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Topics: Film and TV, Streaming
Callum Jones
Film fanatics are demanding an entire season of a movie-thriller that they believe 'needs more publicity'.
It's not exactly uncommon for films to have series spin-offs and vice versa, and that's usually because fans of said film or series wants to see those characters in a different format.
One movie that is the talk of the town on forums across the web is 40 Acres, a thriller set in a post-apocalyptic world filled with food scarcity that sees a family defend their isolated farm against a militia that wants to take their land.
A synopsis of 40 Acres, as per Rotten Tomatoes, reads: "Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, training them to fight (and, yes, kill).
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"But now Hailey's eldest Emanuel (Kataem O'Connor) is a young man, and when he meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy."
40 Acres has seriously impressed fans watching at home and many are calling for a series of the movie.
"Really thought provoking, just never know in trying times???" one person said about the movie on the 'Netflix Bangers' Facebook group.
"Great movie! Would love to see a mini series!" one person commented on the Facebook post, while a second added: "Loved this movie! Needs more publicity."
Meanwhile, a third dubbed it as 'excellent' and a fourth quipped: "This was such a good movie, we enjoyed it."
Over on Rotten Tomatoes, many viewers have left favourable reviews of the movie, with one fan even comparing it to the legendary series that is The Walking Dead.
The fan penned: "An awesome addition to the post-apocalyptic pantheon! Clever, tense and genuinely surprising—40 Acres drops you in the middle of a well fleshed out universe without too much exposition or an hour of setup time.
"The characters are believable, making them flawed, imperfect and easy to root for. This is basically The Walking Dead, but without all those pesky zombies to worry about!"
Meanwhile, a second fan had some complaints about the opening of the movie, but the rest they were certainly impressed by.
"The movie didn't try to do too much, which I really appreciate but I think that maybe the pacing could have been quickened or altered slightly to just kick it up a notch in a few areas," the fan wrote.
"Beyond that, I really liked the character arcs, the fight scenes."
40 Acres sits at 89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, so it is certainly considered a recommendation by industry critics.