Synopsis
A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
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Cast
- Elizabeth LailQuinn Harris
- Jordan CallowayMatt Monroe
- Talitha BatemanJordan Harris
- Peter FacinelliDr. Sullivan
- Dillon LaneEvan
- Matt LetscherCharlie
- Tom SeguraDerek
- Lana McKissackRachel
- Anne WintersCourtney
- Tichina ArnoldNurse Amy
Recommendations
- 71
TheWrap
Countdown can never be taken seriously enough to work as a conventional horror thriller, and it’s never quite funny enough to be a great horror comedy. But it’s got just enough eccentricity and self-awareness to entertain despite those obvious deficiencies. - 60
Los Angeles Times
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. - 58
IndieWire
The movie arrives at an eye-roll inducing final twist, and hints at an inevitable sequel. But this app isn't exactly begging for an upgrade. - 50
Movie Nation
It’s not highbrow entertainment. Movies like this always feel “designed,” like a theme park ride — story beat, JOLT, exposition exposition JOLT, etc. But Countdown manages the bare minimum — the occasional shock, characters we root for, thanks to the actors playing them, and situations fraught enough that the audience is talking back to the screen. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
A pedestrian thriller whose personal-tech gimmick is even more thinly imagined than one might guess, it's a jumble of cheap jump scares made watchable by likable leads Elizabeth Lail and Jordan Calloway. - 33
The A.V. Club
In Countdown, it’s the audience that really gets cheated. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
Between “Jexi” a few weeks ago and now this, October has ended up becoming quite a great month for bad movies about scary software. - 25
Slant Magazine
If there’s an ethos that Justin Dec’s film believes in, it’s only that “death sucks.”
