Before the Fire

I was surprised to see this movie's low rating. I expected this movie to be rubbish honestly, and if you're expecting an action disaster movie you won't get it here. It is simply set up and realistic in my opinion. It has some flaws but I found it believable and refreshing. The main character had more depth than I expected given the set up of a pretty actress. Not a ground breaking story, but cinematography was beautiful. Well done cast and crew. You deserve better than 4 stars.

Initially I was lured in by this 2020 movie's cover/poster. But turns out that it was actually the most interesting part about the entire movie, sad to say.

Right, well the storyline told in "Before the Fire" (aka "The Great Silence") from writer Jenna Lyng Adams and director Charlie Buhler wasn't a particularly outstanding or entertaining one. Sure, the movie was watchable, but watchable doesn't equal entertaining. I found the storyline told throughout the movie to be way too mundane and generic, if not downright bordering on being boring and pointless.

The acting in the movie was definitely adequate, although the actors and actresses had very solid material to work with in terms of a proper script and storyline. It was a shame though.

As the movie ended, I must admit that I was left with a feeling of being cheated out of something, as well as a sensation of 'was that really it?'. The movie just didn't feel wholehearted. Sure, the story came full circle at the end, but for me it was just a shallow movie experience.

I was expecting more contents with the encroaching virus, as branded in the movie's synopsis, but that was not to be. Sure, it was mentioned and it was there in the peripheral, but it never really played a bigger part in the storyline.

This movie was a swing and a miss, and while I managed to sit through the entire course of the movie, I can honestly say that this is not a movie that I will be viewing a second time. My rating of "Before the Fire" (or "The Great Silence") is a mere three out of ten. The movie was adequate in production value, but lacking in the entertainment department.

What are these people thinking? Anyone who rated this movie 1/10 has never seen a REALLY TERRIBLE movie AND anyone who rated this movie 10/10 has never seen a REALLY GREAT movie. This movie was a typical low budget movie (simple plot, simple characters, predictable in every aspect). At 1 1/2 hours long it was OK. It's all in the expectations. Don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.

As the other reviewer has pointed out, this is more of a drama than a post apocalyptic sci-fi action action film but it has a certain style and captures the pandemic angle using a low budget reasonably well and this has always to be taken into consideration, so there is no CGI and no effects but it does have some merit as the acting, photography and atmosphere is not bad and although the story kinda fizzles out at the end it is bleak , nasty and vicious even though a lot of the story is not explained in detail it deserves a fair and average 5/10.

You must have at least one likable character going from scene to scene doing reasonably intelligent things

as previous reviewers have said - its not sci fi

I wasted almost an hour hoping it would improve but it didn't

I hope the film makers can learn that the audience needs to follow a character that behaves in a manner that we can support.

To say there are gaps in the plot is an understatement.