In the near future, the earth is threatened by an asteroid. The nations of the world respond by blasting it to bits with a barrage of missiles. However, the resulting fallout has a mutating impact on many animals. Much of the population is wiped out and the survivors live in bunkers.
Joel (Dylan O'Brien) was 17 when the disaster struck. It is now 7 years later and he lives in a bunker but pines for Aimee (Jessica Henwick). With great effort, he learned that she is in a bunker 85 miles away. He decides it is time to be with her and sets out. Being something of a bumpkin, he is nearly killed but for the intervention of a dog. He adopts the dog or perhaps the dog adopts him. They meet Clyde (Michael Rooker) and Minnow (Ariana Greenblatt), a pair who survive above ground thanks to certain rules which they teach him.
A rather comical take on the apocalypse, Joel takes the hero's journey where he starts as a bumpkin and ends as a leader. He's still a bit goofy though.
Mindless popcorn fun!
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