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• Horror
• Thriller

• 2019
• Justin Dec
• 86 mins
• 15

Summary

Horror thriller starring Elizabeth Lail. Rookie nurse Quinn Harris downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die. When it says that she only has three days to live, Quinn desperately looks for a way to break the curse.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Fond memories of the Ring and Final Destination franchises loom large over writer/director Justin Dec's bland jump-scare fest. People use the Countdown app to find out the precise time of their death for fun. But it's no joke, as rookie nurse Quinn Harris (appealing Elizabeth Lail) learns after unexplained fatalities convince her she really only has three days left to live; the lone chance of beating her own death clock is to break the supernatural digital curse driving the demonic download. An intriguing Urban Legend premise flatlines swiftly into an unimaginative fright flick overloaded with dodgy boogeymen, insipid Grim Reaper visuals, misplaced comic relief (a kooky priest with a communion wafer addiction), a tiresome #MeToo subplot and a satanic ritual straight out of Hammer Horror. Nothing really makes sense, even by the movie's own crazed rules with the uninspired ending adding further resignation.

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5.4/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameQuinn HarrisElizabeth LailFather JohnP J ByrneDerekTom SeguraMatt MonroeJordan CallowayJordanTalitha BatemanDr SullivanPeter Facinelli

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rolenameDirectorJustin Dec

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Theatrical distributor

STX International

Released on

2019-10-25

Languages

English | Latin

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Violence

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