Ten years ago, German director Tim Fehlbaum’s decent little post-apocalyptic sci-fi debut “Hell,” made two category errors that impacted its reach and longevity, both of which are corrected in his decent, slightly larger post-apocalyptic sci-fi follow-up, “Tides.” First, somewhat forgivably, “Hell” was in German, and so although a perfectly serviceable survivalist riff on “Mad Max,” outside German-speaking territories it got sidelined, with English-speaking mainstream and genre audiences notoriously hard to covert to subtitles. Second, he set it in 2016, which duly came and went trailing various varieties of disaster, but none of which instantaneously turned continental Europe into a desiccated wasteland patrolled by roving bands of scavengers.
“Tides” is in English, and set at a time when a matchbook commemorating 100 years since the moon landing is a family heirloom passed down from a grandfather — in other words, far enough in the future that no one can impugn its powers of prophecy,...
“Tides” is in English, and set at a time when a matchbook commemorating 100 years since the moon landing is a family heirloom passed down from a grandfather — in other words, far enough in the future that no one can impugn its powers of prophecy,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
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