The Blackout (2019)

Original title

Аванпост

Directed by

Egor Baranov

Genre

action film, science fiction film, thriller film, dystopian film

Country

Russia

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

16

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 587 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unknown event knocks out all power worldwide and kills most people. Only a small region in Eastern Europe survives. A team of soldiers and scientists there must figure out what caused the blackout and how to stop it from destroying the rest of humanity.

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What happens

The Blackout (Russian: Аванпост, romanized: Avanpost, lit. 'Outpost') is a 2019 Russian science fiction action thriller film directed by Egor Baranov and starring Pyotr Fyodorov. It had its world premiere at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival on 15 March 2019 and was released in the Russian Federation on 21 November 2019. The film is about an event that suddenly plunges the entire world into darkness, rapidly destroying life on Earth except for a small area in Eastern Europe. It received generally mixed reviews from film critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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