The Colony

2013

Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 23% · 34 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 23% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 49060 49.1K

dystopia ice age global warming cannibal starvation

Plot summary

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.

Director

Jeff Renfroe Photo
Jeff Renfroe

Top cast

Michael Mando Photo
Michael Mando as Cooper
Bill Paxton Photo
Bill Paxton as Mason
Laurence Fishburne Photo
Laurence Fishburne as Briggs
Earl Pastko Photo
Earl Pastko as Scientist
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
753.54 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 7
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 31

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SimonK101 6 / 10

Slightly underrated (but not much!)

This movie is suffering from what I'd like to call the Game of Thrones effect; the way the ending defines a person's lasting opinion regardless of what came before. GOT was freakin' amazing, but to many people it is a festering pool of lameness, because the last series (or 2) was written by a spoon.The Colony is kinda the same. I can honestly say, for the entire first half of the movie I was thinking: this movie doesn't deserve a 5/10. It has a solid post-apocalyptic atmosphere, an interesting somewhat-innovative premise, decent acting, and an intriguing story with good tension building. The CGI was a bit weak in places, but I didn't care because I was adequately immersed. Reading the other reviews, I think most people felt the same. So 50% of this movie is a solid 7/10 ... for real post-apocalyptic fans maybe even an 8/10.The problem is, after the real enemy is revealed, the tension rapidly drops away and a simple bland survival story begins. There's nothing at all innovative from here on. The action is underwhelming and the enemy is also underwhelming (but they're clearly not zombies as one reviewer thought). Sure, there are multiple holes in terms of realism and believability, but they're the same flaws 100 other higher scoring action movies have made. Also the possibility of the interesting apocalypse-reversal was not explored. Basically, it was just generic not-too-terrible lameness. This part of the movie was a disappointing 5/10.So yes, as a result of the ending the overall experience is disappointing ... but honestly I think the first half was special enough to justify watching the movie, especially if you're a post-apoc fan. Sit down, forget the IMDB score, pretend it's a hidden gem, and enjoy the first 45 minutes. When you sense it's starting to get lame, which it unfortunately will, crack on with your doom scrolling or whatever you personally do when TV loses your attention.This might seem like odd advice but IMO, as a post-apoc fan, the beginning has stayed with me somewhat and I feel it'd be a shame to not give it a go.
Reviewed by jaywalker812 4 / 10

Great start but goes flat quickly

The movie went with a good start. Developing the characters and the storyline. But somehow it all went downhill about halfway through. It would seem as if the director lost interest in making a movie. They never gave any reason for the cannibals, why they existed and who their leader was.. Just lots of snarling and teeth baring. Even the big fight scene to kill the cannibal leader was finished off quickly leaving me with a "huh?" The action and fight scenes were not very inspiring and quite predictable. The sudden predictability of whats to happen next dragged all the way to the end. After the end, I got the feel that the story ended very abruptly and everything was left hanging.. I must say Fishburne put in a good performance but lending his name did nothing to save this movie.
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