Maddox Monk and Peyton Motes VS. The Apocalypse (2022)

About This Film
Maddox Monk & Peyton Motes VS. The Apocalypse (also known as The Adventures of Maddox Monk: This is the End of the World as We Know It) is a 2022 post-apocalypse horror comedy teen movie directed by Don Hall, Shawn Levy, Sarah Smith, and Steven Spielberg, starring Caylee Cowan, Lizze Broadway, Zachary Gordon, Jason Drucker, Kai Kadlec, Jack Dylan Grazer, Spencer Fox, Jeremy Saurez, with Justice Jesse Smith and India Eisley. It was a parody connected to 9, Volcano, This is the End, South Park, 28 Days Later, and The Exorcist. This story follows 24 friends who are trapped in the house in Los Angeles devastated by the post-apocalyptic events. Determined to survive the doomsday, Maddox and the gang followed their survival plan and discovered the true meaning of friendship, trust, love, and redemption.

This film is scheduled to be released on Disney+ on November 25th, 2022, and March 7th, 2023 on FXM in the USA.

Cast and Crew:

 * Caylee Cowan as Ilana Delevieluese
 * Lizze Broadway as Peyton Motes
 * Jason Drucker as Luxo Jr.
 * CIara Bravo as Luna Jr.
 * Zachary Gordon as Maddox Monk
 * Jack Dylan Grazer as Nathaniel Lewis
 * Jansen Panetierre as Dalton Rupert
 * Kai Kadlec as Vincent Boyer
 * Spencer Fox as Simon Hershey
 * Jeremy Saurez as Michael Norris
 * Justice Jesse Smith as Taliq
 * Petr Říčánek as Boy
 * Diamond White as Lija
 * Storm Reid as Amy Almanzar
 * Terayle Hill as Darryl Jones
 * Erik von Detten as Kai Johnson
 * Jason Statham as Andy Johnson
 * Beth Grant as Lisa Vernon
 * Jacob Batalon as Evin Camacho
 * Daniel Huttlestone as Khaleal Henson
 * Devon Bostick as Kaleb Drake Eaker
 * Ian McKellen as MechaGigan

Rating MPAA
Rated PG-13 for disaster action/violence, crude sexual humor throughout, partial nudity, brief drug use, mature thematic elements including strong language, blood, and disturbing images

Original Score
2022 | 20 songs | Runtime: (33:57)
 * 1) Maddox's Morning (2:35)
 * 2) Party at Belk (2:05)
 * 3) Rapture in the Convenience Store (1:32)
 * 4) Sinkhole at the Apartment (2:47)
 * 5) Drawing Matches Part 1 (0:47)
 * 6) This Crap Must be Biblical (0:47)
 * 7) Melanie Witte Shows Up (0:15)
 * 8) Nathaniel Lewis Goes Outside (4:40)
 * 9) Maddox Monk and Peyton Motes Find the Water (0:29)
 * 10) The Devil Rapes Simon Hershey (1:19)
 * 11) Drawing Matches Part 2 (1:12)
 * 12) There's Something Wrong With Simon Hershey (0:46)
 * 13) Simon Hershey's Possessed! (0:33)
 * 14) Hostile Chase Sequence (4:01)
 * 15) Lights Out/Peyton's Got a Plan (0:21)
 * 16) Exorcism of Simon Hershey (0:41)
 * 17) Fire Chase (1:12)
 * 18) Nathaniel Lewis's Last Stand (2:14)
 * 19) Ilana Delevieluese's Demise (3:16)
 * 20) The Rapture of Maddox Monk and Peyton Motes (2:25)

Music and Songs
12 Songs | November 11th, 2022 | (47:51)

Total Album: 2 Discs, 33 songs | Total Runtime: (1:21:48)
 * 1) Discord | DAGames and CG5 (3:14)
 * 2) Want You Gone | Saint Kitten (2:25)
 * 3) Aftershow | Tryhardninja and Chi-Chi (3:56)
 * 4) Addict | DAGames and Lollia (4:11) [E]
 * 5) Bonus Track: Keep Yo Underclothes On! | DAGames, Zachary Gordon, SquigglyDigg, Lizze Broadway, NateWantsToBattle, OR3O, DanBull, and Jack Dylan Grazer (5:01) [E]
 * 6) Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana (5:01)
 * 7) Do Something Crazy | Outasight and Cook Classics (3:35) [E]
 * 8) Grenade | Bruno Mars (3:44)
 * 9) You Call Me a Bitch Like It's a Bad Thing | Halestorm (3:11)
 * 10) This is the End | NateWantsToBattle (2:57)
 * 11) Five Nights at Freddy's 1 Song | The Living Tombstone (2:51)
 * 12) Die In a Fire (Duet) | ElieMonty, Caleb Hyles, The Living Tombstone, and Orko (3:07)
 * 13) I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston (4:32)

Plot
In June 2024, 16-year-old Peyton Motes arrived in Los Angeles to visit 18-year-old Maddox Monk, who invited her to the host of Ilana Delevieluese's housewarming party at Belk South Park. In the play place, Peyton felt uncomfortable at the crowded party, so Maddox accompanied Peyton to the convenience store to buy some food and root beer. When blue beams sucked numerous people into the sky, Maddox and Peyton fled to Belk and found the party unharmed. As the earthquake strikes, and the crowd rushes outside, witnessing a sinkhole opening in the front yard. Several young adults and party guests are killed as Maddox, Peyton, Simon Hershey, Vincent Boyer, Nathaniel Lewis, Luxo Jr., Paxel, Spaxer, Maxo, and Luna Jr. all ran back inside the South Park mall in Belk where Peyton tells the remaining partygoers that the earthquake had destroyed most of Los Angeles. They took inventory of their supplies, set up a ration system, boarded up the mall, and waited for help.

The next morning, Michael Norris, who crashed the party and fell asleep, woke up first and wasted the group's food and water due to his ignorance of the crisis. He disbelieved that the others told him about the events of the previous night until AUTO gets decapitated by an unseen creature outside. Anxieties rise due to the various conflicts, including Maddox and Peyton's growing estrangement and the other's doubtfulness of Peyton's belief that the natural disasters are the Apocalypse predicted in the Book of Revelation. Melanie Witte makes her way into the mall. However, she believes that the group is planning to rape her and leaves with the groups remaining water due to a misunderstanding.

Nate goes for the water stored in the basement, but he encounters an unknown being, causing to believe Peyton's theory. Maddox and Peyton dug through the floor and found water, but Michael wastes most of it out of spite, others kick him out of the mall. Before leaving, Michael reveals that Peyton was in town 2 months prior but stayed at the hotel instead of Maddox because of their strained relationship. Simon annoyed Peyton, who punched him in the face. That night, Simon prays for Peyton to die and is possessed by a demon. The possessed Simon Hershey attacked Maddox and Ilana, but Nate and Peyton subdued Simon and tied him up. During the exorcism attempt, Maddox and Peyton fought and knocked over the candle, starting the fire that engulfs Simon and Belk, forcing the others outside.

Ilana suggests going back to North Carolina, but finds her car guarded by an Ender Dragon. Nate and Vincent volunteered to sacrifice themselves and were raptured into heaven alongside Luxo Jr. and his lamp friends when their plan succeeded; the others realized they can save themselves by performing a selfless act. On the way out of Los Angeles, The three encountered vicious cannibals led by Michael and his love interest and sex slave, Laysha Luna. When Ilana volunteered to sacrifice herself, the blue beam began to pull her to Heaven, but when Ilana taunted and insulted Michael, the beam vanished, and Michael and his fellow cannibals eat Ilana alive while Maddox and Peyton fought the cannibals out to escape and encounter MechaGigan. Peyton apologized to Maddox for her wrongdoings and they both share an embrace while MechaGigan attempts to smash them. A beam struck Peyton, she began to ascend while Maddox didn't. Peyton grabbed Maddox's hand, but Maddox's presence prevented them from ascending into Heaven. Maddox forced Peyton to leave him behind, after which another beam appears around Maddox.

The pair arrived in heaven, they reunited with Nate, Vincent, Luxo Jr., and their friends, who told them that any wish came true. After Peyton wished for The Living Tombstone, the music performed "Five Nights at Freddy's 1 Song" as Maddox and all of his clan in Heaven danced.

Parents Guide
Certifications: PG-13 (USA), M (Australia), TV-14 (TV rating, theatrical Disney+ rating), TV-PG (edited version), TV-MA (uncut), R-15 (Germany), PG-12 (Japan), 13+ (Turkey), VM14 (Italy), 12+ (Colombia), R (Indonesia), 14A (UK, DVD rating)

Here's why it's a hard PG-13 movie:

Sex and Nudity- Moderate | Mild rude humor, double-entendres, sexual references, and brief partial nudity. Depictions of nude creatures, nothing explicit. Girls seen in the bikini. Nathaniel Lewis wore a shirt that read "Keep Yo' Underclothes On!" A ghast raped Simon Hershey, which possessed him.

Violence and Gore- Moderate | Strong bloody violence and images of carnage, natural disasters, slapstick, fighting and arguing, and a ton of explosions and fire. A group of young adults fought in each scene. AUTO gets decapitated by an unseen creature, robot blood shown. Melanie punched Maddox in the face harder that broke his nose (mild blood seen on a tissue). Peyton punched Simon in the face. Possessed Simon Hershey attacked Maddox and Ilana. Maddox dragged Peyton off the bed in the exorcism attempt.

Language- Moderate | About 3 uses of "fuck", 31 uses of "shit/bullshit/shitty", 18 uses of "ass/asshole/jackass/kick-ass", 8 uses of "bitch/SOB", 29 uses of "hell/hell-bent/go to hell", 56 uses of "freak/freaking/motherfreaker", 25 uses of "screw you/blast you/eff you/forget you", 35 uses of "damn/GD", 10 uses of "bastard", 4 uses of "tickle-touch", 24 uses of "crap/crapping", 9 uses of "balls/dick", 8 uses of "pussy", 3 uses of "backstabber", multiple uses of exclamations (Jesus, Goddammit, Christ, Goodness, Oh My Freak, OMG, and Holy Cow), mild name-calling and insults (pop-his-ass, jackass, coward, snake, poppycock, got to hell, sip on this, bogus, balderdash, heck, darned/darn it, stupid, moron, idiot, imbecile, tattle-tale, nerd, meathead, dead-man, sucky, butthole, demon, dork, dumb, psycho/psychopath, etc.)

Alcohol, Drugs, and Smoking- Mild | Maddox and Peyton went out to buy some root beer at the convenience store. A group of young adults did drugs all day, and drank some ecstasy in some Diet Coke. Some kinds of drug uses and references and various scenes of smoking, drinking, addiction, hallucinations, and drunkenness.

Frightening and Intense Scenes- Severe | Much more violent, gory, darker, and scarier than This is the End, Watership Down (which was PG-rated), and South Park. MechaGigan was about 492 feet tall, that would be intimidating. Maybe inappropriate for viewers under 14, it's a PG-13 movie before the R-rating. Disney+ has updated mature content for 18+ and released R-rated films instead of NC-17. Fighting scenes, natural disaster depictions, hostile monsters and demons from Hell, and apocalyptic events may be too frightening for younger kids. Contains flashing lights, loud noises, and jumpscares.