Who doesn’t love a good old post-apocalyptic horror movie? The subgenre has no shortage of riveting flicks, but they do tend to overexplain things, whether that's going back to the day the aliens landed, or explaining the root of the viral breakout. We are given answers to almost every question we may have, which can be highly satisfying as a viewer but doesn't leave room for the imagination. That’s where Nicolas Cage’s new movie Arcadian comes in.
Directed by Benjamin Brewer, Arcadian takes place over just three days and nights in the near future on rural farmland. While the 2013 movie World War Z or Will Smith’s I Am Legend center on man's race to find a cure, and Bird Box and The Road follow the search for a safe haven, Arcadian introduces us to a father and his sons, and a commune who live in a nearby farm, who have simply accepted their fate and are just trying to survive day to day.
