Tweetienator Many bad reviews but I gotta confess - I liked it. True is, The Colony doesn't invent the wheel new and the story told is maybe a little too standard but what we get is a decent post-apocalyptic flick set in a world after a new ice age hit Earth with some action and good production and solid acting. If you like movies like The Book of Eli, The Road or The Day etc. this may be a movie for you - Snowpiercer got a bigger production value and the more crazy storyline, but well, not one of the mentioned movies is imo superb like Max Rockatansky's adventures in the Australian Outback, but all are entertaining. The Colony - a good one-timer for the lover of the world after the great fall.

positivebih When I saw the theme of this movie I was out of my mind.Apart from good actors and amazing first 30 minutes this movie has nothing to offer.I was amazed with the number of clichés used in this movie. And on top of all that it's wrapped up with the worst cliché of all times. The final move from the main bad guy right until the final words from the hero's mouth.I mean come on this movie had the potential to be ON TOP. But they somehow managed to screw that up. First 30 minutes GREAT, and it all starts to fall apart. The rest of the story is played pretty damn fast and with no time to develop some kind of sane plan to avoid all the trouble.With good actors and good theme I give it 2 just because this was a real disappointment of a movie for me.

divination09 I really liked the idea of this movie and it started out pretty good but quickly went downhill. There were a few decent parts, and you will like this movie if you are into the lame slasher kinda zombie movies but it just wasn't for me. I do not like the intense action, shaking camera, followed by over used tag lines. "Come and get it!" Pretty poor acting especially by Laurence Fishburne. Not very believable and way to much suspense building up to what is already expected. Dramatic over used score that we have all heard a thousand times before in every other slasher/zombie movie. Some of the action shots and effects were so bad it was embarrassing. Punches that weren't any where close to the intended target. Axe hits with no force behind them at all.

Brandon Stephens The Colony is directed by Jeff Renfroe (HAVEN, ALMOST HUMAN & BEAUTY AND THE BEAST) so he has a good eye for visuals, as you can see through his latest film. Originally this film was going to be a big budget ensemble cast piece, but thankfully they used big names & used the budget for the visuals. This amazing apocalyptic sci-fi horror has everything in it.It stars Kevin Zegers (Adam Green's FROZEN), Laurence Fishburne, & Bill Paxton both of which have acted in their far share of the sci-fi, action & horror genre. Kevin Zegers plays SAM, a almost anti-hero character who doesn't find his place till later on in the film but through his eyes & perspective we see that world needs him in more ways than one. Laurence Fishburne & Bill Paxton play two ex-soldiers Briggs and Mason who team up early on to start a colony of survivors during this whiteout that covers the earth. Both are so different as one is a born leader, the other just wants to lead but both bring so much to their characters that they immerse you into the icy hell that it's hard to see who is right and who is wrong.In the future, Earth is covered in an Ice Age. The survivors live in facilities underground named Colonies, ergo the name. When people from Colony 5 release a distress signal, the leader of Colony 7 Briggs (played by Fishburne) organizes an expedition with Sam (Zegers) and Graydon (played by Atticus Mitchell who brings a good level of faux bravery & fear to the role) to investigate what has happened to their neighboring colonists. Briggs leaves the scientist Kai (played by the beautiful Charlotte Sullivan) in charge of the group, disappointing his former friend Mason (Paxton).Walking for days, they finally reach the facility where the fifty said persons reside and they find only one survivor - Leland (played brilliantly by Julian Richings of CUBE & Wrong Turn) so scared to death that he's locked himself in a room deep in the facility. They soon come to realize that something far worse than the cold is hunting humans. The visuals and the cinematography are amazing especially considering that this is the first movie to be shot at the decommissioned NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) base in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The interior shots of the base gives the isolation and claustrophobic feel much like that of the original ALIEN film. The exterior shots which were mainly used with green screen but real snow to give the true effects of the cold hell they had to endure had beautiful destruction and chaos, quite a reminiscence of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW meets THE THING.The tension builds amazingly well also, not just because of the trek and the weather conditions they have to endure but claustrophobia plays a huge part in this film. The tension also meets with a few good shocks of realism as well due to the human condition and what one does to survive in any condition of despair.This film has a touch of several great nods to it especially considering the budget they had. It gives nods to (some I mentioned earlier) MAD MAX, THE THING, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, as well as THE HILLS HAVE EYES. The solid tension build up, the acting, the visuals all are top notch.I highly recommend this film.