Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- claustrophobic
- grim
- late night horror
- zombie movie marathon
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The central group is trapped in a penthouse during a virus outbreak before fighting toward the parking lot.
An unexplained virus turns people into blood-lusting beings while the group faces betrayal and loss.
The film opens with survivors outside an abandoned factory and then moves back one day to the outbreak and hotel siege.
The action moves through a penthouse, hotel, parking lot, and abandoned factory as successive survival spaces.
Films like Lost In Apocalypse, and why
Train to Busan
shared undead survival horror, trapped-group tension, and betrayal under pressure
28 Days Later
shared outbreak-driven zombie horror, desperate survivors, and escalating group conflict
Dawn of the Dead
shared claustrophobic survival horror, improvised defenses, and mistrust among strangers
Movie Details
- Director
- Sky Wang
- Release Date
- 2018-01-19
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 4.0 / 10 (4)
Cast
- Yang Tianming
- Yang Mingyi
- Zhang Yinan
- Wang Yuchao
- Chen Qianhua
- Elton Tang
Common questions
- What is Lost In Apocalypse about?
- A fractured Chinese zombie survival thriller traps strangers in a hotel siege before driving them through betrayal, bloodshed, and an uncertain refuge.
- What is Lost In Apocalypse like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Lost In Apocalypse as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Lost In Apocalypse violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Lost In Apocalypse as graphic.
- Which films are like Lost In Apocalypse?
- Films with a similar feel include Train to Busan, 28 Days Later, and Dawn of the Dead.
- How long is Lost In Apocalypse?
- Lost In Apocalypse runs 90 minutes.
