I kind of expected it about half way through the film. What if this wasn't just another "escape-by-suicide" doomsday cult? Suppose one of them really got it right. They really weren't killing themselves but where really going to a new world and our old one was about to dissolve.
It did help that the "followers" appeared to be scientists. Like maybe there was more credibility to them than one would think. And, of course, the idea of mathematics to explain all and fix all is not really that far out.
Ultimately, I was hoping for a "quantum-generated" worm hole that would whisk the believers away even if the implication might be it was simply a high-tech suicide machine. I suppose that was beyond the budget of this film and they opted for a "gas chamber" and having to "die" in these mortal bodies thus somewhat prolonging the film's conclusion but only by a couple of minutes.
At any rate, getting to the resolution was rather laborious and tortured. There were a lot of plot holes and conveniences which ultimately "fail" the film. Without getting too far into it, why destroy/eliminate everything including the paramedics if everything is going to burn up in a couple of weeks anyway? The list goes on.
Nevertheless, Johnny Messner, as David and Jon Huertas, as Victor, were very convincing. One resisted the pull towards immorality and the other embraced it. That kind of "push/pull" is very good. Both were driven by their character backgrounds although Victor having sex with the "dead woman" seemed to ultimately predominate his prior religious background. His religious past actually would have worked well but the whole sex thing ultimately became just another needless plot hole.
It did help that the "followers" appeared to be scientists. Like maybe there was more credibility to them than one would think. And, of course, the idea of mathematics to explain all and fix all is not really that far out.
Ultimately, I was hoping for a "quantum-generated" worm hole that would whisk the believers away even if the implication might be it was simply a high-tech suicide machine. I suppose that was beyond the budget of this film and they opted for a "gas chamber" and having to "die" in these mortal bodies thus somewhat prolonging the film's conclusion but only by a couple of minutes.
At any rate, getting to the resolution was rather laborious and tortured. There were a lot of plot holes and conveniences which ultimately "fail" the film. Without getting too far into it, why destroy/eliminate everything including the paramedics if everything is going to burn up in a couple of weeks anyway? The list goes on.
Nevertheless, Johnny Messner, as David and Jon Huertas, as Victor, were very convincing. One resisted the pull towards immorality and the other embraced it. That kind of "push/pull" is very good. Both were driven by their character backgrounds although Victor having sex with the "dead woman" seemed to ultimately predominate his prior religious background. His religious past actually would have worked well but the whole sex thing ultimately became just another needless plot hole.