(PCM) “In a future without water, vengeance will rain” reads the ominous tagline for Screen Media Films’ Young Ones, opening in theaters on a limited run October 17, 2014.
Young Ones is set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, one that dictates everything from the macro of political policy to the detailed micro of interpersonal family and romantic relationships.
The land has withered into something wretched. The dust has settled on a lonely, barren planet. The hardened survivors of the loss of Earth’s precious resources scrape and struggle.
Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon) lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome (Kodi Smit McPhee) and Mary (Elle Fanning). He defends his farm from bandits, works the supply routes, and hopes to rejuvenate the soil.
But Mary’s boyfriend, Flem Lever (Nicholas Hoult), has grander designs. He wants Ernest’s land for himself, and will go to any length to get it.
Written and directed by Jack Paltrow, whose previous work includes directing nine episodes of “NYPD Blue” from 1997 to 2004, The Good Night in 2007, and one episode of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire in 2013, Young Ones is currently sporting a fresh rating of 60% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Watch the trailer for Young Ones below and visit the official website for more info.
Young Ones is rated R for some violence and language.
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