Michael's Movie Grade: C+
A well-made but forgettable post-apocalyptic thriller.
This movie about a family surviving on a farm after the U.S. has fallen off in the middle of a second Civil War, doesn't have an original bone in its body. Everything that is done here has been done before. The moral of not simply shutting everybody out because there are people you can't trust out there, is one that has been in countless movies, and this film adds nothing to that. However, this is not to say that this is a bad movie by any means. In fact, there is quite a bit to like here. This movie has a good sense of atmosphere that pulls you in from the very start. The action scenes (though very gory) are tense and exciting. The visual filmmaking is quite well done. In fact, it quite impressive that this is the feature film debut of director, R. T. Thorne. Thorne had previously work on music videos for the likes of Drake and Snoop Dogg and on many TV shows, including Degrassi: The Next Generation, Degrassi: Next Class, Backstage, Blindspot and Utopia Falls (which he created). The characters are all quite likable and the relationships between family members are quite heartfelt. However, while this movie does most things quite well, there is nothing about it that is done exceptionally well. Because of this it is bound to simply get lost in the countless similar films and be completely forgotten about.
There is a lot to like about this movie but there is also nothing to make it stand out from similar films.
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