

Length: 2:15

Comments: Totally unrealistic, but it takes place on the oceans, and I live on a catamaran... has to be on my list!

Basically Postman, but on water.

Kevin Costner is a lone hero, travelling the wastelands. He comes upon a small community and offers to help. They offer up their daughter in payment, but the good hero refuses to accept her. In the end, he single-handedly fights off an army of ruffians, and saves everyone. Then the loner fades off back into the wastelands...

Wait... was that the description for The Postman, or Waterworld?

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190

Plot: In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max.

Realism: Not very

Length: 2:00

Comments: Not realistic, but a decent action film.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12037194

Plot: The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.

Realism: Not very

Length: 2:28

Comments: Not realistic, but a decent action film.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099197

Plot: A non-NATO nuclear missile is fired from Turkey at USSR, where it detonates. Soviet response is automatic as it's seen as a NATO missile. Can continued escalation be avoided? We follow the US president and a bomber crew.

Realism: Seems possible

Length: 1:40

Comments: Four people...

Three Minutes...

Two Choices...

One chance for survival...

The countdown is on!

Not a fabulous movie, but always made it into my video collection, and worth a watch.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456941

Plot: When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight.

Realism: So-so

Length: 1:44

Comments: Along the same lines as Red Dawn, but a bit more realistic.

Still rather silly in it's premise, but a decent action film.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1449/life-below-zero

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Documentary

Realism: Excellent

Length: 22 seasons, about 200 episodes

Comments: This series is not post-apocalyptic at all. It's a documentary about people who live in the Arctic, and their lifestyles. As such, it is relevant to preppers because it examines the trials and tribulations of people who are living off the land.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249

Plot: Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.

Length: 1:41

Comments: Remake of the 1971 The Omega Man I'll have to rewatch it to give my review.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072730

Plot: After WWIII, Vic and his telepathic dog wander a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 2024 as they scavenge for food and sex. They stumble into an underground society where the old ways are preserved. He finds a new purpose in his life.

Realism: Not really...

Length: 1:31

Comments: Before there was Miami Vice... there was a boy... and his dog.

Takes place far off in the future.. in 2024!  So that's kind of cute.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909

Plot: In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.

Realism: Not really...

Length: 1:31

Comments: A decent action film. The real star of the film is the truck/transporter. It's very similar to The Ark from Ark II TV series. The truck was also used in the 1980's RPG The Morrow Project

Some parts are rather silly, like the storm and the sky turning colours and such. But if you're not busy it's worth an hour and a half of your time.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013

Plot: Jack Harper, a drone repairman stationed on Earth that has been ravaged by war with extraterrestrials, questions his identity after rescuing the woman who keeps appearing in his dreams.

Realism: Not really...

Length: 2:04

Comments: More a dystopian sci-fi than a post-apocalytic film.

Big budget, great special effects. Not a lot to say about it otherwise.

If you enjoy the loner on Earth genre, then it's worth a watch.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535616

Plot: Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Realism: Seems possible

Length: 1:52

Comments: More of a thriller than straight post-apocalyptic piece. I am pretty certain I would not make the same choices that most of these people did... but whatever.

Takes place entirely in an old fall-out shelter as the nukes start going off. It's an okay movie, but I had to force myself to watch it all the way through.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525

Plot: Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.

Realism: Not really...

Length: 1:38

Comments: The original source for "I Am Legend". From a nostalgic viewpoint, it was good. I saw it around 1975 at 10 years old, and even then I noticed flaws.

Some good action, a bit of suspense, overall, a decent movie.

It's interesting in that it's not so much a zombie movie, as a vampire movie. No, they don't suck your blood, but they are closer to vampires than zombies.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/5351/doomsday-preppers

Plot:

Documentary

Realism: Not really...

Length: 4 seasons, 50 episodes

Comments: Some of the people have some good ideas (like the LA family that turned their pool into a greeenhouse/aquaculture), but most are complete morons (like the idiots who decided to see if their container home was bullet-proof by shooting a hole in it!).

Still, fun to watch... always neat to see what other's are doing, and who knows, maybe you'll pick up an idea or two.

I'll rate it 6 out of 10 just for the comedy factor alone!

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119925

Plot: A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.

Realism: So-so

Length: 2:57

Comments: Basically Waterworld, but on land.

Kevin Costner is a lone hero, travelling the wastelands. He comes upon a small community and offers to help. They offer up their daughter in payment, but the good hero refuses to accept her. In the end, he single-handedly fights off an army of ruffians, and saves everyone. Then the loner fades off back into the wastelands...

Wait... was that the description for The Postman, or Waterworld?

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087985

Plot: It is the dawn of World War III. In the west mountains of America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.

Realism: Terrible

Length: 1:54

Comments:

1. No country wants to invade the USA. That's like wanting to invade the insane asylum... just not going to happen.
2. Sure, a bunch of high-school kids are going to hold off the Soviet army!

Fun to watch, some decent action, but a pipe-dream.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234719

Plot: A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.

Length: 1:33

Comments:

Implausibility of the Invasion Premise

First off, the entire premise of the movie is unrealistic, as is the original 1984 version. The notion that North Korea and Russia would attempt a full-scale invasion of the United States is far-fetched to the point of absurdity. Geopolitically, such an invasion would be suicidal for any nation, particularly North Korea, whose military capabilities are nowhere near sufficient to sustain an invasion of a country as large and well-defended as the U.S.

In reality, nations consider invasions when there's something significant to gain, such as resources or strategic advantage. The U.S. is a net consumer of food and oil, making it a costly and illogical target for occupation. An occupying force would face the immense logistical challenge of sustaining a population that relies heavily on imports. This further underscores the improbability of the film’s premise.

Moreover, in modern warfare, outright invasions of powerful nations have largely been replaced by tactics such as cyber warfare, economic sanctions, and proxy wars. A more plausible scenario might have been a series of terrorist attacks or cyber-attacks aimed at destabilizing the U.S. from within, which aligns with contemporary global conflicts.

Jed's Speech: A Layer of Irony

One of the film's few redeeming moments is Jed's speech to the Wolverines. He says, "But when you're fighting in your own backyard, and you're fighting for your family, it all hurts a little less and it makes a little more sense. And for them, this is just some place. But for us, this is our home." This moment of emotional resonance inadvertently highlights a profound irony: the words could easily be spoken by any citizen in the numerous countries the U.S. has invaded or occupied.

In many of these conflicts, local populations see themselves as defending their homes and families against a foreign invader. Yet, these same people are often labelled as insurgents or terrorists by the invading forces, including the U.S. military. The film unintentionally mirrors this hypocrisy by painting the Wolverines as heroic freedom fighters while ignoring the fact that their situation closely parallels that of real-life "enemies" of the U.S.

This aspect of the film could have been a powerful commentary on the nature of occupation and resistance. Unfortunately, the film doesn't explore this parallel, missing an opportunity to add depth and nuance to its narrative.

Suspension of Disbelief in Action Sequences

The Wolverine's attack on the police station exemplifies the movie's over-the-top and poorly executed action sequences. The scene where they leap from two stories up, across an alley, and onto a hard concrete roof is not only implausible but also highlights the film's disregard for realism. One of the Marines even lands on his side, which in reality would result in serious injury, if not incapacitation.

This kind of exaggerated action is common in Hollywood, but Red Dawn takes it to an extreme, expecting the audience to overlook basic physics and human anatomy. Such scenes diminish the stakes because they make it difficult to take the characters' struggles seriously. If the characters can survive such impossible feats unscathed, it removes any real sense of danger or tension from the narrative.

The Mystery of the U.S. Flag

The movie’s final assault on the concentration camp raises another perplexing issue. As the prisoners flee, one of them carries a U.S. flag on a pole—a dramatic but puzzling detail. Given the nature of the camp, it's highly unlikely that the captors would allow prisoners to keep such a symbol of resistance and patriotism. The appearance of the flag feels contrived, serving more as a visual cue to stir patriotic feelings in the audience rather than something that would logically exist within the story.

This moment is emblematic of the film’s tendency to prioritize symbolism over substance. While the image of a prisoner waving the American flag might be stirring, it doesn’t hold up to scrutiny within the context of the story. It’s another example of the film's reliance on clichés and emotional manipulation rather than well-developed narrative logic.

Conclusion

Red Dawn (2012) is a film that fails to justify its own premise, relying on outdated Cold War tropes that don't hold up in a modern geopolitical context. While it offers a few moments of potential introspection, like Jed's speech, it ultimately squanders these opportunities in favour of implausible action and shallow patriotism. The film is a missed opportunity to explore deeper themes of occupation, resistance, and the morality of war, instead opting for a simplistic and unrealistic portrayal of a global conflict.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463854

Plot: Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.

Realism: Low

Length: 1:40

Comments: 11 reasons why this is worse than 28 Days Later:

1. Why is it the Americans who are coming to "save the world"? Europe is a 10 minute flight across the Channel! But no, it's the Americans!
2. Why did the kids even come back to the UK? If you were their dad, would you have brought them back, or would you have gone to go live with them?
3. Of course, the kids have to go and break quarantine. Couldn't be anyone else, has to be them.
4. Doyle (the sniper) watches the kids sneak past the two guards at the north gate without saying anything. Only after they are through does he radio his buddy about it. A single shot into a wall near the kids would have stopped them in their tracks (and alerted the guards on the bridge).
5. 66 million people living in the UK. 66 million infected. 65,999,999 died. One immunity. And it's the kids' mom!
6. When the army firebombed district 1, it would have killed the survivors. And that includes dad hiding behind a wall. While the fire will kill anyone caught out in it, the main cause of death from flame weapons is the lack of oxygen. The fire uses all the oxygen and everyone suffocates. WW2 soldiers in bunkers, and Japanese in island tunnels, all suffocated. Vietnam tunnels, all suffocated.
7. Poison gas is deployed, and they hide in a car? Sure, it's a Volvo. But as good as Volvo's are, they are not air tight... even with the vents closed!
8. Doyle's better option would have been to get out with his weapon, shoot the approaching flame team, then push start the car. Even just taking out the flame weapon guy would have caused the others to fall back. And we'd already seen he has no qualms about killing his own team mates.
9. The car battery works as it turns over the engine, but the engine won't catch. But push starting it, and wham, away it goes! If you've ever tried push starting a car, you'll know it's a lot harder to get it going than with the starter motor. If the starter won't do it, push starting won't either. Maybe if they'd been on a steep hill and they just needed to get it rolling... MAYBE!
10. Using the helicopter blades as a giant lawnmower is one of the dumbest things in the entire movie! Talk to anyone with their rotary licence and they'll tell you.
11. Tammy & Andy fall down the subway stairs, and suddenly they're a hundred metres off in different directions?
12. Why is dad so obsessed with hunting and killing his own kids?

In the end, this is just another dumb zombie movie, and has no redeeming qualities. Have to rank this as "store it in your fallout bunker, and save it for a few years after the bombs fall".

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160996

Plot: Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.

Realism: Not really...

Length: 1:35

Comments:

• Okay, so we'll accept that an ice age has happened. But in every ice age during the past, it has not frozen the entire planet. The polar ice sheets grow and cover more area, but the equator is not covered.
• So there's 10 metres or more of snow near the colony. But when the three go out trekking they are wearing boots, not snowshoes or skis. Heck, Briggs is even carrying snowshoes on the side of his pack!
• Oh, poor Sam... listen to his heartfelt stories of his failure causing the death of his mother and sister... So what, we're supposed to bond with him now?
• Once again, Bill Paxton plays a cowardly asshole who betrays everybody and ends up dying from it. (this seems to be 90% of his roles)
• Briggs & Sam spend the night in the helicopter, with the wind blowing. The next morning their footprints in the snow look brand new. Obviously the director has never spent a night camping out during winter.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319262

Plot: Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.

Realism: Zero!

Length: 2:04

Comments:

• This entire instant freeze scenario is just plain dumb.
• And the "hero" Jack Hall, making the trek, is stupid and ill-conceived. Not only does he endanger himself and the others with him, but in the end, it was completely pointless! He arrives to save his son, and within minutes, the helicopters arrive to carry them out. If he'd just waited at base, he could have safely flown in, and rescued his son at the exact same time.
• All the American's have to flee to the Mexican border as refugees... oh the irony!
• A stupid, and pointless movie.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711

Plot: Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.

Realism: Lame

Length: 1:56

Comments: Ugh.. zombies! Dumb.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219224

Plot: After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Length: 3:15

Comments: Over 3 hours long... I haven't been able to get through 1 hour of it. It's very dull.

And that's a shame because the original book from the 1950s was great. Even the 1959 movie was really good, as was the BBC radio play.

But for this movie they changed so much from the original. Sure, they needed to update it to make it more modern, but in the process they destroyed it.

My recommendation, don't torture yourself. Go read the book, listen to the radio play, or watch the 1959 movie (all are available in our downloads area).

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10548174

Plot: Coming in 2025

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097159

Plot: The use of the atomic bomb to end WWII was one of the most controversial events in human history. This Emmy-winning 1989 miniseries brings the conflicts to life in wrenching performances by a stellar cast.

Length: 2:21

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13648184

Plot: Sebastián, a man in his thirties, works a series of temporary jobs and he embraces love at every opportunity. He transforms, through a series of short encounters, as the world flirts with possible apocalypse.

Length: 1:13

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085404

Plot: The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.

Length: 2:07

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/795/jericho

Plot: Jericho is a drama about what happens in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion in the once peaceful town of Jericho. Following the battle with New Bern, the citizens of Jericho begin reconstruction efforts to restore the town's power and communication with the outside world. As the country's new leaders, the Cheyenne government, attempt to establish their stronghold in the region, Jericho's citizens become suspicious of their new leaders and question why their community is so important to this newly formed government.

Length: 2 seasons, 29 episodes

Comments: I've watched 2 episodes. Seems acceptable, but not great. Too many cliches. But I'll wait until I've seen more before giving a rating and full review.

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URL: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/1785/stephen-kings-the-stand

Plot: When a government-run lab accidentally lets loose a deadly virus, the population of the world is decimated. Survivors begin having dreams about two figures: a mystical old woman, or a foreboding, scary man. As the story tracks various people, we begin to realize that the two figures exemplify basic forces of good and evil, and the stage is set for a final confrontation between the representatives of each.

Length: 4 episode mini-series

Comments: Currently watching it (August 2024). So far part 1 & 2 are very realistic.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3223412

Plot:

Docu-Drama

Length: 1:30

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584618

Plot:

Documentary

Length: 0:45

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3165142

Plot:

Documentary

Length: 0:42

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4059702/

Plot: A family of dedicated patriots living in the United States decide to defend their country against a terrorist organization that shuts down electricity in America and tries to take over the nation.

Length: 1:30

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037705/

Plot: A drifter fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity's salvation.

Length: 1:58

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581920/

Plot: After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.

Length: 9 Episodes

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1876547/

Plot: Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.

Length: 1:27

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1134854/

Plot: On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.

Length: 1:30

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/

Plot: A remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.

Length: 1:44

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/

Plot: An alien lands in Washington, D.C. and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.

Length: 1:32

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3677466/

Plot: Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard the mothership where they discover a portal to the aliens' home world.

Length: 1:30

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848557/

Plot: A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.

Length: 1:35

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093357/

Plot: In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race who have attacked Earth via our power supply.

Length: 1:29

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407304/

Plot: An alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.

Length: 1:56

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190080/

Plot: A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.

Length: 2:38

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082868/

Plot: A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.

Length: 1:29

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699231/

Plot: A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.

Length: 1:26

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/

Plot: During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

Length: 2:7

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363547/

Plot: A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.

Length: 1:41

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2102496/

Plot: When a group of friends enjoying a bachelor cruise in the Caribbean stumble upon a research facility on a remote island, a deadly virus is unleashed. The group must find a way to survive before the flesh eating virus consumes them...

Length: 1:31

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098350/

Plot: In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself.

Length: 1:42

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051951/

Plot: Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.

Length: 1:22

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1137455/

Plot: Digging at a nearby cave, a careless industrialist unearths a vein of pure base Lithium and inadvertently brings it to the surface, where the Lithium combusts when coming into contact with water and begins to wreak havoc on the co...

Length: 1:29

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3465600/

Plot: National Geographic gets 10 experts to pick the most significant natural disasters ever, adding eyewitness accounts and CGI to flesh out the stories.

Length:

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3616916/

Plot: Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.

Length: 1:45

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1876547/

Plot: Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.

Length: 1:27

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0171746/

Plot: The ozone is depleted and as a result of this all sorts things are happening like lethal insects flying around. A scientist tries to warn everybody about this but no one seems to believe him. When his predictions come true they no...

Length: 1:29

Comments: I haven’t watched it, or it’s been years. I’ll watch it again soon.

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