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\n\tIn the bunker, which is protected by large steel doors that clamp down and are meant to withstand anything the outside world can throw at them, is a thriving community trying to figure out how and when they may be able to resurface on the planet which has been so destroyed that the air is not inhabitable and life is not possible without gas masks. John is something of a warrior venturing out into it to try and find answers but radiation exposure has wreaked havoc on his body. <\/p>\n
\n\tNear the start of the story, he barely makes it back in during one of the frequent attacks from the crumbling Clarke Meteor. He does, but it isn\u2019t long before a devastating earthquake hits completely destroying the bunker and setting its inhabitants loose to try to survive. Chief among them are the Garritys who set off on a perilous journey on land and then water in a primitive covered ship roaming the ocean until it stalls out on top of drowned buildings that used to be part of Liverpool, England.<\/p>\n
\n\tTheir trip leads to one encounter after another as they dodge more meteor blasts, visit a home for Alzheimer patients that has somehow survived, fight roaming gangs out to scavenge what they can using guns, and much more. The goal now is to reach what is rumored to be the last place on earth where it is possible to give life a rebirth, a kind of \u201clost horizon\u201d in Northern France known as the Clarke Crater where the impact was initially felt. Can John, given just weeks to live by his doctor, navigate his family there for a new beginning even after he is gone?<\/p>\n
\n\tSo in this alternately exhausting and intriguing episodic trek the real focus is keeping the family unit together. That goal is seemingly the only hope for humanity against the decay of everything around them and the increasingly violent nature of many remaining humans (think early Mad Max apocalypse sensibility). The message is strong for a real world that is increasingly unhinged in so many ways. Right now this nightmare may be only a movie, but who knows?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n\tThis family incredibly stays alive despite every frightening situation. They face impending death with grit and determination in a movie that mixes disastrous situations with lighter interludes where they play games, summon up memories of happier times, and even find budding romance for young Nathan, who is full of youthful wanderlust that he may never get to fulfill. The best scene is a visit to a French man named Denis Laurent (a fine William Abadie) who may have the ticket to the Clarke Crater and a way they can traverse a horrendous live war zone to get there. Poignantly, he sends his teen daughter Camille ( a lovely Nelia Valery DaCosta) on the road with them for a shot at life herself, and a new friendship with Nathan.<\/p>\n