The Colony (2013)
Laurence Fishburne and Bill Paxton head the cast of this sci-fi horror thriller about a group of survivors living in underground facilities following the last ice age. Eeking out an existence they discover other survivors across the great chasm and head out to find them only to discover them dead at the hands of a band of cannibalistic mutants who pursue them back to their base as a fight for survival ensues.
Following a fairly run of the mill opening half hour this action thriller gets into it's stride. Fishburne is naturally heroic and Paxton does that slimy untrustworthiness act only he can do.
The film has quite high production values with good CGI which creates a very chilly snowbound environment and a set piece on a suspension bridge proves very suspenseful. Admittedly the film does fall into the 28 Days Later meets Doomsday trap in the final third as the real carnage erupts and there is a sense of having seen it all before, but on the whole The Colony is a pleasing enough time waster.
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