40 Acres

In a time of famine, a cynical veteran isolates herself and her family from the rest of the world. Abiding by strict rules, the family prospers, while others succumb to the famine or are targeted by cannibals. While she is okay with their way of life, her son is not and decides to test the limits of the rules, leaving the family fighting for survival.

This is not a typical end-of-the-world scenario. It does not involve zombies, a nuclear war, or an alien invasion. Like many end-of-the-world stories, it explores morality and human depravity. The family's race and history set the story apart from others. There is a good amount of well-choreographed action throughout, but some dialogue scenes are over-the-top and unnecessary. The story is predictable, even with a few unique aspects, making the one-hour and fifty-three-minute runtime feel long. This is definitely worth a stream when available.

Doesn't give apocalypse nor scifi. Acting was amateur. The violence was accurate, the deuss ex machina scene was not believable. We didn't care enough for the characters from their poor development. Would not recommend not cause acting was laughable nor for the underwhelming climax of it all, but because loosely connected stories coupled by a deplorably written script gave a childish almost annoying vibe that makes a enjoyable movie going experience feel like torture . Had hopes by the rating of the film, so I had to leave a review to anyone thinking they might want to see this. DON'T. Your wasting your time.

Danielle, once again, nails a fantastic portrayal of a young matriarch protecting her family and friends. There's a few surprise characters I didn't expect to meet, but were welcome editions. The villains werent predictable at all. The emotional beats are absolutely wonderful. Love the family bond between found family and blood relatives. The violence and fears were relatable and realistic. The opening scene is everything and should've been the highlight of the trailer. Great ending as well. Is it slow at some points? Yes. Are the teens reckless and annoying, yes and yes. Is it worth it? Yes! If you have the opportunity to watch this in theaters, pls go.

Hi,

I watched 40 Acres yesterday and thought it was amazing. If you are in to good acting, great action and a story that connects to the soul and humanity found in each and every one of us then you must see this film. Music 10/10 as well.

I should also mention how touching some of the moments in the film are. It will take you back to your younger years. Some scenes will make you laugh out loud. There were scenes that had the whole theatre cheering.

The cinematography is very well done. Great editing and some very clever plots twists to keep you entertained.

The locations the film was created in were also very good.

Big ups to everyone involved.

40 Acres is a new Canadian, post apocalyptic......farm thriller?

The basic plot follows a family living on an isolated farm in the middle of rural Canada, several years after a mushroom pandemic, civil war and other weird stuff.

Society has fallen, and there are cannibals and raiders everywhere. A family of mixed ethnicity are now surviving, growing food on their farm, which is super important, all animals are now wiped out and farmland is a super hot commodity.

The movie is handsomely shot but it bounces around from dark humour, horror, a military movie, a family religious movie and a coming of age movie, oh and kidnapping movie.

It's almost like the director said to the writers "Hey you have all of this stuff in here. What kind of movie should this actually be?" And then they all said "Yes."

This is a textbook example of throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the wall, but what sticks actually does kind of work.

The movie is unique in that when it's the turn...things get worse for the characters....and then it gets worse......and then it gets worse...before being tied up in a nice little bow at the end.

At the end of the day, if you gave me this film's budget and actors and told me to go with god, this isn't the movie that I would necessarily come up with, but I'm glad that someone took a stab at it. The result is a low to mid budget thriller that actually pulls it off. I saw this movie at a surprise screening, but I'm glad that I did.