After (2012)

Good movie but grossly overrated

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I happy that B movies exist. Because mainstream filmmaker won't do this kind of simple experiment. Actually there's nothing new in this film, the same old storyline. There are hundreds of similar films, even you can compare to the recent 'If I Stay', but the thing is it was differently told tale. The director's first feature film, and actors are not the popular ones, but with a decent story, everything looks so fine. The graphics for this kind of budget, not really bad. They even had a decent CGI character. Actually, most of the film takes place in the dark time, so they had all the advantage, hence the production was very neat.Kind of a limited cast film, but very occasionally a few characters, including small background crowd appeared. When the twist comes in the final act, you will realise it is the same old crap, but well maintained suspense in the initial parts. Those content balance and good development is what worked in favour of the film. So the overall film was very entertaining, because I was not expecting any big from it after learning how it was received. Not for everyone, but I also suggest don't believe in those negative remarks on this. It's definitely worth a watch, even if you are not going to rate it low. So I hope you make a good decision.6.5/10

I've had this movie in my To watch list for a very long time and only lately that I decided to watch it.. The beginning is thrilling and excites you for what comes next. (spoilers ahead) The script went pretty well until Freddy and Ana got to the black fog wall, the events from there began to lose sense and had somewhat of a bad sequencing and a little bit confusing .. The acting was beautiful , both actors played their parts pretty well I just felt the script was a bore to some point . The ending was unexpected , when Ana woke up from the coma back in the hospital (where she was supposed to) but Freddy wasn't I have to say I was a little disappointed .I was entertained by this movie it was a great minimalist thriller , you should definitely watch it and you'll be surprised .

Ryan Smith co-writes and directs this chilling mystery. Ana(Karolina Wydra)and Freddy(Steven Strait)meet on a bus back to their hometown. After the bus crashes, they realize they are sole survivors of the fateful journey. Ana, a nurse, and Freddy, a comic book artist, figure they must have been in comas a couple of months. They both awake in their own homes and discover there is not another living sole in their small community. When a mysterious dark fog starts to swirl and slowly encircle the center of town, they soon discover there actually is another resident alive. Resident is putting it mildly; it happens to be a chained growling, snarling demonic looking creature that is determined to claw them to death.Other players include: Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Ric Reitz, Bob Penny, April Billingsley, Madison Lintz and Chase Presley.

I usually never write any movie review. But had to take the trouble for this one. This movie is just a waste of time, with no sense in the story line. Wasted my ~1 hour watching this defective piece of movie... Regrets..... i wonder how the girl gets to wakeup, leave home, drive all the way to the hospital, and Then to find out that she's all alone and nobody around...? still wondering how the movie title (After) corresponds to the story described... In summary, the movie as a whole is very disappointing. i'm currently running out of critics to describe, but need to fill the 10 lines required by IMDb to post this review. But certainly the movie is full of bad parts. Do not watch it!