Movie Review: Await Further Instructions (2018)

The movie stars Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, David Bradley, Grant Masters and Holly Weston.

It's been a while since my wife and I took the time to watch a movie together so, since we had some time yesterday evening, I looked for one on Netflix. After considering a couple other choices, I would up picking out this movie. Unfortunately, it turned out not to be as good as I was hoping it would.

OK, actually, that isn't totally truth. The first three-quarters of the film was actually pretty good with a family that was already on edge trapped together with no idea what was happening outside. That, alone, created a pretty tense situation even without the part about the mysterious messages on the TV screen.

I also liked how the majority of the family members seemed to be willing to blindly follow the messages, even as they became increasingly more vague and suspicious and people were dying as a result of some of the instructions. This made the film interesting because I wondered just how far the messages would wind up taking things. Plus, the mystery behind the messages just added to the suspense.

Unfortunately, while the majority of the film was decent, the ending was a bit of a let down. I'm not sure why, but there was just something about the ending made me feel as though it had been thrown together in a rush, as though the writers really didn't know how to end this film when they started it and just made it up as they went. As a result, while I'm certain there was supposed to be some sort of message about society's blind reliance on technology, it seemed watered down.

It's an OK movie but falls apart (at least in my opinion) at the end. As a result, while I didn't hate it, I think it fell short of what it could have been.

My Grade: C