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The problem with going back to plant based nature as a solution to human based destruction, is that plant warfare is a thing. So this film suffers from a serious logical fallacy.

The zombie virus is clearly a plant based doomsday device, and plants kill each other all the time, it's not like plant life is any different from that of any other living organism. Plants, fight to death over Earth's limited resources, like any other form of life.

But I get the charm of the concept of an egalitarian mother nature, and the idea of a nurturing female energy. Unfortunately, reality doesn't car what the screenplay writers wish to be the case.

Either way, I love it when art has something to say about existence and human nature, wrong or not. At least "Ever After" tried to participate in an important discussion, so the film isn't a complete failure.

I really enjoyed the film, I'm a genre fan, and it does some creative things. The issue I had with 40 Acres, is that there wasn't any real discussion about race, politics and exploitation. Essentially 40 Acres is a good post-apocalyptic film the only difference is the plot revolves around a black family which is rather unusual for this genre.

Overall, the film has great themes which I haven't seen in other post-apocalyptic movies, other than perhaps the No Blade of Grass (1970). But it has interesting family dynamics some discussion of the abuse of Native Americans, but really nothing about the false promise of "40 acres and a mule." I was a disappointed, I was expecting more from such an emotionally charged title.

Either way this flick is worth a look, but if you're not a genre fan you might not appreciate it as much if you already love films like the original Mad Max (1979).

I don't recommend watching this film while scrolling through your insta feed, or whatever feed on your phone. There is basically zero dialogue so the story is told through visuals only.

You really need to pay attention to this film because some of the explanations come via brief visual cues. So, if your eyes are averted to phone or laptop you will be very confused.

Only main problem with the exposition in this movie is that in the beginning we have no clue why the main characters are on the lamb. I only figured it out about a third of the way trough the film.

Put down your phone grab a light beer and enjoy!