Following Glass, Old, and the latest episodes of Servant, Knock at the Cabin delivers a story that's meant to keep audiences guessing until its climactic ending.

All planes currently in flight fall from the sky, a mysterious virus (not COVID) rapidly spreads around the globe, and devastating lighting strikes scorch the planet without warning.

Before he does, he warns the men that after he's gone they have mere moments to make a sacrifice before they are forced to roam an apocalyptic hellscape with Wen as the only surviving human left on the planet.

They arrive at a nearby diner and find the entire establishment has been watching the same news feeds they viewed with bated breath, only now the relieved anchors are reporting that the aforementioned plagues are easing up without an apparent cause.

The film decides to take a more definitive approach and say the strangers were the heralds of the apocalypse, and Eric's choice to sacrifice himself saved billions of lives.

Knock at the Cabin While on vacation, a girl and her parents are taken hostage by armed strangers who force them to make an impossible decision to stave off the apocalypse.