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Countdown is a 2019 American supernatural horror film directed and written by Justin Dec, and starring Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Bateman, Tichina Arnold, P.J. Byrne, Peter Facinelli, Anne Winters, and Tom Segura. The plot follows a group of people who discover a mobile app that correctly tells its users when they are going to die.

Countdown
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJustin Dec
Written byJustin Dec
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMaxime Alexandre
Edited byBrad Wilhite
Music by
  • Danny Bensi
  • Saunder Jurriaans
Production
companies
  • Boies / Schiller Film Group
  • Two Grown Men
  • Wrigley Pictures
Distributed bySTX Entertainment
Release date
  • October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6.5 million[1]
Box office$48 million[1][2]

Countdown was theatrically released in the United States on October 25, 2019 by STX Entertainment. It received negative reviews from critics but grossed $48 million worldwide against a $6.5 million budget, becoming a commercial success.


Plot


At a party, teenager Courtney is convinced by her friends to download Countdown, an app that seemingly predicts how long a user has left to live. Courtney is startled to see it says she only has 3 hours left to live. After avoiding getting into a car with her drunk boyfriend Evan, Courtney receives a notification stating she has broken the "user agreement". Returning home, she is attacked by an unseen entity and killed as her timer reaches zero. At the same time, Evan crashes his car and a tree branch impales the seat where Courtney would have been sitting.

Quinn Harris, a nurse who works at the hospital where Evan is admitted, dismisses his claims of a supernatural app, but subsequently downloads it only for it to claim that she has only two days left to live. Evan skips his surgery and is informed he has violated the user agreement. He tries escaping the hospital, but is confronted by an apparition of Courtney before being killed by the entity.

When Quinn finds out that Evan has died, she checks his phone, which indicates no time left in the app. Concerned that she will die in the next day, Quinn declines to go out with her family. The app informs her that she has violated the user agreement. Shortly afterward, her boss Dr. Sullivan sexually harasses her and thwarts her attempt to report his offense to her supervisor. When Quinn researches the app, she finds that similar deaths have supposedly occurred involving other users, but the public generally considers them to be fake. She attempts to buy a new phone, but finds that Countdown has downloaded itself onto it.

After being attacked by a demonic figure, Quinn meets a young man named Matt, whose Countdown states he will die in 18 hours. They learn that the user agreement is broken if the user tries changing their fate: Quinn's trip with her family and Matt taking a train ride, which they both canceled, should have resulted in their deaths. At work, Quinn learns Sullivan has tricked the staff into thinking she sexually harassed him, resulting in her suspension. She and Matt consult a priest named Father John, who informs them that the app is linked to a demon named Ozhin who was originally summoned by a Roma woman who told a prince when he would die. Cell phone salesman Derek hacks into the app code and identifies that Quinn's sister Jordan was meant to die shortly before Quinn, then adds several decades to Quinn, Jordan's, and Matt's lives. However, while Matt and Quinn spend the night together, the entity takes the form of Matt and attacks Quinn. Their countdowns, including Jordan's, reset to their original lifespans.

Jordan receives a notification of her countdown changing to the original lifespan and is then terrorized by a demonic form of her and Quinn's deceased mother. Quinn and Matt collect her and return to Father John, who theorizes the curse can be broken if someone dies before their countdown ends or lives for beyond the countdown. They prepare a warding circle in an attempt to delay Ozhin. The demon arrives and lures them outside, killing Matt and wounding Jordan. While in grief over Matt's fate, Jordan starts having serious abdominal pain. Realizing her sister is seriously hurt, Quinn rushes Jordan to the hospital. Once there, she realizes she can kill Sullivan before his allotted time and end the curse. She attempts to attack him, but he is saved by Ozhin, who simultaneously prepares to kill Jordan. Quinn overdoses on drugs, sacrificing herself before her timer ends and proving the app wrong. Jordan revives her with Naloxone and their countdown timers stop. Some time later, while visiting her and Jordan's mother's grave, Quinn receives word of Sullivan's arrest after more nurses have come forward, but discovers that an app called Countdown 2.0 has downloaded itself onto her phone.


Cast



Production


Elizabeth Lail was cast in the film's leading role in March 2019.[4] In April 2019, it was announced that Talitha Bateman, Peter Facinelli, Jordan Calloway, Tom Segura, P. J. Byrne, Anne Winters and Tichina Arnold had also joined the cast.[5]

Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans composed the film's score. The soundtrack was released by Sony Classical Records.


Release


Countdown was theatrically released in the United States on October 25, 2019.[6] The film's trailer premiered on September 13, 2019.[7][8] STX Entertainment reportedly spent under $15 million promoting the film.[9] The studio partnered with Amp Studios, run by YouTuber Brent Rivera, to promote the film on social media apps such as TikTok.

After watching the trailer, developer Ryan Boyling built and uploaded a random generator death app that looks exactly like the one in the film. The app is available on both iOS and Android platforms and climbed to the number one spot in the App Store charts in October 2019.[citation needed]


Home media


The film was released in January 7, 2020, by Universal Home Entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD.[2] It was released on March 2, 2020 in the UK.[citation needed]


Reception



Box office


In the United States and Canada, Countdown was released alongside Black and Blue and The Current War, and was projected to gross around $5 million from 2,675 theaters in its opening weekend.[10] The film made $3.1 million on its first day, including $515,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to over-perform and debut to $9 million, finishing fifth.[9] In its second weekend the film fell 35% to $5.8 million, finishing seventh.[11]


Critical response


On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 26% of 70 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10. The website's consensus reads, "Countdown may offer a few fleeting jolts for horror fans with barren queues, but it lacks enough wit or creativity to leave a lasting impression."[12] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 31 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."[13] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed at PostTrak gave it 3 out of 5 stars.[9]

Benjamin Lee of The Guardian gave the film 1 out of 5 stars, calling it "a Halloween release devoid of tricks, treats and anything even vaguely close to an original idea", and criticized it for its similarities to other horror films, especially Final Destination.[14] Dennis Harvey of Variety called it a "bombastically dumb new chiller that probably would have been called 'Killer App' if that title hadn't already been used several times."[15]

Kimber Myers of the Los Angeles Times was more positive, writing: "This isn't a subtle, moody film filled with a sense of unease; instead, jump scares are around every corner. If that's all you want from a horror movie, you'll have a very good time - and an elevated heart rate for its speedy 90 minutes."[16]


See also



References


  1. "Countdown (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. "Countdown (2019)". The Numbers. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  3. N'Duka, Amanda (March 15, 2019). "Elizabeth Lail To Lead 'Countdown' Horror Pic From STXfilms". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  4. Kroll, Justin (March 15, 2019). "'You' Star Elizabeth Lail to Lead STX Horror Film 'Countdown' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  5. D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 15, 2019). "Peter Facinelli, Jordan Calloway, P.J. Byrne, Talitha Bateman & More Join STX Horror Pic 'Countdown'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  6. Miska, Brad (October 10, 2019). "New 'Countdown' Poster Hits Zero and Dies". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  7. Dick, Jeremy (September 13, 2019). "Countdown Trailer: Killer App Knows Exactly When You'll Die". Movie Web. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  8. Anderton, Joe (September 13, 2019). "New horror Countdown is like Final Destination meets The Ring with an app". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  9. D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 27, 2019). "'Joker' Has The Edge Over 'Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil' With $18.9M In Fierce Slow Pre-Halloween B.O. Battle". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  10. Rubin, Rebecca (October 22, 2019). "Box Office: Villains Face Off Again as 'Joker' and 'Maleficent' Battle for First Place". Variety. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  11. D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 4, 2019). "How 'Terminator: Dark Fate' Conked Out With $27M+ & Why 'The Irishman' Is Not A Missed Strategic Opportunity – Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  12. "Countdown". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  13. "Countdown Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  14. Lee, Benjamin (2019-10-24). "Countdown review – hapless haunted app horror should be uninstalled". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  15. Harvey, Dennis (2019-10-24). "Film Review: 'Countdown'". Variety. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  16. Myers, Kimber (2019-10-24). "Review: The killer app movie 'Countdown' will make you want to throw out your phone". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-04-16.



На других языках


- [en] Countdown (2019 film)

[es] Countdown (película de 2019)

Countdown (conocida como La hora de tu muerte en Hispanoamérica y España) es una película estadounidense de terror sobrenatural del 2019, escrita y dirigida por Justin Dec. Fue lanzado en América del Norte el 25 de octubre de 2019 por STX Entertainment, y recibió críticas mixtas a negativas de los críticos y ha recaudado $41.6 millones en todo el mundo.

[ru] Обратный отсчёт (фильм, 2019)

«Обратный отсчёт» (англ. Countdown) — американский сверхъестественный фильм ужасов режиссёра и сценариста Джастина Дека. Фильм рассказывает о группе людей, которые попытаются выжить, узнавших дату своей смерти в мобильном приложении. В США фильм вышел 25 октября 2019 года. В России фильм вышел 21 ноября 2019 года.



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