2024 · drama · supernatural
Homestead
Directed by Ben Smallbone1h 51m2024
A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains. As violent threats and apocalyptic conditions creep toward their borders, the residents of The Homestead are left to wonder: how long can a group of people resist both the dangers of human nature and the bloodshed at their doorstep?
Our read: Homestead (2024) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / supernatural, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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