Zero

Dystopian...apocalyptic...so many of them now and most of them do not hot the right notes. This is one of them. The acting is (mostly) fine, but it reeks of the ideas already done to death in films and series.

The dialogue is bad and often makes no sense whatsoever... I didn't feel too much for the characters because there wasn't enough of a backstory or explanation or character development. It's like it was hurriedly put together by couple of students for an assignment. You can tell the actors and director have some real talent there but it really needs honing with better projects than this... i've tried to be as kind as possible.

Zero: Dystopian, Post Apocalypse film with a teen cast. Though at times it has the feel of an old BBC or Children's Foundation film it very much deals with adult themes. 2045 after some kind of an event, the adults all fled from a sizeable island leaving children behind. Weird cultish misogynistic behaviour has developed amongst the adolescent males. It's as if the had been inspired by A Handmaid's Tale. Quiet voilent and good performances are delivered all round. Especially by Lauren Grace and Anya McKenna-Bruce as two sisters who wish to escape this hell and reach the mainland. A disturbing film which does a lot with a low budget, At 68 minutes running time it doesn't overstay its welcome. Written and Directed by Faye Gilbert. Saw it on BBC2. 7/10.