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The Vanguard

2008 · 89 min

A grim, low-budget scramble through a collapsing world, more exhausting than frightening, with little to hold onto beyond the chase.

Directed by: Matthew Hope
Genres: Action, Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Karen Admiraal, Jack Bailey, Ray Bullock Jr.

Overview: The year is 2015 and overpopulation and famine have plunged our planet into chaos and one desperate survivor finds himself being hunted and pursued by hordes of rage-crazed zombies.

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Directed by: Matthew Hope
Genres: Action, Horror, Science fiction
Starring: Karen Admiraal, Jack Bailey, Ray Bullock Jr.

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
violence
fate
Places: countryside
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	6
Horror	6
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: action, horror, science fiction
Directed by: Matthew Hope
Written by: Matthew Hope
Starring: Karen Admiraal, Jack Bailey, Ray Bullock Jr., Emma Choy, Christopher Hatherall, Terry Cole
Music: David Byrne, Mark Delany
Runtime: 89 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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