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THE COLONY

Blu-ray review by David Blackwell

 

DETAILS:  94 minutes, featurette, previews

VIDEO:  2.40:1 (Anamorphic Widescreen)

AUDIO:  English 5.1 DTS-HD MA

Subtitles:  English SDH, Spanish

 

STUDIO:  RLJ Entertainment/ Image Entertainment/ Entertainment One/ Sierra Pictures/ Alcina Pictures/ Item 7/ Mad Samurai/ 120 db Films/ Television Canada/ Vision Globale/ Ontario Media Development Corporation/ Movie Network

RELEASE DATE:  10-15-2013

THE COLONY takes place years after Earth has been thrown in a worldwide ice age.   The survivors live in underground colonies with the common cold being their greatest enemy.  Colony 7 receives an SOS from Colony 5 and the leader of Colony 7 decides to take a three man team to investigate.  What they find there may bring hope for the future while something may also doom Colony 7 if they aren’t careful.

 

THE COLONY was done on a small budget of $16 million Canadian, but the VFX and CGI is impressive while filming in a former NORAD underground base makes up for some massive production value.   It is definitely worth at least a rental to enjoy the ride and soak in the visuals even though the villains are all so cliché (the second-in-command who questions the leader’s position and the feral badass cannibal leader which makes you wonder how feral humans could survive a worldwide Ice Age).

 

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Behind-The-Scenes interviews with cast and crew

 

Trailers for NUMBERS STATION, EVIDENCE, and BLOOD

 

FINAL ANALYSIS:  THE COLONY is a great action sci-fi thriller worth at least a rental which just ends too soon and could have used better bad guys.

 

This review is (c)10-16-2013 David Blackwell and cannot be reprinted without permission.  Send all comments to feedback@enterline-media.com

 

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