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* WholePlotReference: To ''Literature/OnTheBeach'' - an unstoppable cataclysm has already destroyed the northern hemisphere and the destruction is heading down south, towards Australia, while people try to brace for the inevetable, each in their own way. The main difference is that it's a ColonyDrop rather than a nuclear war and it's a story about both ApocalypseAnarchy, but also how TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople.
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* BludgeonedToDeath: How James kills Rose's kidnappers, using a hammer. Count as HoistByHisOwnPetard as well, as the hammer was found in the passenger seat's legspace, implying it belonged to them.
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* DropTheHammer: How James kills Roses's kidnappers. Count as HoistByHisOwnPetard as well, as the hammer was found in the passenger seat's legspace, implying it belonged to them.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: After all the trouble, James eventually gets Rose to Aunt Janice's house. All of Rose's relatives, including her dad, managed to reach the place... and committed a group suicide]].
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: After all the trouble, James eventually gets Rose to Aunt Janice's house. All of Rose's relatives, including her dad, managed to reach the place... and committed a group suicide]].suicide. Still subverted in that, thanks to James, she still gets to be with her dad when the end comes, and she inspires him to go back to Zoe to do the same]].
** Same goes, in the end, for [[spoiler: James and Zoe]].
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* DeathOfAChild: Of course, since the world is ending and everyone will die, that includes children, due to either violence (like what those kidnappers would have done to Rose if James hadn’t rescued her), or being given a MercyKill by their parents.
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* DeathOfAChild: Of course, since the world is ending and everyone will die, that includes children, due to either violence (like what those kidnappers would have done to Rose if James hadn’t rescued her), or being given a MercyKill by their parents.parents, or just the end playing itself out.
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* EndIsNighEnding: James spent the last 12 hours before an asteroid hits his hometown Perth to save Rose and to consider what is really important in his final moments.
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* EndIsNighEnding: James spent the last 12 hours before the blast wave from an asteroid that fell on Earth hits his hometown Perth Perth, and the whole world is consumed, to save Rose and to consider what is really important in his final moments.
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* AssholeVictim: The two kidnappers/rapists that James killed to rescue Rose.
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* AssholeVictim: The two kidnappers/rapists that James killed to rescue Rose. The second one only buys himself a few seconds longer than his friend, but seals his fate anyway.
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* AxCrazy: James's friend and gun-wielding party host Freddy. At the beginning of the film he encounters a machete wielding lunatic that briefly takes him hostage.
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* AxCrazy: James's friend and gun-wielding party host Freddy. At the beginning of the film he encounters a machete wielding lunatic that briefly takes him hostage.hostage, and he narrowly manages to escape when the lunatic gets distracted and runs off.
* DespairEventHorizon: With the knowledge that the world is being scorched away and this is truly the end of everything, nearly everyone has given up hope of any salvation. Even those who haven't are acutely aware that any heroic actions won't matter when the fire wall finally arrives.
* DisasterMovie: After a meteor strikes the Earth, the impact sends a wall of fire that burns everything in its path away, and there's absolutely no escape. By the time the movie starts, there's only 12 hours left before the fire wall arrives and scorches Perth away as well. Naturally the people of Perth do just about anything they want in light of this, from offing themselves early to partying their hearts out to turning on their fellow man. In the midst of this is James, who is initially concerned with just partying himself, but can't bring himself to leave a child in the hands of some rapists.
* DisasterMovie: After a meteor strikes the Earth, the impact sends a wall of fire that burns everything in its path away, and there's absolutely no escape. By the time the movie starts, there's only 12 hours left before the fire wall arrives and scorches Perth away as well. Naturally the people of Perth do just about anything they want in light of this, from offing themselves early to partying their hearts out to turning on their fellow man. In the midst of this is James, who is initially concerned with just partying himself, but can't bring himself to leave a child in the hands of some rapists.
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* DrivenToSuicide: ''Many'' people, both implicitly and explicitly (one person is shown hanging from a street lamp with [[BlackComedy "Sorry, had to leave" scrawled on a house behind it]]), seem to have taken this route, including [[spoiler: James's sister]].
* DropTheHammer: How James kills Roses's kidnappers.
* DropTheHammer: How James kills Roses's kidnappers.
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* DrivenToSuicide: ''Many'' people, both implicitly and explicitly (one person is shown hanging from a street lamp with [[BlackComedy "Sorry, had to leave" "SORRY HAD TO LEAVE" scrawled on a house behind it]]), seem to have taken this route, including [[spoiler: James's sister]].
* DropTheHammer: How James kills Roses's kidnappers. Count as HoistByHisOwnPetard as well, as the hammer was found in the passenger seat's legspace, implying it belonged to them.
* DropTheHammer: How James kills Roses's kidnappers. Count as HoistByHisOwnPetard as well, as the hammer was found in the passenger seat's legspace, implying it belonged to them.
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* MamaBear: Discussed briefly
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* RapeAsDrama: It's implied that this is what Rose's kidnappers intended to do to her.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The two men that kidnapped Rose clearly planned to rape her, making James unable to stomach it all and bail in their van while they are "busy". To make it even worse, one of them offered James ''his share'' rather than fight him. Rose is 10.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The two men that kidnapped Rose clearly planned to rape her, making James unable to stomach it all and bail in their van while they are "busy". To make it even worse, one of them offered James ''his share'' rather than fight him. Rose is 10.
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* RapeAsDrama: It's implied that this is what Rose's kidnappers intended to do to her.
her. The second one all but confirms it when he tries to tell James that there's enough of Rose to share, and James just beats his head in with a hammer in reply.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The two men that kidnapped Rose clearly planned to rape her, making James unable to stomach it all and bail in their van while they are "busy". To make it even worse, one of them offered James ''his share'' rather than fight him. Rose is 10. James just wordlessly hammers his brain in.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The two men that kidnapped Rose clearly planned to rape her, making James unable to stomach it all and bail in their van while they are "busy". To make it even worse, one of them offered James ''his share'' rather than fight him. Rose is 10. James just wordlessly hammers his brain in.
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* RoadTripPlot: A large portion of the film concerns James's (ultimately successful) attempt to get to Freddy's party.
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* RoadTripPlot: Mixed with DisasterMovie. A large portion of the film concerns James's (ultimately successful) attempt to get to Freddy's party.
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* WorldWreckingWave: The wall of fire produced by the asteroid impact.
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* WorldWreckingWave: The wall of fire produced by the asteroid impact. It's already engulfed much of the world, and 12 hours remain before it takes out Australia too.
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* JerkassFacade: [[spoiler: Vicky is scared shitless of dying, along with the impending apocalypse. And all she does is dull the reality and feel less awful about dying in the next few hours]].
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* JerkassFacade: [[spoiler: Vicky is scared shitless of dying, along with the impending apocalypse. And all thus everything she does is to dull the reality and feel less awful about dying in the next few hours]].
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* LackOfEmpathy: Various characters, given the ongoing ApocalypseAnarchy, but nothing tops Vicky, who just asks James to simply try fuck her anyway after he tearfully tells her [[spoiler: about finding his sister and all of her family dead in a group suicide]] and clearly being in a dark place at the moment himself.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Various characters, given the ongoing ApocalypseAnarchy, but ApocalypseAnarchy. But nothing tops Vicky, who just asks James to simply try fuck her anyway after he tearfully tells her [[spoiler: about finding his sister and all of her family dead in a group suicide]] and clearly being being in a dark place at the moment himself.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: After all the trouble, James eventually gets Rose to Aunt Janice's house. All of Rose's relatives, including her dad, managed to reach the place... and committed a group suicide]].
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* AnachronicOrder: The framing device of James talking with Zoe is outside the actual continuity of the film, yet it keeps intersecting with the story. [[spoiler: And they are themselves out of order]].
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: James is clearly TheUnFavourite and treats his own mother pretty badly... but when it comes to the pinch, they both share a good laugh about their predicament and show clear signs of affection.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: When they first arrive at the party, Rose is obviously disturbed by the ongoing RussianRoulette and regular gunshot sounds. But eventually, it becomes just a literal background noise for her.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: James routinely turns to the bottle whenever facing something fucked up. Most notably, he raids his sister's cabinet after [[spoiler: finding bodies of her and her husband after they've already killed and buried their three girls]]. He frantically drinks for as long as he can hold his breath.
* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Rose reveals she did this to a bully who died of leukemia the year before, making her think she’ll go to hell after the asteroid strike.]]
* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Rose reveals she did this to a bully who died of leukemia the year before, making her think she’ll go to hell after the asteroid strike.]]
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* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Rose reveals JerkassFacade: [[spoiler: Vicky is scared shitless of dying, along with the impending apocalypse. And all she did this to a bully who died of leukemia does is dull the year before, making her think she’ll go to hell after reality and feel less awful about dying in the asteroid strike.]] next few hours]].
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* LackOfEmpathy: Various characters, given the ongoing ApocalypseAnarchy, but nothing tops Vicky, who just asks James to simply try fuck her anyway after he tearfully tells her [[spoiler: about finding his sister and all of her family dead in a group suicide]] and clearly being in a dark place at the moment himself.
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* MamaBear: Discussed briefly
-->'''James' Mom''': Who you trying to impress? Running around, trying to help this girl...
-->'''James''': I'm just trying to help her, Mum. If you can't understand that, then that's your problem.
-->'''James' Mom''': Well, [[SarcasmMode maybe I can't understand]]. I'm just ''your'' stupid mother. What would I know?
* MetaphoricallyTrue: When James talks with his mother about [[spoiler: his sister, it appears that he will break the news about her suicide... until he stops himself and just tells his mom about a note they left about "being gone"]].
-->'''James' Mom''': Who you trying to impress? Running around, trying to help this girl...
-->'''James''': I'm just trying to help her, Mum. If you can't understand that, then that's your problem.
-->'''James' Mom''': Well, [[SarcasmMode maybe I can't understand]]. I'm just ''your'' stupid mother. What would I know?
* MetaphoricallyTrue: When James talks with his mother about [[spoiler: his sister, it appears that he will break the news about her suicide... until he stops himself and just tells his mom about a note they left about "being gone"]].
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* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: Or at least it does so in case of James, who has absolutely ''no'' reason or even initial desire to do any of the deeds he pulls, other than being deep down a good man that had to face the absolute end of everything to find that man in himself.
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* AxCrazy: James's friend and gun-wielding party host Freddy. At the beginning of the film he encounters a machete wielding lunatic.
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* AxCrazy: James's friend and gun-wielding party host Freddy. At the beginning of the film he encounters a machete wielding lunatic.lunatic that briefly takes him hostage.
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* ColonyDrop: The asteroid has already collided with Earth, and the film focuses on humanity’s final 12 hours.
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* ColonyDrop: The asteroid has already collided with Earth, and while the opening describes which parts of the planet are already ''gone''. The film focuses on humanity’s final 12 hours.hours, with Australia being one of the last places the firewall will reach.
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* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Rose reveals she did this to a bully who died of leukemia the year before, making her think she’ll go to hell after the astroid strike.]]
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* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Rose reveals she did this to a bully who died of leukemia the year before, making her think she’ll go to hell after the astroid asteroid strike.]]
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* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Rose reveals she did this to a bully who died of leukemia the year before, making her think she’ll go to hell after the astroid strike.]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: A series of short videos were released in the leadup to the film's release, providing the background information that an asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, giving 6 months of prior warning, and hinting at the [[ApocalypseAnarchy breakdown of civilization and basic services.]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: A series of [[https://youtube.com/@thesefinalhours-thecountdo6926 short videos videos]] were released in the leadup to the film's release, providing the background information that an asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, giving 6 months of prior warning, and hinting at the [[ApocalypseAnarchy breakdown of civilization and basic services.]]
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* TakeThat: In one of the ‘’Countdown’’ videos, a film critic said his initial bucket list was to rewatch every Rob Reiner film except ‘’The Magic of Belle Isle’’.
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* TakeThat: In one of the ‘’Countdown’’ videos, a film critic said his initial bucket list was to rewatch every Rob Reiner film except ‘’The Magic of Belle Isle’’.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Given the total collapse of social order and morality that accompanies certain doom, this is almost inevitable, as demonstrated by the thugs who abduct Rose. [[spoiler: On the more sympathetic side, parents with young children generally decide that a [[MercyKill quick death]] is the only thing they can offer their kids. James sister and brother-in-law are heavily implied to have done this already, and the couple in the library are planning to.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: Given the total collapse of social order and morality that accompanies certain doom, this is almost inevitable, as demonstrated by the thugs who abduct Rose. [[spoiler: On the more sympathetic side, parents with young children generally decide that a [[MercyKill quick death]] is the only thing they can offer their kids. James James' sister and brother-in-law are heavily implied to have done this already, and the couple in the library are planning to.]]
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* CoitusEnsues: Near the beginning of the film, James is shown hanging out with his other girlfriend Zoe at a beach house. The film then cuts to a very explicit shot of the two having sex. The inside of Freddy's house also graphically depicts an orgy in progress.
* ColonyDrop: The asteroid has '''already''' collided with Earth, and the film focuses on humanity’s final 12 hours.
* DeathOfAChild: Of course, since the world is ending and ''everyone'' will die, that includes children, due to either violence (like what those kidnappers would have done to Rose if James hadn’t rescued her), or being given a MercyKill by their parents.
* ColonyDrop: The asteroid has '''already''' collided with Earth, and the film focuses on humanity’s final 12 hours.
* DeathOfAChild: Of course, since the world is ending and ''everyone'' will die, that includes children, due to either violence (like what those kidnappers would have done to Rose if James hadn’t rescued her), or being given a MercyKill by their parents.
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* ApocalypseHow: Class 6 - the asteroid impact is implied to destroy all life on Earth (Rose mentions her dad describing the Earth being "peeled like an orange" and later on [[spoiler: in Freddy's panic room]] James tells Vicky [[spoiler: that the room is pointless since it's not buried deep enough for anyone to survive]]).
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* ApocalypseHow: Class 6 - ApocalypseHow/Class6 -- the asteroid impact is implied to destroy all life on Earth (Rose mentions her dad describing the Earth being "peeled like an orange" and later on [[spoiler: in Freddy's panic room]] James tells Vicky [[spoiler: that the room is pointless since it's not buried deep enough for anyone to survive]]).
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* EndIsNighEnding: James spent the last 12 hours before an asteroid hits his hometown Perth to save Rose and to consider what is really important in his final moments.
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* DeathOfAChild: Of course, since the world is ending and ''everyone'' will die, that includes children, due to either violence (like what those kidnappers would have done to Rose if James hadn’t rescued her), or being given a MercyKill by their parents.
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* PaterFamilicide: Many parents, including [[spoiler: James’s sister and brother-in-law]], having realised there’s no chance of surviving the global firestorm, kill first their kids, and then themselves, to avoid a far more brutal death.
