Just perfect...

For having a relatively low budget, the film's style and overall art direction are immensely impressive.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

A lot of negative write-ups. Why? I don't know. It is beyond me to understand how a post-breakdown movie could not have some kind of Biblical reference. The "haters gonna hate" to the naysayers. The movie was good. Nothing new in its story line, but it was well done. Actors were fine. I was particularly taken by the treatment of the police/military. Seemed a little over the top, but I can see how life in such a future could possibly be as portrayed. Parts of the movie reminded me of Aleppo or Beirut (long ago). Certainly not as dark as 'Children of Men.' As with many other future-doom movies, government oppression rules the day.

For decades now religious conservatives have complained about Hollywood being a Gomorrah of unwholesome sin. But this film wasn't made outside of Hollywood and yet it contains all kinds of violence in the name of defending Christianity. Christ said that Christians should turn the other cheek when struck and follow his example of his deeds in the garden of Gethsemane. Not only does religion play a heavy hand but the right wing conspiracy theories are shoved down your throat. The movie makes a point of telling you that the godless are out to control or kill the faithful. Give up your faith or die! Taking a Que from Muslim extremists where you must become a Muslim or die. This film is Conservative religious crap that was truly offensive, The American Taliban is strong with this film

I saw this on Netflix and the plot description sounded interesting and it had 3 stars.Problem was that I missed the "faith & spirituality" in the genre! So the decent ratings were inflated (sorry but religious people forgive a lot of sins in religious movies)and the plot description did not match.The film itself borrows from Animal Farm, 1984 and the post-apocalypse genre without being particularly interesting. The acting is leaden, production shoddy but at least the character development was non-existent! And Eric Roberts.....what were you thinking?

Bad acting, bad makeup, bad artwork, bag CG, bad story line, forced underlying message...UTTER CRAP. Same yourself the pain and skip this movie!I get that the author wants to share a Christian message but please do a better job with everything else. Let the story progress without forcing the message to merge with the story line.I watched the entire movie...so you don't have to. The random additions of rhetoric and theology messes up the story and creates an unnatural progression. The bizarre conspiracy theories combined with the rampant paranoia is reminiscent of fear mongering.