The Blackout
Seen it?2019 | 127 min | Thriller, Science Fiction, Action
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (57% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, sci-fi fans and action fans. If you loved 10 Cloverfield Lane, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr 7 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
57% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$3 million worldwide on a $4 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 160K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Egor Baranov
- Lukerya IlyashenkoAlena
- Pyotr FyodorovYura
- Svetlana IvanovaOlya
- Aleksey ChadovOleg
- Kseniya KutepovaMarina
- Konstantin LavronenkoDolmatov, major
- Philipp AvdeevZhenya
- Artyom MarkaryanSasha
- Sergey GodinLavrin
- Artyom TkachenkoId