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This MA 15+ Ridley Scott post-flu drama follows a Colorado pilot, his dog and a hardened survivor facing scavengers called Reapers. Grief, shootings and hope sit in a muted Western tone that is slower and less explosive than trailers suggest. Teenage strangers die at a guarded perimeter, and pandemic isolation weighs heavily. Best for older teens ready for melancholy dystopian drama rather than nonstop action.
Uplifting themes
Human compassion and hope counter the bleakness, according to the Hollywood Reporter, though the ending feels somewhat abrupt Hig models kindness to outsiders while Bangley models shoot-first survival. The dog Jasper symbolises loyalty
Story (may spoil tone)
After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.
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Violence Bangley shoots two teenage strangers who approach the perimeter. Later…
Bangley shoots two teenage strangers who approach the perimeter. Later Reaper raids bring gunfire and savage attacks
Language Language is part of the R rating. Reviewed sources do not list the spec…
Language is part of the R rating. Reviewed sources do not list the specific terms used
Sex / nudity No sex found in this title
No sex found in this title
Drugs / alcohol No drugs found in this title
No drugs found in this title
Frightening Pandemic aftermath, feral Reapers, isolation and sudden shootings creat…
Pandemic aftermath, feral Reapers, isolation and sudden shootings create dystopian dread. Wild dogs roam the depopulated cities
Self-harm / suicide No self-harm found in this title
No self-harm found in this title
Sexual violence No sexual violence found in this title
No sexual violence found in this title
Child peril / abuse Two teenagers are shot dead when they approach the guarded airstrip. A…
Two teenagers are shot dead when they approach the guarded airstrip. A Mennonite community includes children living with a potentially deadly blood disease
Bullying / discrimination No bullying found in this title
No bullying found in this title
Gore / death / weapons Bangley keeps a recycled ammunition arsenal and shoots intruders. The p…
Bangley keeps a recycled ammunition arsenal and shoots intruders. The pandemic backstory implies mass death without graphic flashbacks noted in reviews
Dangerous behaviour Hig flies solo scavenging runs and helps outsiders despite infection ri…
Hig flies solo scavenging runs and helps outsiders despite infection risk. Those choices look noble on screen but remain hazardous
Eating disorders / body image No eating found in this title
No eating found in this title
Mental health Hig is a widowed loner still carrying grief a decade after the flu. Rev…
Hig is a widowed loner still carrying grief a decade after the flu. Reviews emphasise melancholy and emotional isolation rather than clinical treatment
Gambling No gambling found in this title
No gambling found in this title
Grief / bereavement Hig lost his wife Melissa to the flu a year after she lost their unborn…
Hig lost his wife Melissa to the flu a year after she lost their unborn baby. Cima, too, is portrayed as bruised by grief
Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
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