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The Colony

  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 35m
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5.3/10
46K
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Bill Paxton, Laurence Fishburne, and Kevin Zegers in The Colony (2013)
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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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
46K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jeff Renfroe
  • Writers
    • Jeff Renfroe(screenplay)
    • Svet Rouskov(screenplay)
    • Patrick Tarr(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kevin Zegers
    • Laurence Fishburne
    • Bill Paxton
  • Director
    • Jeff Renfroe
  • Writers
    • Jeff Renfroe(screenplay)
    • Svet Rouskov(screenplay)
    • Patrick Tarr(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kevin Zegers
    • Laurence Fishburne
    • Bill Paxton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 208User reviews
    • 92Critic reviews
    • 28Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations

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    Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Zegers in The Colony (2013)
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    Kevin Zegers
    Kevin Zegers
    • Sam
    Laurence Fishburne
    Laurence Fishburne
    • Briggs
    Bill Paxton
    Bill Paxton
    • Mason
    Charlotte Sullivan
    Charlotte Sullivan
    • Kai
    Dru Viergever
    Dru Viergever
    • Feral Leader
    Atticus Mitchell
    Atticus Mitchell
    • Graydon
    John Tench
    John Tench
    • Viktor
    Lisa Berry
    Lisa Berry
    • Nara
    Lucius Hoyos
    Lucius Hoyos
    • Rowan
    Kimberly-Sue Murray
    Kimberly-Sue Murray
    • Janelle
    Michael Mando
    Michael Mando
    • Cooper
    Helen Taylor
    • Amanda
    Romano Orzari
    Romano Orzari
    • Reynolds
    John Healy
    John Healy
    • Dexter
    Kristin Shepherd
    Kristin Shepherd
    • Elena
    Sten Eirik
    • Hal
    Julian Richings
    Julian Richings
    • Leland
    Alex Paxton-Beesley
    Alex Paxton-Beesley
    • Terrified Woman
    • Director
      • Jeff Renfroe
    • Writers
      • Jeff Renfroe(screenplay)
      • Svet Rouskov(screenplay)
      • Patrick Tarr(screenplay) (story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The first movie to be shot at the decommissioned NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) base in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
    • Goofs
      In the beginning of the movie a wind turbine is seen with wings having their trailing edge into the wind instead of its leading edge. The wings are either constructed for counter-clockwise rotation (in the movie the turbine rotates clockwise) or are pitched around 180 degrees. Either way, the turning of the turbine is impossible with this blade configuration.
    • Quotes

      Viktor: You know you're screwed when even the rabbits won't fuck.

    • Crazy credits
      During the end credits, the credits go forward instead of going backwards.
    • Soundtracks
      The Mirror Blues
      Written by Duane Andrews

      Performed by Duane Andrews and The Sinjawn Vipers

    User reviews208

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    5/10
    A flawed but nonetheless watchable flick for genre fans◆≈≈5.4/10≈≈◆
    Looking at director Jeff Renfroe, he's a capable and talented director who I know from his intriguing feature film debut "One Point O" in 2004, which was followed by the more widely known "Civic Duty" about two years later, also well received. After a long period out of the spotlight, I was delighted to see his name attached to "The Colony", a film with a seemingly sufficient budget of $16 million and an experienced, capable cast. I love these type of genre blends, the elements of overcoming not just nature, but humanity in order to survive extinction. When you've seen as many of these films as I have you come to expect familiar elements and a plot that is far from original, we're in an area now where nothing is new, where everything is borrowing from one film or another. For me the success of this film will undoubtedly depend on it's script, acting and effects, when all are done brilliantly, the plot originality can be somewhat sacrificed, unfortunately this film was eons away from brilliant. As we have seen many times before it's all about us versus them, against the elements of nature.

    The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic era, where the remainder of Earth's inhabitants have been driven underground due to sustained sub- zero temperatures. The surface has become a frozen wasteland void of life. Out of the few that did survive, many died due to overcrowding, starvation and sickness. The film revolves around an underground colony of survivors whose numbers are dwindling because of rampant flu, consisting of roughly forty people responsible for growing food and storing seeds in hopes that the surface will again someday be capable of growing crops. It's a last ditch effort to preserve humanity against all odds, some of which they are not prepared to face, a new evil, far more dangerous than the frozen surface or flu.

    The leader of colony seven is Briggs (Laurence Fishburne) , after receiving a distress call from colony five, he picks one member out of the group Sam (Kevin Zegers) to accompany him and another member Graydon (Atticus Dean Mitchell) volunteers to accompany them. What they find there is not at all what they expected. It's inhabitants have been decimated by a rogue group and as the film swiftly shifts into higher gears, it's no longer clear who, if anyone, will be able to survive what is coming.

    The first thing that many may be quick to criticize will be the script, the lack of detail & explanation. Worse yet after the extended period of time it takes to inject any real fear or excitement into the story it has completely failed to engage the viewer by an utter lack of character development even after forty long minutes in. When the pace quickens the viewer becomes easily detached by the chaos that ensues, leaving the question behind "who should I be caring for & why". Personally I didn't mind the slow crawl in the film's beginning, it successfully laid down a solid foundation for the second half to launch from and it did with sustained intensity. It was in that intensity where the film seemed to lose its identity to some degree within the onslaught of the attack. Another thing that may put off some viewer's was a major lack of explanation as to how exactly humanity ended up in the ridiculous spot they were holding up in. Again many weak points in the script to be found all throughout the film. Nonetheless, there were some solid performances given by the cast and the cinematography was superb, having an actual decommissioned NORAD base to use as a set made for an absolutely perfect backdrop. Despite the aforementioned problems, the film still holds decent entertaining value, enough to meet my initial expectations for a direct to disc sci-fi flick. The end wasn't very reassuring, I would have preferred something less in the grey area. Although, as a whole, it was light years ahead of other recent more expansive films like "After Earth". Again, it had it's problems but it's still worth a VOD or Redbox pick for fans of the genre .
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    • Release date
      • September 20, 2013 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vùng Đất Khắc Nghiệt
    • Filming locations
      • North Bay, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Alcina Pictures
      • Item 7
      • Mad Samurai Productions
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    • Budget
      • $16,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $557,865
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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