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Those who think this movie is boring they actually don't understand about realistic practical movie just think about after a catastrophic event. Then u will get that.

This movie demant another part to complete the story or enlarge the plot.. im actually enjoy it..

Lead actress is great, I like her a lot in this movie.

It has some interesting action sequences.

Sometimes during the movie you can see lead actress in situations before the disaster, I like that.

Decent movie. I enjoyed watching it.

Fans of Cormac McCarthy's The Road will love this movie. Fans of waterworld will enjoy it.

I cant believe the complaints of these other so called reviewers. One complained that it was unrealistic the survivors weren't rescued. Did they miss the part where it says world ending typhoon? This is a post-apocalypse movie, not a natural disaster one. They also complained it was unrealistic people would resort to violence. Not that movies about world endings apocalypses are known for their realism, but none the less the depictions of savage actions by desperate people are one area where this type of movie shines to illustrate, relative to being a movie. So another unintelligent nitpick.

Another reviewer complained to the effect of that the movie was boring, due to the buildings the of and around where the movie takes place being partially submerged by the waters. That confuses me because that essentially was the movie, that was the plot, it provided a unique and original setting for the story.

There are several low rated star reviews that nitpick and complain in ways that seem almost as if they had the film on in the background doing something else. I on the other hand really enjoyed watching this movie, both for the setting of a partially drowned city, and for the story itself. It's a shame it's not rated higher because I really think it deserves it. If you enjoy the depth and humanity and struggle exampled so poetically in the bleak cruel worlds built with dark simplicity in movies like "the road" then you will find that same brilliance here.

As I happened to stumble upon the 2020 sci-fi thriller "The Calm Beyond" by random chance here in 2022, I must admit that I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch what writers Heather Gornall and Joshua Wong had to offer. I mean, a movie set in a devastated landscape of Hong Kong, that sounded more than promising.

But this movie was sort of a mess of a movie. Sure, the concept idea of having Hong Kong devastated by a massive tsunami was interesting, but then everything beyond that made little or no sense. Why would the water remain at that high level after a tsunami? Why wouldn't surviving people have been saved by, say, the mainlanders from China? Why would people resort to violence and such under such catastrophic circumstances? Where did all the food come from? And how could they go such a long time without rescue or anything, I mean, just look at the decayed corpses as it would indicate the amount of time that has passed.

I wanted to like the movie, I really, really did, but there was just too many things that made no logical sense and just made me question the whole concept and believability of the movie. So director Joshua Wong didn't really deliver a very impressive movie here.

Sure, the atmosphere of a devastated Hong Kong was interesting and nice to see, and they definitely managed to pull that off well enough. But it just couldn't make up for all the shortcomings and flaws in the movie.

One thing I didn't understand was why they had to speak English. English is not the native language in Hong Kong, and thus is made little sense.

The acting performances in the movie were actually good, and this was all new and unfamiliar faces on the cast list for me, aside from actor Terence Yin.

"The Calm Beyond" is a movie that came and went without much of a ruckus, and it will sink back into oblivion for me, because this movie was not outstanding or memorable.

My rating of "The Calm Beyond" lands on a three out of ten stars.

Although the film has been picked apart in some reviews, it is still an acceptable watch. Don't try and over think it, just suspend disbelief for awhile. I would have loved to see more films from Hong kong/Australian director Joshua Wong but sadly, he died recently from cancer at 42 years old. Rest in peace.