"Forearm Shiver" has a lot of suspense in order to create a miracle, and the special effects are realistic enough to make the audience press the 911 button for help. The director did an excellent job in setting the scene, using people's fear of terrorist attacks to create a terrifying, exciting, and false Los Angeles shrouded in smoke. It's a sideshow of society falling apart in a horrible, selfish way, maybe it's the end of the world, it's not a bang, it's 96 minutes of lamentation
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The film's claustrophobic vibe at the start leaves a terrifying, tragic, convincing apocalyptic setting, and while the script falls into institutionalized paranoia, the characters aren't particularly endearing or engaging. The film lost its motivation to keep watching, but that's understandable given the inherent character limitations of the film itself. The ending of the film is more like a so-so episode, but it certainly makes one realize the ineffectiveness of government action in the event of a crisis
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