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The Survivalist
Why this pick
Its spare, intimate survival scenario shares the original’s focus on resource scarcity, mistrust between strangers, and the unsettling ways necessity reshapes ethics.
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MOVIE1996 1h 34m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Annie and Matthew, a young married couple, find their infant daughter screaming with a high temperature and an earache. Matthew calls the doctor, who promises to phone in a prescription to the pharmacist the following day. During the night, the neighborhood wakes up due to a massive power outage. When Matthew visits the pharmacist the next day, he is unable to get the required medicine due to the blackout. Matthew steals the medicine when the pharmacist is not looking. Social unrest ensues due to the persistent blackout, leading Matthew and his wife's best friend, Joe, to buy a shotgun.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kyle MacLachlan
Matthew
Elisabeth Shue
Annie
Dermot Mulroney
Joe
Richard T. Jones
Raymond
Bill Smitrovich
Steph
Michael Rooker
Gary
Richard Schiff
Gun Shop Clerk
Greg Grunberg
Double Date Guy