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ethancase
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The Sunderland Experiment (2014)
For what it is - a low budget sci-fi flick - it's refreshing
23 April 2015 - 16 out of 26 users found this review helpful.
An exploration of Western boredom, religion, drugs, and freedom.
There is an alien that attempts to make people conform via ritual, there is crime and fitting but arbitrary punishment, and there is exile and death all set in almost post-apocalyptic desert ruination. A little gross, but not too gross. The characters are as unreal as the place and just as disturbing, but they are all honest to the point of hurting through their interpellation, ignorance, and resulting quirks.
No tropes or overwritten moments in this one - I never knew what was going to happen next. It's not fun or pretty, but it's obvious that there was a real thinking human who made the movie.
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