[Review] – The Colony (2013)

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Directed By: Jeff Renfroe

Starring:  Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Zegers, Bill Paxton

One day, it started to snow, and it never stopped.

Conspiracy theorists love to H.A.A.R.P on (look it up) about weather manipulation, claiming that the government are controlling weather patterns for their own nefarious ends. But what if they’re right, and it all goes a bit tits up?

The Colony posits a future where vast weather machines have a bit of a malfunction, causing it to start snowing and never stop. This is obviously a bit of a problem, and humanity’s last desperate survivors huddle in facilities beneath the earth. Food is scarce, warmth is a commodity and tensions are high, but when a distress call is received from another colony, it’s up to Briggs (Laurence Fishburne) and his colleagues to venture into the snowy apocalypse to find answers. Continue reading