Arcadian

Arcadian

A father and his twin sons must survive an attack on their remote farmhouse.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 92 minutes
  • Genre: Horror, Thrillers
  • Stars: Maxwell Jenkins, Jaeden Martell, Nicolas Cage, Sadie Soverall, Samantha Coughlan, Joel Gillman
  • Director: Benjamin Brewer
 Comments
  • richkiel - 1 July 2024
    Pathetic
    First of all, if you were looking for a Nicholas Cage film, this is not what you're getting. He is not the main character in this, and what little he does is probably not what you were hoping for.

    Secondly, this is not really a horror. The monsters are not only silly, but the CGI and the cinematography in general are abysmal, so you barely even see them. I can't remember the last time I saw monsters this ridiculous.

    To make things worse, the characters here are not likeable. Cage is playing a dull, monotone father whose two sons are idiots who bicker and do stupid things. You don't like these guys and you don't care what happens to them. But then the film starts throwing in nonsense, where characters do things because the script needs them to do it, without any reasonable motivation. This alienates the viewers completely. Nothing - and I mean NOTHING - in this film makes any sense.

    If you want to be bored and annoyed by a nonsensical script, then this is the film for you.
  • Pairic - 19 June 2024
    Coming Of Age Drama With Monsters
    Arcadian: Nicholas Cage doesn't really chew up the scenery for most of this film but he does bring a house down. The nocturnal photophobic monsters do most of the chewing for him. In the opening scenes we see Paul (Cage) gathering supplies, shooting, explosions, sirens and screaming taking place in the background, he collects his infant twin sons and heads for the country. Fifteen years later, most of humanity has died in an apocalyptic event and it's aftermath. Paul and his sons Joseph (Jaeden Martell) and Thomas (Maxwell Jenkins) live in a dilapidated farmhouse. They board it up at night, the creatures come scratching at the doors, trying to break in. Joseph is a thinker and a tinker, he builds a battery powered buggy. Thomas is more headstrong, takes risks, likes helping out on a neighbouring farm. But his main interest there is Charlotte, (Sadie Soverall) the farmer's daughter. There wouldn't be much of a story here if they didn't come in conflict with the monsters, so it comes to pass. Paul plays a major role but it's also a coming of age story with Joseph, Thomas and Charlotte proving themselves as warriors. The creatures are well imagined, they burrow, savagely attack, eat people alive quite literally in their beds. Some terrifying scenes which qualifies this film as being SF/Horror. The cold equations of Post-Apocalypse survival come into play here as well, and humans can be monsters as well. A dark film, the nature of the apocalypse is never fully explained but Thomas and Charlotte play a Crack The Apocalypse game where you must explain what caused the event in ten seconds. Good acting all round especially from the three younger actors who all have appeared in previous SF/Horror/Fantasy films/series'. Directed by Benjamin Brewer from a screenplay by Michael Nilon. 7.5/10.