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.

Director:

Jeff Renfroe

Writers:

Jeff Renfroe (screenplay), Svet Rouskov (screenplay)

Stars:

Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Zegers	...	Sam
Laurence Fishburne	...	Briggs
Bill Paxton	...	Mason
Charlotte Sullivan	...	Kai
Dru Viergever	...	Feral Leader
Atticus Mitchell	...	Graydon
John Tench	...	Viktor
Lisa Berry	...	Nara
Lucius Hoyos	...	Rowan
Kimberly-Sue Murray	...	Janelle
Michael Mando	...	Cooper
Helen Taylor	...	Amanda
Romano Orzari	...	Reynolds
John Healy	...	Dexter
Kristin Shepherd	...	Elena

Storyline

Groups of people - colonies - are forced underground due to another ice age. Colony 7 goes to check on Colony 5, which they lost contact with. When they get there they find that the colony has fallen and there is a whole new enemy that they have to face on their way back.

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Plot Keywords:

voice over narration | beaten to death | head butt | shotgun | blizzard | 

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Taglines:

When the earth froze, the rules of survival changed forever.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Has three actors who have appeared in films with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Laurence Fishburne appeared in Red Heat (1988), Bill Paxton appeared in True Lies (1994) and The Terminator (1984) and Kevin Zegers is set to appear in Aftermath (2017).

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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.

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Quotes

Graydon: Shit. Hey, c'mon, let's get outta here, huh?
Briggs: Hey, find a spine, boy.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, the credits go forward instead of going backwards.

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Soundtracks

The Mirror Blues
Written by Duane Andrews
Performed by Duane Andrews and The Sinjawn Vipers

User Reviews

A very solid movie

SPOILER: I was surprised to find how low grade this film received, since I found it be very good actually. With a low budget of what it had to deal with it turned out very good.

It deals with post apocalyptic colony underground while it is constantly snowing outside. It is showing very well how people turn into animals in self defense. We had a similar situation in Sarajevo in 1992-1995. When society fails, community is either doomed or it receives help from outside. Since in this film there was no help from outside even the remnants of the civilization left in the colony were attacked by a gang of cannibals.

If you like sci fi post apocalyptic films this one is for you.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Colony

Filming Locations:

North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$321,310

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alcina Pictures, Item 7, Mad Samurai Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1