Tag Archives: Dystopia

Time to Hunt (2020) ☆☆(2/4): They mess with a wrong target, of course

Posted on May 1, 2020 by

South Korean film “Time to Hunt”, which was originally scheduled to be released in South Korea movie theaters around the end of this February but then, after some last-minute legal dispute, was instead released on Netflix in last week due … Continue reading →

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Children of Men (2006) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A dystopian world with no future

Posted on October 19, 2016 by

Science fiction films about dystopian world are dime a dozen in these days, but not many of them can surpass the sheer verisimilitude of Alfonso Cuarón’s “Children of Men”, which has become more relevant since it came out 10 years … Continue reading →

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): So it ends here

Posted on November 19, 2015 by

So it ends here. After the intermission of one year, we finally get “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2”, which starts right from the point where the first part was over. While the end of the war is indeed … Continue reading →

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The Lobster (2015) ☆☆☆(3/4) : To be or not to be a lobster

Posted on October 31, 2015 by

“The Lobster”, which received the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival early in this year, is another dark, weird, and ruthless comedy from Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, who previously struck us with his offbeat black comedy film “Dogtooth” (2009). … Continue reading →

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Turbo Kid (2015) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4) : Not for your kids, certainly

Posted on October 3, 2015 by

“Turbo Kid” is a junk food packed with cheesy and hammy elements while cheerfully drenched in a nasty hot sauce of violence. It is goofy and amusing at times, but the movie eventually feels more like an expired one-note joke … Continue reading →

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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4) : Mad Max strikes back again

Posted on May 15, 2015 by

“Mad Max: Fury Road”, indubitably the best work in the Mad Max series, is a superb action film fully charged with enormous vigor and sparky excitement to overwhelm you to the very end. Mixing old and new elements together in … Continue reading →

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The Rover (2014) ☆☆☆(3/4) : Across a heartless apocalyptic world

Posted on December 7, 2014 by

  “The Rover” is an atypical film putting far more emphasis on mood and background than story and character. When you read its simple synopsis, you may expect something like Mad Max movies, but, though it has a similar type … Continue reading →

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