In a post-apocalyptic war, a family of African Americans and Native Canadians defend their land against cannibals who want to siege it.
A confused film! Right… so… years ago, a plague hit, a civil war happened, people died and are still starving to death, and co-writer/director R.T. Thorne decides to open his film with a racial issue: Black and native people against rednecks. And as if that’s not enough, the kids should preferably kill with blades, so they do not waste bullets, but no one is allowed to swear in front of the kids who are allowed to kill with their bare hands. There is something wrong here…
Films shouldn’t be racially divisive unless the narrative demands it. When people are dying, killed and eaten, civilisations have been reduced to cannibal states, and the world is ending, is this what the film should focus on or racial issues? What do you think? Adults are asking kids to do their homework after all of them have killed a dozen people. I found the film’s moral compass significantly confused.
The right wing is on the rise globally, and two wrongs don’t make a right. The rest of us work with people from all over the world, battling against inequalities and poverty. Go for films with natural diversity (not woke) that know what their focus is, despite their theme or seriousness – see the Mortal Kombat franchise. Shame because Danielle Deadwyler is a brilliant actress, and the story is thrilling and terrifying.
Cinematically, Thorne has done a great job; it’s just that the in-your-face politics are too distracting. Again, shame.
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