Instead of cheesy and awkward, the script was witty with some refreshing inside humour, and delivered strongly. End of the World is one of the better written SyFy films too, whether it said anything telling or new or not doesn't matter when you're having fun rather than rolling your eyes in contempt. The scoring isn't much of a problem either, it doesn't come across as sluggish or generic.

And this is one of those rare occurrences where we actually see a real explosion, mostly it is a cheaply rendered computer effect with SyFy, but not here and it is thrilling. Watching the gore is like watching something like Spartacus, and for me it was not excessively used or too in-your-face. And of the special effects of any SyFy movie, End of the World's are by far and large the best. The scenery fits with the tone of the movie very well and it is competently shot and directed. That was not the case with End of the World. I have seen one too many of their movies that look as though they were edited on bacon slicers completed with half-finished special effects.

The production values are so much more polished than what we usually see. I was hoping that once in a while SyFy would make something that was entertaining instead of being ineptly done in all areas.

End of the World is not one of the best movies I've ever seen, but I wasn't expecting that. Unfortunately, those good movies are too few, there are a handful of tolerable if not great ones but most of them are just awful to bottom of the barrel. Until End of the World, The Lost Future held that distinction, so there was proof that SyFy could make a good movie.

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