Movie review: The Colony

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+title = "The Colony (2013)"
+date = 2020-12-13
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+[IMDB Summary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160996/):
+Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must
+fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
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+The cinematic version of "Fallout".
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+Ok, not as clear as Fallout, but close enough: Instead of nuclear blast, the
+world is destroyed by some ice age due climate change and groups of people now
+live inside bunkers. Thing is, the bunkers can talk to each other, but they are
+running low on supplies -- meds and food -- so anyone sick is "removed".
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+Now, that the kind of scifi I do like, even with the low budget and just a few
+scenes from the big names (Lawrence Fishburne and Bill Paxton) and not-no-great
+acting from the new comers.
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+Sure, the "threat" is never truly explained -- or, even being in my ballpark,
+never caught my attention -- and never solved -- that part I'm sure -- but
+still, it is another movie exploring the way people act upon survival
+situations.