Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- paranoid
- foreboding
- tense
- late night thriller viewing
- mystery movie marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film competently assembled and often well acted, but felt its promising mystery was undermined by implausible coincidences and an underdeveloped payoff.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jon studies shootings at the same gas station in 1913, 1955, 1976, 2008, and potentially 2018 to identify a repeating numerical pattern.
Jon's research into historical shootings runs alongside Nico's threatened death on April 12, 2018.
Jon has schizophrenia, leaves treatment, and struggles to determine whether the gas-station pattern is real or produced by his mind.
The gas station outside Madrid is linked to fatal shootings across more than a century and becomes the center of Nico's fear.
Films like The Warning, and why
The Endless
shared time-spanning mystery, ominous pattern, psychological instability, and ambiguous supernatural possibilities
The Number 23
shared mathematical puzzle structure, escalating paranoia, and reality-questioning thriller atmosphere
The Inheritance
shared intergenerational threat, fatalistic repetition, and supernatural mystery rooted in family relationships
Movie Details
- Director
- Daniel Calparsoro
- Release Date
- 2018-03-10
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (399)
Cast
- Raúl Arévalo
- Aura Garrido
- Hugo Arbues
- Belén Cuesta
- Antonio Dechent
- Aitor Luna
- Sergio Mur
- Luis Callejo
- Julieta Serrano
- Patricia Vico
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Warning about?
- A schizophrenic mathematician races to decode a century-old gas-station death pattern before it claims a bullied boy in 2018.
- What is The Warning like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Warning as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Warning violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Warning as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Warning?
- Critics generally found the film competently assembled and often well acted, but felt its promising mystery was undermined by implausible coincidences and an underdeveloped payoff.
- Which films are like The Warning?
- Films with a similar feel include The Endless, The Number 23, and The Inheritance.
- How long is The Warning?
- The Warning runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Warning?
- In United States, The Warning streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
