The Domestics (2018)

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The Domestics (2018)

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This was a weird one.

Tyler Hoechlin (I don't know who he is either) and Kate Bosworth (sounds familiar, but no idea who she is) star in this movie about a couple journeying across post-apocalyptic America. The country is now run by gangs and civilized folks or something. It's not really explained super well aside from the gangs.

I think there's some message here about leaving behind sins of "men" and moving more towards female empowerment? Maybe I'm reading WAY too much into it, but based upon the gangs and the arcs of the characters, I think I'm onto something. The couple completely reverse roles by the end. One of the gangs are "The Sheets" who wear KKK-like sheets. All the male gangs are evil. The "girl gang" is, literally, one chick who decides to help the couple, because women are just swell. And so on.

This movie wasn't all bad, but don't be fooled by the 100% RT score. There's been no consensus yet. The 53% viewer score is more realistic, although the more I think about the film, the less I like it.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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