“Survive delivers striking visuals and a tense premise—Earth’s poles flip, oceans vanish, and a family battles deserts and monstrous crabs—but its thin script, inconsistent character behavior, and sci-fi logic gaps make it a B‑movie thrill rather than a gripping disaster epic.”

🎬 Highlights & Critiques

• Visuals & atmosphere: Many critics applaud its stark, surreal cinematography and open-ended visual storytelling en.wikipedia.org+10theguardian.com+10filmhounds.co.uk+10.

• Disaster/crisis staples: The concept evokes The Day After Tomorrow, Mad Max and even Tremors

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  -style creature chaos, with looming crab attacks adding unexpected flair rottentomatoes.com+1rottentomatoes.com+1.

• Script & characters: Reviewers note the family (especially the kids) often act illogically, and the pacing feels rushed or thin .

• Audience reactions: Reddit viewers found character decisions “infuriating” and the scenario “physically impossible,” though some enjoyed the spectacle