THE COLONY takes place years after Earth has been thrown in a worldwide ice age.   The survivors live in underground colonies with the common cold being their greatest enemy.  Colony 7 receives an SOS from Colony 5 and the leader of Colony 7 decides to take a three man team to investigate.  What they find there may bring hope for the future while something may also doom Colony 7 if they aren’t careful.

THE COLONY was done on a small budget of $16 million Canadian, but the VFX and CGI is impressive while filming in a former NORAD underground base makes up for some massive production value.   It is definitely worth at least a rental to enjoy the ride and soak in the visuals even though the villains are all so cliché (the second-in-command who questions the leader’s position and the feral badass cannibal leader which makes you wonder how feral humans could survive a worldwide Ice Age).

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Behind-The-Scenes interviews with cast and crew

Trailers for NUMBERS STATION, EVIDENCE, and BLOOD

FINAL ANALYSIS:  THE COLONY is a great action sci-fi thriller worth at least a rental which just ends too soon and could have used better bad guys.

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