Review of The Colony

The Colony (2021)
Disappointed once again by a very nonsensical sci fi
7 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I always wonder how writers and directors can be so careless and sloppy when putting these productions out. I love any sci fi that can stimulate the imagination or pushes past the edge of science reality, but this one is frustratingly, completely unscientific and illogical!

~3/4 of Earth's surface is water, and they sent a spaceship that can't float?! (that gave me a laugh) The mudders kill Blake's Capt but she makes friends with them? The mudders have a big bonfire at night, but there's zero plants, let alone trees, anywhere on Earth!. I wonder how the mudders made their bows/arrows, too. Everyone has good condition (cotton?) shirts and pants, and tarps for capes...From where?! All day it's relentless fog and rain but at night we see stars. Earth has long been destroyed, but they still have a boat with diesel fuel? The mudders are portrayed as savages, yet they could navigate that boat after they escaped, to return directly to their settlement? Scientifically, a viable human population needs ~4,000 to 10,000 people to ensure genetic diversity to avoid inbreeding (=doom!) There were only a few dozen total, both colonies. If Earth's surface is devoid of land animals and plants, what will the rest of the Keplers eat once they get here?

There were some other annoying details, too, to add yourself.

This was completely unsatisfying, once finished. Three stars for the decent actors.
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