As
the kids say (who am I kidding, I have no idea what anyone says), this trailer
for Rupert Wyatt’s upcoming alien invasion
flick Captive State is 100% my shit. It has a grim vibe,
aliens, a near future that looks all-too-similar to our own present, and a
great cast. I’m in. Check it out below:
Sure,
there are aliens in this Captive State trailer, but even
with the sci-fi elements, it has a prescient, timely feel with shades of Orwell—do
the forcing people to rise and blindly celebrate their overlords and the
constant reminders that everything is fine when everything is clearly not
remind anyone of anything? No, just me?
Here’s
a synopsis:
Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, “Captive State” explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents.
I’m
into the idea of exploring what it’s like, not necessarily when the aliens
invade, but life after they win. There’s a lot of room to dig into the daily
existence of those who acquiesce to their captors as well as those who continue
to oppose them. And there are obvious parallels to the current political and
social climate. So that’ll be fun.
I
wasn’t super psyched on The Gambler, so it’s nice to see
Rupert Wyatt back in the sci-fi realm for the first time since Rise of
the Planet of the Apes, which is phenomenal. I dig the
hopeful-yet-bitter-and-pessimistic balance he strikes, which appears tailor
made for this narrative.
Captive
State also assembled a strong cast that includes John Goodman
(10 Cloverfield Lane), Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring), Ashton Sanders (Moonlight), James
Ransone (In a Valley of Violence), D.B. Sweeney, and a bunch
more.
Captive
State opens on March 29, 2019.
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