Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

This is How Movies Should Be Made

just watch it!

The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

Within the first 3 minutes of the film you can see that the writer and director is a big fan of Quentin's work, this is immediately evident by the over-splattered blood, and then this super obvious "Chapter 1" that appears on the screen. Now the obvious question is "does this film justify being put into chapters?" And personally I believe the answer is no.. the storyline just doesn't feel like chapters are needed because the whole film could actually be put into one chapter called "water crisis". Now the acting, that's a different story, it's a bunch of actors who usually take supporting roles who all have to carry the film at the times when it feels like nothing happens and boy do they succeed! Michael Shannon sells his role like he always does and quite frankly one wouldn't rank him higher than any of the rest of the cast which is really good. The photography is fresh considering this is a low budget film shot with South African equipment. You do get a hint of visual quality that is usually found in other South African films and that is a shame, I'm not sure if it is that the film is likely in 25FPS instead of the Hollywood 24FPS but there is a noticeable difference, whatever it is you get used to it quite quickly. The zooming resolutions are sure to impress you and the Google BigDog feels like one of the cast with an emotional connection as well. All in all I wouldn't discourage anyone from watching this film, but I wouldn't recommend it if you want to see a good film either. If you have extra time on your hands and want to see what you shouldn't do when copying other directors go for this, if you want to see a film about how to correctly execute a low budget, then go for this as well.

Looks great, the world is broken, water is scarce and agriculture is in serious decline and subsistence farming is the order of the day. A slightly dysfunctional head of the family ... farmer is holding it together, the mule doing the leg work dies so he buys a Google pack mule and his daughters semi secret lover kills him and oh who cares ... the plot is a glorious mess, just like the narrative / editing but I sort of liked it, I would rather by annoyed at a movie than be bored and I was very annoyed with this movie because of the lack of drama but I liked it.... explain that to me...... someone ??? ... please !The main cast do a good enough job Holt, Shannon, Fanning and Fanning's kid brother but maybe Holt needed to be more cunning, manipulative like the main oil man in movie Let There Be Blood.

I am always on the look out for anything where people are trying to survive a world that is clearly screwed. This came up on some forums as fitting the bill. It isn't. In this world people are a bit thirsty, well some of them are anyway. This is more like a western in look, feel and in plot.A struggling farm owner is trying to get the water company to put a main into his farm. The main character is an interesting chap with high morals, including a healthy obligation to his fellow man. He does however have some drinking demons.What plays out is story of struggle, conflict, betrayal and absolution. Pretty much like a western then.Performances are great, scenery and production are excellent. The story is grounded and interesting - but not particularly exciting.A well made film with a good story - just not what I was looking for on the night.

Its funny whenever I see movies like this I like them and dislike them-I like them because they make you appreciate what you have by seeing a world where people have really not much at all- and at the same time I dislike them because its like the film that was designed to make people in the real world feel happy with less. Neat trick. Anyway, as far as near future movies go this one is basically a good film-the acting is not bad-three cheers for that-and the plot line is also effective. Apparently the robotic donkey is a real device made in Boston. The beginning of the film reminded me vaguely of the first Star Wars movie-the farm in the desert bit I suppose. I cannot remember it ever being in cinemas but I might have just missed it completely when it came out. I bought it after watching it online for free. Worth a look for "hardcore" SF fans-others probably won't find it all that interesting. Not for kids with scenes of violence and some gore.