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UK indie film The Vanguard secures UK distribution through Lionsgate
14th Feb 08
 Congratulations to our friend Matt Hope, whose film The Vanguard has just secured a UK distribution deal (amongst other territories including Germany and Japan) at the Berlin European Film Market.
Filmed on 35mm for a modest budget, The Vanguard mixes elements of Mad Max, I Am Legend and 28 Days Later as a government drug causes most of the citizens of the UK to devolve into zombie-like creatures called Biosyns. With stunning photography, an iconic lead roll and a smart, intelligent script, this film has the words 'cult classic' written all over it.
Rumour has it that Lionsgate will release the film on Region 2 DVD in October.
The World is in chaos – the last known oil fields have been vanquished, over-population has reached critical levels and mankind is about to become a thing of the past.
Out of this apocalyptic nightmare, an entity known only as the Corporation devised a course of action to cull the human race and initialise a depopulation program. But the drug they created to kill instead reduces humans to a primitive ape-like state, now known as Biosyns. Their sight reduced to virtual blindness, the Biosyns rely on scent and sound to survive, running wild in the unpopulated countryside.
But for Max – a young man cast adrift into the wilderness to live as a hunter / gatherer – the Biosyns are the enemy, and must be fought in order to preserve his very existence. Max has forged a life without human contact, and every day is a battle to survive.
Soon the Biosyns begin to evolve – learning first to communicate, then banding together, their vision slowly returning – and now they’re coming for Max.
Unbeknownst to Max, the Corporation has dispatched a group of genetically engineered soldiers – known as Trackers – to wipe out the Biosyns and to hunt down and kill Max, fearing he may be the antidote to the world they created…
More Information
For more information and to view the trailer, visit the film's website at www.vanguardmovie.com.
Artwork courtesy of sales agent Imagination LLC
Posted by
Rawshark
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