There's a few problems with this film and the first is the title because unless I missed it, where was the insurrection? It would seem this small oversight didn't pass the network by as it now seems to be called "The Volunteers" which, whilst not being inaccurate, is a bit lame. The second problem is the story, not the premise but the actual story. In a dystopian world where you are hunted if you are 'different', most of the movie is spent with the individuals trying to come to terms with their own personal problems. Ordinarily this would be OK as we need a backstory to care about the people in the house but for whatever reason, maybe the acting, more likely the script, I didn't really care who lived or died. I should say at this point that I am a European so have no skin in the game when it comes to 'whose side are you on". What's clear though from reading many of the reviews is that most of them, especially the ones with 1 star ratings, are from people who a) didn't watch the film and b) would refer to themselves as a Republican. Now, this for me is where it gets interesting because I'm trying to work out what is it specifically that drives these people to slam the movie. Most of the negative reviews seem to say things like "what a load of woke rubbish" presumably from the standpoint that what the movie depicts could never ever happen in their God fearing country.
Here's the thing though, I'm aware that a large percentage of Americans don't follow politics that closely but with the recent revelations about abortion rights set to be overturned, 'don't say gay' bills being passed, walls being built to keep out 'the others' and books being banned (even maths books) that (we are told) have elements of Critical Race Theory in them (they don't but that doesn't seem to matter), surely you can see that you are already on the road to this dystopian future?
Back to the movie, props to Nadine Malouf as the standout actress and hopefully she'll get some better movies as a result of this. The rest, not so much. So in conclusion, it's not a great film, probably a 4/10 and it kind of lost it's way at the end as many small budget films do and If you want a better version of how things could pan out for the USA, watch the Handmaids Tale but instead of infertility being the driving force to make woman have babies, swap that out for "you had sex (without contraception because that's next on the list to be banned), you got pregnant, you MUST now have the baby" (without any financial help from the state because this is the USA! We're not like the rest of the World)
Now, before you hit the down vote ask yourself, do you really disagree with what I've said or are you only down voting this because I've said something that's triggered you? OK, I'm just messing with you, of course you weren't going to think about it, you can hit the down vote now.
