Darwin

Just read the reviews for DARWIN (2016).... Money grab re-issue of the exact same film.

The original was meh. This renamed title is obviously still meh.

Disappointed to see the great Molly Parker here.

Like a found footage flick, this one benefits from its shortcomings by focusing on what is available without a big budget. Most of the good parts are at the end, but the first half was not utterly devoid of interest. The commentary on social media, tech, and video games was perhaps a bit on the nose, but it created an effective sense of isolation -- of an almost "empty world" -- pretty well.

A bit slow going and could have done with a lot more action, but overall not a bad film.

I felt that there should have been more about the back story and maybe a bit more looking at what had happened to the rest of the world.

Worth a watch if your bored, but don't anticipate to much from this film.

On IMDb this is called Darwin and also Confinement but on Amazon it's known as 2149:The Aftermath. I've watched a lot of movies but never seen 3 completely separate movie titles before. I haven't even watched it yet but when you can't get past the title without a mess you know it's gonna be trouble.

I would suppose this has a low rating because it's cerebral fiction and doesn't have enough action/adventure to appease today's adrenaline junkies. Further, zero bad language, no nudity, no violence. Most unusual for a post-apocalyptic sci fi film

This film has a great premise, good writing, good directing, good acting, music, and great use of limited scenery. A slow-burner for sure, but post-apocalyptic doesn't have to be Mad Max. Sometimes it's just people adapting.

I can't get into the strengths and weaknesses without spoilers, so suffice to say that the plot generally makes good, logical sense. Some people complain about 'missing information' but they haven't thought through the concept of a war that destroyed most of humanity, the remaining government trying to retain a viable workforce / civilization (as meager as it is), and survivors just trying to get by day to day (without going on sadistic rampages).

On the downside, the movie would have been better without narration... giving the audience a chance to figure a few things out. One doesn't have to know all the background details to understand the life the characters have been thrown in to. Remove the narration, it would have been a better, more immersive film.

This is a movie about people adapting to the needs of everyday life and discovering more about that life as time passes. Science fiction isn't always about giant robots and planet-conquering aliens. Sometimes great science fiction is just about people.