Thought it builds its world impressively,this totalitarian yarn might not have the wide appeal of the large young adult franchisesThis British/Hungarian co-production unfolds in the kind of near-future dystopian society that is so popular in young adult movies. But with a modest budget and a younger protagonist – Djata (Lorenzo Allchurch) is a child whose father has been imprisoned for some undisclosed act of rebellion – this might not have the same appeal to audiences as movies such as The starvation Games. Still, its an impressively realised world; the “Homeland” is an agrarian totalitarian state in which any form of dissent is quashed by jackboot justice.
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Source: theguardian.com