Scorched Earth

I love this film, I think it's fantastic. I really like the fact that Lee Westwick is in it playing a character called Kairo. He and that lady both appeared in Connie Lynn. The film is told well and is visually stunning. The dynamic between characters is tense and interesting. Congratulations to the team behind Scorched Earth.

I did like the arc of Gylian. At the beginning, it's clear she's willing to do anything for her daughter. By the end though, it's just as apparent this has brought her into a very dark place (even if the scene where it is most apparent was ripped off from The Walking Dead - s10e14, to be precise - albeit with about 1% of the emotional punch). Another twenty minutes on the end, developing the angle further, would have been welcome. Langley's performance is fine, and most of the rest serve their function, though I would have appreciated a better antagonist against whom Gylian could have been pitted. But it needs a little less wandering the rural landscape, and more direction and escalation towards its goal.