Radioflash

2020 • 102 minutes

About this movie

Teenager Reese (Brighton Sharbino) has a love for virtual reality role playing and a knack for beating even the toughest survival games. But when a nuclear strike causes an electromagnetic pulse that cuts off all power, water, and communication to the entire western United States, Reese finds herself plunged into an all-too-real fight to survive. As pandemonium grips her city, Reese and her father (Dominic Monaghan) set out on a desperate journey in search of safety – a perilous trek through a world gone mad where every encounter with a stranger could be your last. Propelled by the ingenuity and resilience of its young heroine, Radioflash is a harrowingly unpredictable apocalyptic thriller that speaks to our precarious present.

Ratings and reviews

A movie that starts out promising so much and within twenty minutes it's forgotten what it promised and meanders down various paths, never spending enough time on any one of them to actually develop the story. The actors never really get their chance to shine as the story falls back on one dull and predictable trope after another, hoping to substitute cheap thrills for depth in an attempt to make the lack of story interesting. The scenery is inspiring but after a while you start to wonder if you're watching a thriller or a nature documentary. There's never enough sense of danger for the main character to make you feel as though this is any sort of thriller. Watch it if you've got nothing better to do, otherwise, you aren't missing anything by missing this movie.