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Biopunk

2017 · 7 min

A grim, fast-paced dystopian sprint through a broken city, tense and grimy, with a sister's desperate search at its core.

Directed by
Liam Garvo
Genres
Science fiction, Adventure
Starring
Katie Sheridan, Benjamin Tuttlebee, Kristian Nairn
Overview
The year is 2054, and humanity’s prospects are very bleak in the wake of a devastating virus. London’s become an unstable wasteland of junk peddlers and wild-eyed zealots, but one tough, determined woman keeps it together for her much younger brother—until he’s spirited away by an unknown foe.

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Directed by
Liam Garvo
Genres
Science fiction, Adventure
Starring
Katie Sheridan, Benjamin Tuttlebee, Kristian Nairn
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • grief
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour1
Realism5
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
science fiction, adventure
Directed by
Liam Garvo
Starring
Katie Sheridan, Benjamin Tuttlebee, Kristian Nairn, Robert Strange
Runtime
7 min

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