How It Ends stars Theo James, Forest Whitaker, Kat Graham, Grace Dove and Nicole Ari Parker, in a thriller about a mysterious disaster that turned most of the country into a post-apocalyptic war zone.

Will Younger (James), an up and coming lawyer and Tom Sutherland (Whitaker), his wealthy father in-law to be, have to make their way from Chicago to the west coast, Seattle, to find his pregnant fiancée (Graham).

In the beginning, How It Ends starts off with a lot of promise of being a different from other disaster films that has graced the screens previously. Maybe this wouldn't be the typical kind of film where two people, who are at fnaf security breach glamrock freddy with each other, setting out on a road trip to reunite with a loved one in a dire situation. I was holding out hope until the two men, who are seemingly polar opposites, take a road trip, driving through the worst parts of the unknown, encountering one tense situation after another, and a plot holes here and there along the way to save a loved one.

The action starts when Samantha calls Will to inform him that he has overslept and was about to miss his flight. As the conversation progresses, they talk about the results of the previous night's dinner with his future in-laws that turn out to be its own disaster. Samantha suddenly notices something is not right and loud noises are heard, the call ends. Will rushes to the airport.

Will gets to the airport in time to see flights in and out of the airport quickly and systematically get cancelled.

Breaking news on a big screen at a bar in the terminal, and they talk about a record heatwave causing fatalities in Europe. You never really get a grasp or any clear idea of what the actual disaster was or what caused it, just that it started off the coast of Southern California and it triggered a cascade effect with the power grid across the country.