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* TokenMinority: Ricki is first met on a reservation and dropped a few anvils about the treatment of UsefulNotes/{{Native American}}s, but then [[spoiler:disappeared entirely from the plot after being forced to indirectly kill the bandits who robbed them.]]
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Ricki is a young indigenous woman who's first met on her reservation. She dropped a few anvils about the treatment of UsefulNotes/{{Native American}}s, but then [[spoiler:disappeared entirely from the plot after being forced to indirectly kill the bandits who robbed them.]]
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*NonIndicativeTitle: It's called ''How It Ends'', but the apocalypse is never even vaguely explained. The movie itself also has NoEnding.
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* DoesNotLikeGuns: [[PostersAlwaysLie Contrary to what the official poster would have you believe]], Will is one of the rare examples of an adult US movie character that never even touched a gun in his life, let alone handled one with any degree of competency. Tom is forced to talk him through the entire process of loading and arming his SIG Sauer handgun so Will can shoot the bad guys during a hectic car chase.
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* DoesNotLikeGuns: [[PostersAlwaysLie Contrary to what the official poster would have you believe]], Will is one of the rare examples of an adult US movie character that never even touched a gun in his life, let alone handled one with any degree of competency. Tom is forced to talk him through the entire process of loading and arming his SIG Sauer handgun so Will can shoot the bad guys during a hectic car chase.
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* PostersAlwaysLie: The poster suggests this film is about a gun-slinging hero in a toxic wasteland, whereas Will is [[spoiler:actually a novice shot and only fires once at the end. The mask is only worn for a couple minutes around the ashy remains of Seattle.]]
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* RedOniBlueOni: Will is a fair and reasonable dude, Tom is a veteran soldier and can be a hardass.
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* TomboyishName: Ricki, fitting with her overall {{tomboy}} looks and manner.
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* BoyishShortHair: Ricki has hers very short and messy, keeping with her other {{tomboy}} traits.
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* DisappearedDad: It's mentioned that Will's father left when he was a kid. Since then they only see each other once every couple years or so (and he has another family in Idaho).
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* TomboyishName: Ricki, fitting with her overall {{tomboy}} looks and manner.
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* UnkemptBeauty: Ricki is quite pretty, in spite of her messy hair and unflattering clothes.
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* GoodCopBadCop: Will is a fair and reasonable dude, Tom is a veteran soldier and can be a hardass.
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It is set before and after an apocalyptic earthquake strikes California, and focuses on Will and Tom as they travel [[RoadTripPlot across the country]] to Seattle to find and rescue Sam, who is Will's wife and Tom's daughter. Throughout the country, the duo find that society has quickly broken down -- with access to virtually all of the midwest and beyond being blocked off by the military. The two must brave this no man's land to achieve their goal.
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It is set before and after an apocalyptic earthquake strikes California, and focuses on Will and Tom as they travel [[RoadTripPlot across the country]] to Seattle to find and rescue Sam, who is Will's wife girlfriend and Tom's daughter. Throughout the country, the duo find that society has quickly broken down -- with access to virtually all of the midwest and beyond being blocked off by the military. The two must brave this no man's land to achieve their goal.
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* CrazySurvivalist: [[spoiler:Jeremiah, the man who took in Sam after the city got completely wiped out by whatever the heck it was (apparently a volcano). Will can see that he obviously got infatuated with Sam [[MurderTheHypothenuse and is planning on how to kill Will]] from the moment they meet, and decides not to tell him his gun still has OneBulletLeft because of it -- a measure that comes in handy the very next day.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: The first real antagonist Tom and Will encounter is [[spoiler:some impostor posing as a highway patrol cop]]. That the guy sports a wild, fuzzy, generally shifty-looking beard seems to be a major part of what tips Tom off about his true nature.
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* BeardOfEvil: The first real antagonist Tom and Will encounter is [[spoiler:some impostor posing as a highway patrol cop]]. That the guy sports a wild, fuzzy, generally shifty-looking beard seems to be a major part of what tips Tom off about his true nature. In fairness, this violates most law enforcement dress codes.
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** Jeremiah thinks this is some sort of GovernmentConspiracy to experiment on people, believing that it was nuclear bomb followed by a computer virus to instill chaos. At the end of the day, Will doesn't give a damn about what caused it because it doesn’t change anything.
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** Jeremiah thinks this is some sort of GovernmentConspiracy to experiment on people, believing that it was a nuclear bomb followed by a computer virus to instill chaos. At the end of the day, Will doesn't give a damn about what caused it because it doesn’t change anything.
* {{Irony}}: Ricki notes this when Tom spots an Army Blackhawk helicopter going by, listing all of the other native tribes who they named helicopters after, but previously tried to wipe out (the character and actress are native too).
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* NoEnding: After Will kills Jeremiah in self-defense, the nearby volcano erupts, so he grabs Sam and they drive off with intent to drive north to Canada before the pyroclastic flow reaches them while anguishly telling each other that they love them. The movie ends right after they outrun the cloud.
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* NoEnding: After Will kills Jeremiah in self-defense, the nearby volcano erupts, so he grabs Sam and they drive off with intent to drive north to Canada before the pyroclastic flow reaches them while anguishly telling each other that they love them. The movie ends right after they outrun the cloud.
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* NecessaryEvil: Will and Tom try to comfort Ricki that it was okay that the thieves died because the trio wouldn't have lasted longer if they had let them take the gas.
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''How It Ends'' is a action/suspense/thriller film released on July 13, 2018 for Creator/{{Netflix}}'s streaming service. Starring Creator/TheoJames, Creator/ForestWhitaker and Kat Graham, the film was announced as early as 2011 but [[DevelopmentHell did not begin production]] until 2015, with filming to begin in 2017.
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''How It Ends'' is a action/suspense/thriller film released on July 13, 2018 for Creator/{{Netflix}}'s streaming service. Starring Creator/TheoJames, Creator/ForestWhitaker and Kat Graham, Creator/KatGraham, the film was announced as early as 2011 but [[DevelopmentHell did not begin production]] until 2015, with filming to begin in 2017.
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* ApocalypseAnarchy: It appears it doesn't takes even a full day after such a disaster to happen for thieving gangs to start to roam the roads of America.
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* ScrewTheRulesItsTheApocalypse: Will and Tom lie, threaten and kill their way through the United States to get to their wife/daughter on the East Coast. While they have a pretty altruistic reason (and in the latter it's self-defense) it still earns them a well-deserved WhatTheHellHero.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Whether or not the disasters that devastated the West Coast were actually man-made or not and the true extent of the destruction.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Whether or not the disasters that devastated the West Coast were actually man-made or not and the true extent of the destruction.destruction or why the little we see of government action is so damn secretive.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Whether or not the disasters that devastated the West Coast were actually man-made or not and the true extent of the destruction.
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* UnspecifiedApocalypse: So many details are left up in the air about the disaster that it becomes one of these.
* VikingFuneral: [[spoiler:Will eventually does this to Tom alongside their non-functional car.]]
* VikingFuneral: [[spoiler:Will eventually does this to Tom alongside their non-functional car.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: [[spoiler:The fake cop Tom and Will run afoul of]] calls Will a faggot for no apparent reason.
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* BeardOfEvil: The first real antagonist Tom and Will encounter is [[spoiler:some impostor posing as a highway patrol cop]]. That the guy sports a wild, fuzzy, generally shifty-looking beard seems to be a major part of what tips Tom off about his true nature.
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* DoesNotLikeGuns: [[PostersAlwaysLie Contrary to what the official poster would have you believe]], Will is one of the rare examples of an adult US movie character that never even touched a gun in his life, let alone handled one with any degree of competency. Tom is forced to talk him through the entire process of loading and arming his SIG Sauer handgun so Will can shoot the bad guys during a hectic car chase.
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* LivingMacGuffin: Sam is Tom's daughter, Will's girlfriend/fiancée, and [[DamselInDistress the sole reason]] why the two men embark on the dangerous journey the film chronicles. If not for her, their lives and those of many others would've taken a much different turn from the moment the event hits.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: While [[Creator/ForestWhitaker Tom]] certainly won't win beauty contests anytime soon, his wife Paula is cut from a completely different cloth.
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* ClusterFBomb: Tom is the only character in the film to keep his language civil most of the time. Will and Ricki on the other hand drop F-bombs in every other sentence, and the former has a few lines that consist of nothing but them.
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* SceneryGorn / SceneryPorn: The film oscillates freely between desolate scenes of destruction and chaos, interrupted by extended beauty shots of the protagonists cruising through gorgeous landscapes on their way to Seattle, which [[spoiler:the mysterious event has turned into an utterly devastated ruin covered in volcanic ashes]].
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* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:Tom suffers multiple rib fractures early on, and it soon becomes clear that they punctured his lungs. He seems aware of it but refrains from telling Will until his lungs almost collapse, forcing him to rely on Will for some emergency surgery. He dies a couple hours later regardless.]]
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: If you've watched the lengthy Netflix trailer in its entirety, you've seen pretty much every important event, plot twist and money shot the movie has, down to the very ending. The only asset it doesn't spoil (by virtue of complete omission) is the third main character, Ricki.
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* GenreBlind: The protagonists display an astonishing lack of savvy when it comes to dealing with other people in the lawless, apocalyptic world they find themselves in. They regularly and ''repeatedly'' stop the car when they encounter other people even though it tends to be painfully obvious that they're walking into a trap or ambush. Will can be forgiven for being a pampered city kid way out of his depth, but grizzled military veteran Tom really should know better.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Tom has all the hallmarks of one, which an exasperated Will eventually calls him out on during their dinner in the opening chapter. [[GetOut He doesn't take it well.]]
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* RetiredBadass: Tom is a retired Marine Corps officer with almost 30 years of service under his belt, and he does get a few opportunities to put that training to good use. Unfortunately, he's too GenreBlind to seize most of them in time.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Shortly before the TV network cuts out early in the movie, the news ticker mentions people dying in Europe due to a massive heat wave. When the film was released, Europe (among other regions of the world) really was suffering from one of the most intense heat waves in recorded history, with numerous deaths attributed to the effects across various nations.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Shortly before the TV network cuts out early in the movie, the news ticker mentions people dying in Europe due to a massive heat wave. When the film was released, Europe (among other regions of the world) really was suffering from one of the most intense heat waves in recorded history, with numerous deaths attributed to the effects across various nations.
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* WrenchWench: Ricki ticks all the boxes as her reservation's resident mechanic.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: A hooker uses the classic SlutShaming claim on Will so that she and her guy friends can intimidate and rob him. Tom pulls a gun on them and scares them off.
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** A hooker uses the classic SlutShaming claim on Will so that she and her guy friends can intimidate and rob him. Tom pulls a gun on them and scares themoff.off.
** A different woman pulls a more classic gambit later on as they pass a settlement in flames. In this case, she and her husband are actually in distress, but were threatened into colluding with a group of bandits who subsequently robbed the protagonists of their gas.
** A hooker uses the classic SlutShaming claim on Will so that she and her guy friends can intimidate and rob him. Tom pulls a gun on them and scares them
** A different woman pulls a more classic gambit later on as they pass a settlement in flames. In this case, she and her husband are actually in distress, but were threatened into colluding with a group of bandits who subsequently robbed the protagonists of their gas.
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* BecomingTheMask: Tom hires Ricki and later threatens to kick her out if she doesn't follow through. By the next day or two, she and the boys get along well.
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* BecomingTheMask: Tom hires Ricki and later threatens to kick her out if she doesn't follow through. By the next day or two, she and the boys guys get along well.well, to the point that Tom tries to help Will in convincing her that she did good and should stay after she gets some thieves killed, and later feels bad when she quits and calls them bad people.
* GoodCopBadCop: Will is a fair and reasonable dude, Tom is a veteran soldier and can be a hardass.
* HeroicBSOD: Will briefly has one after Tom dies and the car breaks down.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Will and Tom try to assure Ricki that the death of the thieves was necessary for their own survival. Ricki refuses to take in any of it.
* HeroicBSOD: Will briefly has one after Tom dies and the car breaks down.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Will and Tom try to assure Ricki that the death of the thieves was necessary for their own survival. Ricki refuses to take in any of it.
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* MysteriousPast: Ricki mentions that she's been surviving on her own ever since she was born. At the very least, it suggests she was an orphan.
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* MysteriousPast: Ricki mentions that she's been surviving on her own ever since she was born. At the very least, it suggests she was an orphan.orphan, which would explain why no one on her reservation [[FriendlessBackground seemed to care]] when she left with Will and Tom.
* NoEnding: After Will kills Jeremiah in self-defense, the nearby volcano erupts, so he grabs Sam and they drive off with intent to drive north to Canada before the pyroclastic flow reaches them while anguishly telling each other that they love them. The movie ends right after they outrun the cloud.
* NotWhatISignedUpFor: Ricki after indirectly getting two thieves killed.
* NotWhatISignedUpFor: Ricki after indirectly getting two thieves killed.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ricki leaves in the middle of the night after indirectly killing two thieves, [[YouMonster wishing that she didn’t come along with Will and Tom.]]
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** Ricki leaves in the middle of the night after indirectly killing two thieves, [[YouMonster wishing that she didn’t come along with Will and Tom.]]]]
** While crossing the bridge, Will and Tom are stopped by a band of armed thieves. [[BaitAndSwitch After Will claims that they'll pull over]], he floors it back to the other side. The duo manage to kill some of the thieves in their escape, but Tom succumbs to his injuries after giving Will an opening.
** Ricki leaves in the middle of the night after indirectly killing two thieves, [[YouMonster wishing that she didn’t come along with Will and Tom.
** While crossing the bridge, Will and Tom are stopped by a band of armed thieves. [[BaitAndSwitch After Will claims that they'll pull over]], he floors it back to the other side. The duo manage to kill some of the thieves in their escape, but Tom succumbs to his injuries after giving Will an opening.
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* TruthInTelevision: Mt. Rainier is set to erupt sometime in Washington's future. However, the volcano that erupted at the end of the movie is likely not Mt. Rainier, as the snow and ice there would turn its pyroclastic flow into lahar.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster suggests this film is about a gun-slinging hero in a toxic wasteland, whereas Will is [[spoiler:actually a novice shot and only fires once at the end. The mask is only worn for a couple minutes around the ashy remains of Seattle.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It never is explained what exactly is happening, just that an earthquake destroyed California and out of control volcanism destroyed most of Washington. A radio broadcast in Ricki's town wonders if it was some sort of nuke, and the birds also act strangely. The group's first night with Ricki has a strange and violent thunderstorm with a glowing hurricane-like eye. Ricki also notices that the compass has gone wack. A family that Will encounters state that they've heard that it started in Los Angeles, something's wrong with the air, and that Canada is the safest bet. Some sort of snow-like substance that requires a gas-mask to breathe (ash or radioactive snow), and it doesn’t seem to be snow as Will doesn't feel cold from it. Aurora borealis also occurs in Seattle at night, which does not happen
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* AmbiguousSituation: It never is explained what exactly is happening, just that an earthquake destroyed California and out of control volcanism destroyed most of Washington. A Some theories are tossed around in-universe, like a radio broadcast in Ricki's town wonders if it was some sort of nuke, nuke and the birds also act strangely. The group's first night with Ricki has a strange and violent thunderstorm with a glowing hurricane-like eye. Ricki also notices that the compass has gone wack. A family that Will encounters state that they've heard that claiming it started in Los Angeles, something's wrong with Angeles. Random hints are thrown in like the air, birds also acting strangely, abnormal thunderstorms, Ricki's compass going wack, and that Canada is the safest bet. Some sort of snow-like substance that requires a gas-mask to breathe (ash or radioactive snow), and it doesn’t seem to be snow as Will doesn't feel cold from it. Aurora borealis also occurs Borealis occurring in Seattle at night, which does not happen night. Ultimately, however, it remains a mystery.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It never is explained what exactly is happening, just that an earthquake destroyed California and out of control volcanism destroyed most of Washington.
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* AmbiguousSituation: It never is explained what exactly is happening, just that an earthquake destroyed California and out of control volcanism destroyed most of Washington. A radio broadcast in Ricki's town wonders if it was some sort of nuke, and the birds also act strangely. The group's first night with Ricki has a strange and violent thunderstorm with a glowing hurricane-like eye. Ricki also notices that the compass has gone wack. A family that Will encounters state that they've heard that it started in Los Angeles, something's wrong with the air, and that Canada is the safest bet. Some sort of snow-like substance that requires a gas-mask to breathe (ash or radioactive snow), and it doesn’t seem to be snow as Will doesn't feel cold from it. Aurora borealis also occurs in Seattle at night, which does not happen
* BecomingTheMask: Tom hires Ricki and later threatens to kick her out if she doesn't follow through. By the next day or two, she and the boys get along well.
* ConspiracyTheorist:
** Some of the radio broadcasts theorize that this is some sort of biblical event or that North Korea and/or China did it.
** Jeremiah thinks this is some sort of GovernmentConspiracy to experiment on people, believing that it was nuclear bomb followed by a computer virus to instill chaos. At the end of the day, Will doesn't give a damn about what caused it because it doesn’t change anything.
** Some of the radio broadcasts theorize that this is some sort of biblical event or that North Korea and/or China did it.
** Jeremiah thinks this is some sort of GovernmentConspiracy to experiment on people, believing that it was nuclear bomb followed by a computer virus to instill chaos. At the end of the day, Will doesn't give a damn about what caused it because it doesn’t change anything.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Tom dies right after shooting an exit for Will when they get caught in a shootout on the bridge.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Ricki is shocked and horrified when the trio investigate a rollover caused by bandits, all passengers having been killed. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone As it turns out later]], she takes issue with murder.
** Tom worries that the car might break down on the road, which is why he hires Ricki to join them so she can fix it in case. [[spoiler:[[ProperlyParanoid He's right;]] After Tom dies, the car breaks down and Will is forced to abandon it. Ricki has left by then.]]
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** Ricki is shocked and horrified when the trio investigate a rollover caused by bandits, all passengers having been killed. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone As it turns out later]], she takes issue with murder.
** Tom worries that the car might break down on the road, which is why he hires Ricki to join them so she can fix it in case. [[spoiler:[[ProperlyParanoid He's right;]] After Tom dies, the car breaks down and Will is forced to abandon it. Ricki has left by then.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: After jokingly telling Will that she‘s going to be a rapper in California, she adds, "You think I can't make it?". Later, when Will tries to persuade her to stay with him and Tom, she says the same thing.
* MysteriousPast: Ricki mentions that she's been surviving on her own ever since she was born. At the very least, it suggests she was an orphan.
* NecessaryEvil: Will and Tom try to comfort Ricki that it was okay that the thieves died because the trio wouldn't have lasted longer if they had let them take the gas.
* MysteriousPast: Ricki mentions that she's been surviving on her own ever since she was born. At the very least, it suggests she was an orphan.
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* RoadTripPlot: All except the first 10 minutes of the film. The rest involves Will and Tom making their way to Seattle.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ricki leaves in the middle of the night after indirectly killing two thieves, [[YouMonster wishing that she didn’t come along with Will and Tom.]]
* TakeThat: Ricki identifies an army helicopter as a Blackhawk. When Tom asks how she knows, she notes that it's ironic that the U.S. military named their helicopters after Native American tribes despite subjugating them.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ricki leaves in the middle of the night after indirectly killing two thieves, [[YouMonster wishing that she didn’t come along with Will and Tom.]]
* TakeThat: Ricki identifies an army helicopter as a Blackhawk. When Tom asks how she knows, she notes that it's ironic that the U.S. military named their helicopters after Native American tribes despite subjugating them.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: On Ricki's first night, the trio come across a bandit attack and they investigate it. Ricki takes too long to return to the car when the bandits return and is nearly caught, causing Tom to almost drive off without her and having to be convinced by Will not to. After stopping for her, she threatens not to fix their car if they risk her life again, to which Tom replies that he'll kick her out (or possibly ''kill’’ her) if she doesn’t carry out her end of the bargain.
* YouMonster:
** In the middle of a forest fire, two thieves force a woman to fake calling for help after they injure her husband and ruin their van. When this catches the trio's attention and causes a conflict, she refuses to join the trio and stays with her husband during the ''fire'', calling them as equally bad as the thieves.
** Ricki breaks down after helping Will and Tom kill the thieves to get their gas back, refusing to join them any further on their journey to Seattle in fears of continuing to kill others for them again.
* YouMonster:
** In the middle of a forest fire, two thieves force a woman to fake calling for help after they injure her husband and ruin their van. When this catches the trio's attention and causes a conflict, she refuses to join the trio and stays with her husband during the ''fire'', calling them as equally bad as the thieves.
** Ricki breaks down after helping Will and Tom kill the thieves to get their gas back, refusing to join them any further on their journey to Seattle in fears of continuing to kill others for them again.
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''How It Ends'' is a 2018 action/suspense/thriller film released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It is set before and after an apocalyptic earthquake strikes California, and focuses on Will and Tom as they travel [[RoadTripPlot across the country]] to Seattle to find and rescue Sam, Will's wife and Tom's daughter.
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''How It Ends'' is a 2018 action/suspense/thriller film released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. July 13, 2018 for Creator/{{Netflix}}'s streaming service. Starring Creator/TheoJames, Creator/ForestWhitaker and Kat Graham, the film was announced as early as 2011 but [[DevelopmentHell did not begin production]] until 2015, with filming to begin in 2017.
It is set before and after an apocalyptic earthquake strikes California, and focuses on Will and Tom as they travel [[RoadTripPlot across the country]] to Seattle to find and rescue Sam, who is Will's wife and Tom'sdaughter.
daughter. Throughout the country, the duo find that society has quickly broken down -- with access to virtually all of the midwest and beyond being blocked off by the military. The two must brave this no man's land to achieve their goal.
It is set before and after an apocalyptic earthquake strikes California, and focuses on Will and Tom as they travel [[RoadTripPlot across the country]] to Seattle to find and rescue Sam, who is Will's wife and Tom's
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster suggests this film is about a gun-slinging hero in a toxic wasteland, whereas Will is [[spoiler:actually a terrible shot and only fires once at the end. The mask is only worn for a couple minutes around the ashy remains of Seattle.]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster suggests this film is about a gun-slinging hero in a toxic wasteland, whereas Will is [[spoiler:actually a terrible novice shot and only fires once at the end. The mask is only worn for a couple minutes around the ashy remains of Seattle.]]
* DisasterMovie: In a sense, though the focus is mostly on those out of range of said disaster. [[spoiler:The ending jumps full on into this genre, however.]]
* DisasterMovie: In a sense, though the focus is mostly on those out of range of said disaster. [[spoiler:The ending jumps full on into this genre, however.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseCars: Will came across a fallen military convoy while in search of gasoline. In {{real life}}, however, the military vehicles shown would all run on diesel. [[spoiler:Though it might not come into play since he ends up using at least the last of it to cremate Tom anyway.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseCars: Will came comes across a fallen military convoy while in search of and salvages some gasoline. In {{real life}}, however, the military Military vehicles shown would all run on diesel. [[spoiler:Though it might diesel fuel, not come into play since he regular gasoline. It ultimately ends up using at least not mattering, as the last of car breaks down completely before he can use the fuel, [[spoiler:so he uses it to cremate Tom anyway.instead.]]
* OneBulletLeft: Will is eventually reduced to a single bullet for Tom's gun.
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* RoadTripPlot: All except the first 10 minutes of the film. The rest involves Will
* ThirdWheel: Jeremiah, who gave Sam a place to stay after Seattle fell, was clearly aware of his status as this the moment Will showed up at his wilderness home. [[spoiler:It quickly devolved into a FriendVersusLover scenario where Jeremiah tries to kill Will, and fails.]]
* TokenMinority: Ricki was first met on a reservation and dropped a few anvils about the treatment of UsefulNotes/{{Native American}}s, but then [[spoiler:disappeared entirely from the plot after being forced to indirectly kill the bandits who robbed them.]]
* ThirdWheel: Jeremiah, who gave Sam a place to stay after Seattle fell, was clearly aware of his status as this the moment Will showed up at his wilderness home. [[spoiler:It quickly devolved into a FriendVersusLover scenario where Jeremiah tries to kill Will, and fails.]]
* TokenMinority: Ricki was first met on a reservation and dropped a few anvils about the treatment of UsefulNotes/{{Native American}}s, but then [[spoiler:disappeared entirely from the plot after being forced to indirectly kill the bandits who robbed them.]]
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* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Will hides his last bullet when showing the gun to Jeremiah, making him think it's just a WeaponForIntimidation. When Jeremiah tries to kill him, Will uses the last bullet to kill him.]]
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Will and Tom making their way to Seattle.
* ThirdWheel: Jeremiah, who gave Sam a place to stay after Seattle fell,was is clearly aware of his status as this the moment Will showed shows up at his wilderness home. [[spoiler:It quickly devolved devolves into a FriendVersusLover scenario where Jeremiah tries to kill Will, and fails.]]
* TokenMinority: Rickiwas is first met on a reservation and dropped a few anvils about the treatment of UsefulNotes/{{Native American}}s, but then [[spoiler:disappeared entirely from the plot after being forced to indirectly kill the bandits who robbed them.]]]]
* WeaponForIntimidation: Tom initially keeps his gun unloaded, as the threat of it is enough to scare off some would-be muggers.
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''How It Ends'' is a 2018 action/suspense/thriller film released on Creator/{{Netflix}}. It is set before and after an apocalyptic earthquake strikes California, and focuses on Will and Tom as they travel [[RoadTripPlot across the country]] to Seattle to find and rescue Sam, Will's wife and Tom's daughter.
* AfterTheEnd: Society breaks down fast once fiber optics are taken out nationwide. Within days of the incident, most people are nowhere to be seen from the midwest onward and roving gangs are startlingly normalized in-universe.
* AmbiguousSituation: It never is explained what exactly is happening, just that an earthquake destroyed California and out of control volcanism destroyed most of Washington.
* ArtisticLicenseCars: Will came across a fallen military convoy while in search of gasoline. In {{real life}}, however, the military vehicles shown would all run on diesel. [[spoiler:Though it might not come into play since he ends up using at least the last of it to cremate Tom anyway.]]
* ColorWash: Pretty much as soon as the protagonists got onto the road, the film was almost permanently washed in various shades of red and brown as the scenes demanded.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster suggests this film is about a gun-slinging hero in a toxic wasteland, whereas Will is [[spoiler:actually a terrible shot and only fires once at the end. The mask is only worn for a couple minutes around the ashy remains of Seattle.]]
* InternetIncorporated: Implied, as it seems that wiping out California took out telecommunications across the country.
* ManOnFire: During the bridge scene, Tom shoots out an enemy truck's engine which subsequently explodes. Seconds later, a man covered in flames exits the vehicle...though because this is cut short enough to be hard to spot, it may have been done so due to its absurdity.
* OutrunTheFireball: The climactic scene involves Will and Sam [[spoiler:outrunning a super-volcano eruption in a beat up old 4x4.]]
* RoadTripPlot: All except the first 10 minutes of the film. The rest involves Will
* ThirdWheel: Jeremiah, who gave Sam a place to stay after Seattle fell, was clearly aware of his status as this the moment Will showed up at his wilderness home. [[spoiler:It quickly devolved into a FriendVersusLover scenario where Jeremiah tries to kill Will, and fails.]]
* TokenMinority: Ricki was first met on a reservation and dropped a few anvils about the treatment of UsefulNotes/{{Native American}}s, but then [[spoiler:disappeared entirely from the plot after being forced to indirectly kill the bandits who robbed them.]]
* AfterTheEnd: Society breaks down fast once fiber optics are taken out nationwide. Within days of the incident, most people are nowhere to be seen from the midwest onward and roving gangs are startlingly normalized in-universe.
* AmbiguousSituation: It never is explained what exactly is happening, just that an earthquake destroyed California and out of control volcanism destroyed most of Washington.
* ArtisticLicenseCars: Will came across a fallen military convoy while in search of gasoline. In {{real life}}, however, the military vehicles shown would all run on diesel. [[spoiler:Though it might not come into play since he ends up using at least the last of it to cremate Tom anyway.]]
* ColorWash: Pretty much as soon as the protagonists got onto the road, the film was almost permanently washed in various shades of red and brown as the scenes demanded.
* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster suggests this film is about a gun-slinging hero in a toxic wasteland, whereas Will is [[spoiler:actually a terrible shot and only fires once at the end. The mask is only worn for a couple minutes around the ashy remains of Seattle.]]
* InternetIncorporated: Implied, as it seems that wiping out California took out telecommunications across the country.
* ManOnFire: During the bridge scene, Tom shoots out an enemy truck's engine which subsequently explodes. Seconds later, a man covered in flames exits the vehicle...though because this is cut short enough to be hard to spot, it may have been done so due to its absurdity.
* OutrunTheFireball: The climactic scene involves Will and Sam [[spoiler:outrunning a super-volcano eruption in a beat up old 4x4.]]
* RoadTripPlot: All except the first 10 minutes of the film. The rest involves Will
* ThirdWheel: Jeremiah, who gave Sam a place to stay after Seattle fell, was clearly aware of his status as this the moment Will showed up at his wilderness home. [[spoiler:It quickly devolved into a FriendVersusLover scenario where Jeremiah tries to kill Will, and fails.]]
* TokenMinority: Ricki was first met on a reservation and dropped a few anvils about the treatment of UsefulNotes/{{Native American}}s, but then [[spoiler:disappeared entirely from the plot after being forced to indirectly kill the bandits who robbed them.]]
