
The Book of Eli(2010)
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.


“One day, it started to snow .. and it never stopped”
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.

Kevin Zegers
Sam

Laurence Fishburne
Briggs

Bill Paxton
Mason

Charlotte Sullivan
Kai

John Tench
Viktor

Atticus Mitchell
Graydon

Dru Viergever
Feral Leader

Romano Orzari
Reynolds

Earl Pastko
Scientist

Lisa Berry
Nara
The Colony is a action, science fiction, thriller film released in 2013 exploring themes of dystopia, ice age, global warming, cannibal, starvation. Directed by Jeff Renfroe, it stars Kevin Zegers, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton. Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
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