The Domestics

Probably could have benefitted from some extra funding, and some... better leads, but even with that said, The Domestics is actually a lot fresher than I was expecting. Sure it has the mandatory Mad Max ripoffs that you find in every single post-apocalyptic movie of the past thirty years, but there is at least a single relatively original idea, and a couple of moderately interesting side characters. I can't go so far as to say that it's good, but The Domestics is... Better? I guess. I'm not sure what than, but it feels an appropriate word.

Final rating:½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didnt quite work as a whole.

Really good watch, might watch again, and can recommend.

Despite a lot of very obvious problems this movie has, it is surprisingly refreshing. It takes what can sometimes be a boring setting of "post apocalyptic dystopia" and does a lot of new things with it.

Notably they cast Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane, "Superman Returns"), Tyler Hoechlin (CW Superman), and Lance Reddick (The Haitian, "Heroes") who all give a great performance for the situations they are given, generally against faceless, or at least generic, forces of violence.

What really irked me when I noticed it, is that the order of events isn't necessarily important: it's like someone wrote the script like an SNL movie, just a bunch of sketches pieced together, but instead o...