The Blackout
Directed by Egor Baranov
- RichardAugust 31, 2025The Blackout doesn’t just ask “what if the lights went out?"it asks what happens when the very fabric of reality begins to fray. Watching this Russian sci-fi thriller feels like being dropped into a world where the rules have changed and no one bothered to tell you. The film opens with a chilling premise: most of Earth has gone dark, save for a mysterious ring of light in Eastern Europe. From there, it spirals into a tense, cerebral battle between survival and surrender. I went in with no expectations, and maybe that’s why I was surprised. Yes, the pacing stumbles and it leans heavily on genre tropes. But it surprised me in the best way and turned into a win and I enjoyed it.
The Blackout Trivia
The Blackout was released on November 21, 2019.
The Blackout was directed by Egor Baranov.
The Blackout has a runtime of 2h 7m.
The Blackout was produced by Evgeniy Nikishov, Valeriy Fedorovich, Ivan Golomovzyuk, Olga Kurenkova, Aleksander Fomin.
Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.
The key characters in The Blackout are Alena (Lukerya Ilyashenko), Yura (Pyotr Fyodorov), Olya (Svetlana Ivanova).
The Blackout is rated TV-MA.
The Blackout is a Science Fiction, Thriller, Action film.
The Blackout has an audience rating of 6 out of 10.
The Blackout has made $2.7M at the box office.