N/R Canada 2019 81 Minutes
Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Horror.
In the post Black Gut plague world of Potter's Bluff all adults are wiped out by the disease and the town is split into two. The poorer outsider kids live on the East Side while the rich lettermen, sweater wearing ones live in the West. The East is graffiti riddled inhabited by punks with spiked leather jackets while across town rows of cookie cutter homes with manicured lawns and strict rules reign. Jeremey (Munro Chambers) letterman captain and karate practitioner makes the rules sitting on his throne in the West Side High School Gym. Jack (Alexandre Bourgeois) is the leader of the East, stealing to survive when he can and ambushing Westside deliveries when the opportunity presents. It's after one of these ambushes where Jack gets picked up and taken to the notorious A block in West side high school leaving his sister Nat ( Madison Iseman), Scratch (Paloma Kwiatkowski) and new ally West side defector Sony (Ajay Friese) to attempt to get into the school and break him out.
Director Jovanka Vuckovic presents a narrative that is strong on loyalty, champions the underdog and featuring plenty, suspense, action, violence and character arcs. A punk/metal soundtrack underpins the piece that will entertain audiences in an intersection of dystopia and fanatical law abiding. The payoff being someone stepping up at a critical moment to speak to fill a void resetting the balance of power.
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