SummaryTeenage 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. ... Read More
Directed By:Ben McPherson
Written By:Ben McPherson, Matt Redhawk
Radioflash
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Nov 14, 2019
50
Set in the tense hours between a calamity and the societal breakdown it'll almost certainly cause, Ben McPherson's Radioflash begins as a visually rich, calmly serious take on apocalypse drama.
Nov 14, 2019
40
Ultimately it seems a message movie not quite willing to deliver any clear message, as well as a genre film shy about admitting as much. It’s too melodramatic to be taken as gritty realism, yet not suspenseful enough to work as a straight thriller.
Nov 14, 2019
40
Given how visually inventive and unusual the film’s first five minutes are, it’s disappointing that, by its last half hour, it essentially turns into one undistinguished chase scene after another. A heroine as strong as Reese deserves a more consistently exciting plot.
Nov 14, 2019
30
At fault is a threadbare, irritatingly vague script (by the director and artist Ben McPherson) that simply strings together a series of generic setups and forgettable characters.
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Jun 4, 2025
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It starts off well. A smart, intriguing premise that makes you think you’re about to watch something different. The problem is, that promise fades fast. The film slips into a slow-motion spiral it never escapes. And when something important finally seems about to happen… it doesn’t. Or it takes so long, you stop caring.Visually, it has some nice moments. A few shots are beautifully composed, and you can feel intention behind the camera. But the way the story unfolds doesn't help: flat pacing, barely developed characters, and scenes that feel stretched just to hit feature length. It becomes heavy—really heavy. And not in an atmospheric way, just in a draining ****’s frustrating, because the idea had potential. What could’ve been a strong reflection on isolation, fear, or survival turns into a string of empty moments that go **** of those movies you start excited, and end up checking the clock. And not because you're on the edge of your seat.
Production Company:
- American Dream Labs
- Dark Coast Pictures
- Decipher Entertainment
- Radioflash Film
Release Date:Nov 15, 2019
Duration:1 h 43 m
Tagline:Who Survives After the Blackout?
