Review of Stake Land (2010) by Andy F — 06 Jun 2015
Mickle combines George Romero's social commentary and Terence Malick's spacey poetics, yet the expressive rendering of rural locations is distinctive and the vision of societal breakdown fully imagined (in one inspired scene, refugees holding a dance at their makeshift camp suggest pilgrims in a John Ford western).
In fact Mickle's observation of a devastated working-class America is so sharp that the horror elements, though effectively handled, come to feel like an afterthought.
This review of Stake Land (2010) was written by Andy F on 06 Jun 2015.
Stake Land has generally received positive reviews.
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