"The usual psycho-killer-looking-for-revenge drama gets an end-of-the-world overlay in novice helmer F. Javier Gutierrez’s unpleasant, predictable thriller “Before the Fall.” Apocalyptic scenario is meant to inject new life into a hoary formula, but the concept adds little tension after the first 30 minutes, and Armageddon doesn’t come nearly fast enough. Pic is accomplished if unoriginal, but objectionable scenes of child torture cross a line most adults will find extremely distasteful. College-age males may get a kick, but survival chances outside Spain are slim."
Quoting Jay Weissberg in Variety.