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Genesis Antipode (2006) Online
Original Title :
Genesis Antipode
Genre :
Movie / Short / Sci-Fi
Year :
2006
Directror :
J.R. Robinson
Cast :
Rodney Bane,Sian Higgins
Writer :
J.R. Robinson
Budget :
NZD 200
Type :
Movie
Time :
16min
Rating :
5.3/10

The fallout from a disastrous blind date forces two polar opposites to find common ground as the rest of the world falls apart around them.

Genesis Antipode (2006) Online

The fallout from a disastrous blind date forces two polar opposites to find common ground as the rest of the world falls apart around them.
Cast overview:
Rodney Bane Rodney Bane - Jeffrey
Sian Higgins Sian Higgins - Rebecca


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The post apocalyptic sub-genre is a particularly fitting one for short film. Figure: With almost everyone dead, there's not a whole lot going on. Most of the features taking place in these dim tomorrows could have their plots reduced to ten minutes. A majority of the run times are used up by guys in BDSM-gear driving dune buggies across ruined landscapes.

Genesis Antipode, produced, written, and directed by American J.R. Robinson in New Zealand, takes the post apocalyptic story to its character-driven basics. There's a man and a woman, and the rest of the world is dead. Too bad she despises him. Told in two timelines, the human race is no more when the film begins. Jeffrey and Rebecca stay close to each other, outside of the city for fear of what may lie there. They had met before the fall of civilization, on a blind date. He was her intellectual superior, but in every other way, he lagged behind. Rebecca, an attractive, social woman, was repulsed by his inability to grasp even basic cultural norms. However Jeffrey, a dweebish scientist, thought things had gone swimmingly. He learns otherwise, and then everyone else dies.

This is one of the most compelling visions of a destroyed world you'll find on film. It's not exciting, but with believable acting and a far too believable situation, it sticks in your brain. Genesis Antipode is both depressing and relaxing. Is there hope in its suggested future? That's up to you to decide. It presents two people in the most awkward of situations and lets the audience imagine what they would do in their place.