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Three sisters have survived a pandemic that has devastated humanity . Living in their remote outpost their lives change when a young man looking for sanctuary turns up

With a synopsis like this I was reminded of the Don Siegel/Clint Eastwood 1971 movie THE BEGUILED . It is something of a Western that could take place in a 19th Century homestead rather than a post apocalypse scenario in the 21st Century . Unfortunately the screenplay constantly misses opportunities or more specifically can't make up its mind what it wants to be . The sexual tension created by the character dynamics is explored but quickly forgotten when the plot takes a swift turn . At this point I was expecting the very real female fear of sexual assault seen earlier in Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER to take centre stage but again this isn't really followed up

All this is a pity because it's an independent feature which is impressive from a technical point of few with the main aspect being the striking cinematography . It's a great looking low budget film but goes to prove cinema is visual storytelling and if the story isn't focused it makes for an unsatisfying film

For me The Tribe was one of those pick and mix movies, therefore I went in with no expectations at all.

It tells the story of three sisters who live out in the desert, it's set in a post apocalyptic world that was hit by a pandemic and they are fighting to stay alive.

A core rule they have is not to let anyone in should they appear and when they break that rule it changes everything.

With a fantastic leading lady, great setting and interesting premise The Tribe had me gripped and is anything but predictible. Trouble is the ending both makes and breaks the movie in that it is merciless, open ended and totally out of left field.

I enjoyed the Tribe but certainly wanted to have liked it more, the ending just left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I'm honestly not sure what the creators were going with there.

Well cast, interesting but flawed.

The Good:

Great leading lady

Interesting ideas

Unpredictible

The Bad:

Ending is questionable

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I spent half the movie trying to work out if that was Melissa Benoist

Danika is one of the weirdest looking kids I've ever seen

...invitation to take a nap.

I kept hoping for an interesting spin in this poorly written snoozefest of a movie...still waiting.

I say it was well acted by the young cast and can see where they made the most of the minimal cardboard dialogue.

Directing and cinematography are well done considering that nothing interesting actually happens.

Production values are decent for an indy but they should have spent some money on a rewrite of the script or chosen a better one to start with.

Minor twists on the Z for Zachariah plot line, but nowhere near as interesting as that young adult book was half a century ago.

Don't recommend wasting your time on this one...but again the young cast did well with what they had to work with, so your call.

I am not sure where all the stellar reviews came from for this movie. I can only assume that many family and friends of this movie rated it. All the elements were in place to make a great movie, sadly many opportunities were missed while making this lackluster movie.

They apparently had zero technical advisers on the set. A muzzle loading rifle only shoots ONE bullet. It then requires a long and involved manual process to reload it, from the muzzle. You need to pour a measured amount of black powder into the muzzle, then ram some wadding and a bullet down the muzzle (front) of the barrel with a big stick, like the one attached to the rifle. This process takes 2-4 minutes by someone skilled in such a task.

I guess there are some magical muzzle loading rifles out there that shoot as fast as you can squeeze the trigger without the need to reload them. I am in the market for such a magical rifle to use while I am am riding my unicorn.

The genre is sci-fi so such a magical gun makes sense, I guess. I only finished watching it in the hopes it would get better as it had a good start. I did not get better. Much discipline was learned on the part of this viewer to not end this abomination early on during the viewing/waterboarding. An extra star given for the ladies fine attempt at acting. They will get better I think.

The 'Tomato' people owe me 90 minutes of my life back.

It's like they were trying to make it bad. It's stupid but not the funny kind of stupid. Just really bad in every way. Looks like the apocalypse has plenty of lip gloss and hair care products. And also a muzzle loader that works like a repeating riffle for some reason. Just dumb. No excuse. Also I can't spoil this because it was already rotten.

I had the pleasure of viewing this film at the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto back in June. There was much to be impressed about in this first feature. From the choice of frame to the clarity of the performances all the elements were orchestrated to draw the audience along into the inevitability of the situation without ever becoming predictable. The director utilized her (albeit limited) resources to optimum effect to create a feature that stands firmly on its feet with no apologies and which delivers a punch, the impact of which belies its modest budget. The audience left the screening replete after this slow burning thriller, visually and intellectually satisfied. I have the feeling we will be seeing a lot more from promising director Ms. Roxy Shih.

A disease has thinned the population to near extinction. Three sisters are left alone at a remote ranch that their survivalist father built before killing himself. The girls wait hopefully for the rains to return, then one day a young man walks out of the desert.

The three sisters are excellently portrayed and are great characters. The clashes between the eldest sisters as they question the instructions left them by their father before he deserted them are electric.

When the outsider arrives the girls appear to be low hanging (and ripe) fruit. But looks can be deceiving and various plans collide to create some considerable drama.

The female leads are excellent giving very believable performances. Cinematography is great, making the most of the rugged desert landscape.

I don't want to spoil anything, but don't expect a whole load of rainbows here.

Simple story, well crafted. I choose to ignore the very last scene (on accounts I don't understand it) but I would recommend this.

The stupidest movie I've ever seen in my life. What a bunch of horsecrap this entire movie was. Omg.... What a waste of film. Woman are so nieve ? Is that the message of this movie ? Just idiotic !

Taste in movies often comes down to atmosphere and this one pulls it off with feelings of isolation and enough effective dialog to keep things moving. It thoroughly holds your attention and the ending is hard to predict; another mark of a good film.

My main nitpick would be that someone didn't fully clean the lens in a few panoramic scenes.

While this story and its characters could have been fleshed out more, that's true of many films in their restricted times. I don't understand the low ratings and suggest watching it for yourself.

This is a great suspense film about three sisters and their struggles in a post apocalyptic world. This is a drama not a horror film. The story pulls you into their world that contains fear, love, boredom, uncertainty, twists and unexpected situations that leave you completely captivated in their world. You root for these sisters to make it when the future is uncertain. Highly Recommend!

"The Tribe" is a very well done movie that takes place after a catastrophic plague of some kind. The illness is never fully revealed, giving the film a very realistic "from the survivior's viewpoint" feel to it. The main characters, three sisters, are alone on the ranch their parents set up. I do not want to give away any spoliers. Positives: Very well written. Great human interaction drama. Superb acting, especially by the three female leads. Excellent plot. Surprise twists and a very haunting ending. Negatives: The rifle that is used is an interesting piece, but its functionality in the setting is not as accurate as might be expected. As a sport shooter (I do not use black powder) I just ignored the mechanics and stayed with the story line. I guess for some, the rifle's use might be a stumbling block. Had it been a bolt action hunting rifle the setting and scenes would have been exactly the same. Otherwise, I found no other negatives to this very engaging and thoughtful movie. My grade, a solid A movie

You have to remember, this is an indie film with the budget of jack rhymes with pit. And sometimes you forget about that because it is a film with a relatively grand-scope feel to it. The director has an eye, that is for sure. You become invested in the world building and the drama becomes realistic. Anyway, the film is about a couple of chicks and their kid sister riding out the apocalypse in a shed until some lame hipster messes it all up. That is another good thing about this film, it can be seen as a euphemism for what all these lame hipsters and trendies are doing nowadays. They're basically posers and making it out like they care about the environment or politics but they're just doing it to get into your pants so be smart, ladies. But what really pisses me off is how they co-opt things in popular culture just to fit in with the rest of us. Chances are they didn't even watch the latest Godzilla movie or are straight up lying about reading all of the Game of Thrones books. They are what is wrong with society and pretty much the world today. And this film does a masterful job of expressing that. Not to mention that one chick looks pretty good running around in tight jeans. Anyway, my office ranking for this film is a 7 out of 10 but taking into consideration this was made on a shoestring budget, I'll give it an 8 out of 10. And just to offset the current ranking I'll give it a 9 out of 10.