Borealis

I’ll come straight to the point about this one: It is, without a doubt, one of the worst films I have seen in ages (and that’s being kind). Director Heixan Robles’ debut feature about the chaotic fallout from a massive solar flare (known as a Carrington Event) has so much wrong with it that it’s difficult to know where to begin. For starters, while the solar storm is the seminal event of this story, it ultimately has little to do with the narrative of the picture other than serving as an unexplained catalyst for the rampant carnage that follows. Instead, the picture is more akin to a zombie ap…