White Wall |
USA • 2010 • 91m •
  • Directed by: James Boss. • Starring: James Boss, Gary Kohn, Michael Teh, Aurelie Kyinn, John Klemantaski, Hugh Mason, Eddie Kaulukukui, Nevin Millan, Walid Amini, Christopher Guyton, Gabriel Womack, Albert Marrero Jr., Ping Lam Siu. • Music by: Marc Collin.    Following an outbreak of the deadliest virus ever created, the last survivors cling to life in four quarantined cities behind a white wall. Shawn Kors and his brother, Jude, grew up in a squalid internment camp for orphaned children. Under the care of the militia, they were pitted against other children in backwoods death matches. Shawn, Jude, and the few who escaped became notorious for their incredible fighting skills. They have since parted ways. Shawn now makes a comfortable living as a janitor at the local medic station. He spends his days dreaming of curing plague. When Shawn discovers the discarded body of a fellow internment camp friend, he is forced out of hiding and pulled into a rabbit hole of conspiracy and violence.
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The movie starts with some great shots of how people are surviving during the pandemic. During the start, we get to know about the conflict of government with people, who are taking over the survivors, and what's the main motivation of the main character. Which many movies don't get to do until they are in their second half, and this is what makes a movie a great dramatic piece. However, during the end, the inclusion of the fighting scene shows, how awful the movie is with its budget, because those scenes clearly show, producers didn't put much of any attention on the main characteristics of the movie, which is fighting scenes. Talking about the delivery of dialogues and the acting, they are just an enigma of masterpieces. Because I didn't expect those things were going to save the movie from being a low-budgeted disaster. The camera angles are creative as they showcase how a movie could go through from one arc to another without losing the viewers' attention. Colors and dark greedy tone were miles apart from each other as a post-apocalyptic movie needs to show its creativity on the editing table by adding more colors in the environment, take the example of I am Legend, it's the presence of a colorful environment which made that movie a big success, but white wall just goes along with its dark greedy tone, which isn't going to be a good experience for a moviegoer.
Nonetheless, this movie can create a spark in the dull life of the viewer who hates living in quarantine, as the movie story revolves around people going through living between walls which is also practically quarantine for them. In addition to this, the director successfully describes the premise of the movie as his aspirations for the film came from providing viewers a picture of the distant future, where mankind is at its low point. In simple words, the film is a warning for people to stop destroying the world because if we don't, we could end up like the society showcased in the movie.
My experience of watching it was pleasant because I didn't have any expectations from the movie but the way actors acted and camera shots just indulged me deep into the essence of the movie, which made me to ignore the awful fighting sequences. So if you love watching a dark greedy, drama movie and don't care about the CGI and special effects then I think you should give this movie a try.
Review by shumailasad from the Internet Movie Database.
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