Watch An Exclusive Clip From Abel Ferrara's 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH

Abel Ferrara ushers in the end of the world in starkly realistic fashion with his Willem Dafoe starring 4:44 Last Day On Earth. Less concerned with what causes the end than how people prepare to meet it this one is far more Last Night than 2012 which is exactly what you'd expect from Ferrara.

In a large apartment high above the city lives our couple. They're in love. She's a painter, he's a successful actor. Just a normal afternoon - except that this isn't a normal afternoon, for them or anyone else. Because tomorrow, at 4:44 am, give or take a few seconds, the world will come to an end far more rapidly than even the worst doomsayer could have imagined. The final meltdown will come, not without warnings, but with no means of  escape. There will be no survivors.

As always, there are those who, as their final cigarette is being lit and the blindfold tightened, will still hope against hope  for some kind of reprieve. For a miracle. Not our two lovers. They - like the majority of the Earth's population - have accepted their fate; the world is going to end.

4:44 Last Day On Earth opens in New York and LA on March 23, when it will also be available nation wide on demand, and we've got an exclusive clip below.