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Oh Good, Another Dystopia
40 Acres, starring Danielle Deadwyler, doesn’t distinguish itself from the rest of the post-apocalyptic pack.
The revolutionary posters and books strewn about their home aren’t just fashionable resistance material; they partly speak to this family’s understandable refusal to put their trust in institutions or others. — which causes tension with the increasingly curious Emanuel, who wants to explore the area and meet people, and one day chances upon a gorgeous young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) swimming in a nearby river. Galen is a man whose face lights up at the discovery of a forgotten cache of spices (“People kill for this stuff,” he yelps, holding up a jar of saffron — words that will of course prove prophetic) and who flies into a hilarious rage when his kids unearth some unopened fast-food barbecue-sauce packets.
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