I want to be upfront about my attempt to evaluate this film fairly. Honestly, this first feature from writer-director Alexander Ullom will almost certainly end up on my list of the worst films of 2026. Drawing a loose connection to Jean-Paul Sartre’s 1944 existentialist play *No Exit*, “It Ends” follows four young adults (and I use that term loosely) – Phinehas Yoon, Mitchell Cole, Akira Jackson, and Noah Toth – who …

There’s something peculiar about how an expansive landscape can evoke a sense of confinement, and this film manages to do just that. The performances are strong, and although the storyline mainly exists to develop the characters, and you don't discover many details concerning the environment itself, that seems deliberate. Clear endings aren’t necessarily needed in narratives like these. It’s not a poor movie; h…