Survival
Code
(2014 aka Borealis/Lionsgate
DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: B- Extras: D Film: C+
The
year is 2045, the world's natural resources are almost depleted and
the polar ice caps have melted. Now, every country is struggling for
to claim a piece of Borealis, the last untapped oil, gas and mineral
deposits on the planet. In the middle of it all is Vic's Bar, Vic
(Ty Olsson) is the local customs agent, ex-MMA prize fighter, peace
keeper, and jack of all trades, anything you want or need you can
find at Vic's, but when man is found murdered, every country blames
another. Vic must somehow keep the world powers from going to war,
before all the corrupt officials threatens them with a violent
solution.
In
David Frazee's Survival
Code
(2014 aka Borealis),
Vic is the cynical type who doesn't care if people are destroying the
planet or each other, as long as they aren't destroying his bar and
he is making a profit; business is as usual. Yet with the last
natural resource at stake, between the environmentalists, and the
various countries and superpowers things are coming to a boil, his
attitude may start to change, especially when it is discovered the
Russians bring stolen artifacts to falsify their land claims and
murdering anyone who gets says otherwise. Vic must find the evidence
to prove the Russian's guilt before it turns into all out war.
This
is a near semi-futuristic story about a mining town. While it is
made up of various nationalities, it was basically Russians, Asians,
and Americans, but when murder happens in a small town it triggers a
chain reaction, everyone is trying to keep it from turning into an
international incident, buts still use the incident to gain political
advantage. In the end, it comes down as cage fight at the top of the
world to settle who is right. While it's special effects weren't
bad, it wasn't totally convincing either and the soft anamorphically
enhanced 1.78 X 1 image hurt what seems to have been intended as a
pilot for a TV series that never happened.
The
lossy Dolby Digital sound is better, if not great and the one lame,
token extra is a digital download of the film via Digital HD Digital
Copy.
-
Ricky Chiang
