STORYLINE: From Academy Award®-winning director Ron Howard, Eden unravels the shocking true story of a group of disillusioned outsiders (Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, and Sydney Sweeney) who abandon modern society in search of a new beginning. Settling on a remote, uninhabited island, their utopian dream quickly unravels as they discover that the greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other. What follows is a chilling descent into chaos where tensions spiral, desperation takes hold, and a twisted power struggle leads to betrayal, violence, and the deaths of half the colony. (IMDb)

    Films about colonization have come in all shapes and sizes.  From the science fiction (Aliens, 1986) to the dramatic (The New World, 2005) with the family friendly in between (Swiss Family Robinson, 1960), the topic has seen itself scattered across the genres.  With his latest release, director Ron Howard, enters the dramatic territory of colonization with Eden.

    It is natural that each set of characters has their own agenda.  In the end, how would the drama be created?  With Eden all the characters had no sense of originality to them, all were basic, run of the mill stereotypes. By the tine the film ended I felt that I had no reason to care for any of the characters.

   The story was the same.  It’s a rub if the mill, descent into chaos.  Eden is adults who went looking for a Lord of the Flies type situation and found it.  

   In case you are wondering I a, not a fan of Lord of the Flies.  I read the book in high school, saw the movie a few years ago, and can say to this day the material is not my thing. 

   Eden tried to be a moralistic film, at times.  It over did it to the point where it’s message was a nuisance. 

    There are Ron Howard films I will gladly rewatch, Apollo 13 (1995) and Cinderella Man (2005).

    Until next time I will see you at the movies!