The Dog Stars review: Ridley's Scott's post-apocalyptic tale is thoughtful rather than spectacular
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The Dog Stars review: Ridley's Scott's post-apocalyptic tale is thoughtful rather than spectacular
Post-apocalypse horror and sci-fi survival thrillers continue to be all the rage currently, whether it’s The Last of Us, Fallout and Silo on TV or 28 Years Later, its sequel The Bone Temple and The End of Oak Street on the big screen.Acclaimed film-maker Sir Ridley Scott dips his toe into these two zeitgeist genres with this beautifully shot if meandering adaptation of Peter Heller’s 2012 novel set years after a pandemic has decimated the world’…
Although Peter Heller’s novel on which the film is based is from 2012, the sensation transmitted by ‘The constellation of the dog’ is that of a film conceived after the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Part of the action takes place on the outskirts of Denver. We are in 2035, a future around the corner, as was the story of ‘Blade runner’, the most important work of Ridley Scott, shot in 1982 and set in 2019. An epidemic of strong flu has ravaged hu…
The Dog Stars Review: Ridley Scott Strikes Out With Post-Apocalyptic Dud
At the ripe old age of 88, Ridley Scott has a whopping 30 features to his name. Among them are some of the best films across disparate genres: Alien in horror, Blade Runner in sci-fi, American Gangster in crime, Thelma & Louise in dramedy, Gladiator in ancient war, and Black Hawk Down in modern war. But he’d never taken on post-apocalyptic existence. Until now. The Dog Stars—an adaptation of Peter Heller’s hit novel of the same name—follows Hig,…
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