Before the Fire

This movie was released just as the pandemic was starting back in March and yesterday was released on VOD.

Also yesterday the rating was around 5,now it's at 3.9 and dropping so that is an indication of the quality of this film.

This is not a suggestion to watch but rather to avoid. Not exactly Post Apocalyptic,more end of the world scenario,with poor acting, bad or nonexistent story. What's worse is that we now know what it's like when a global pandemic hits and how people,governments, WHO etc react. We have that experience now and as life is always stranger than fiction this zero effort scenario is not convincing.

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.

I was in the mood for a trashy post-apocalyptic story. Came across this, saw the low ratings and thought here is my guy. What I got instead was a tight and interesting character drama. Pleasantly surprising. It has many faults, sure. Directing and cinematography is good, acting ok, but the editor should maybe find another career. But again, watch it with an open mind and you won't be sorry. Quite enjoyable.

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.