#kin 2018

[spockvarietyhour]

Kid found a fancy scifi gun, I'm sure everything will turn out fine.

[geenawrites]

SynthNoir: Black Teen Science Fiction Narratives

Growing up, there were no big theatrical science fiction adventures starring Black kids for me to consume. I didn't realize this until I was

UPDATE: My @letterboxd list "SynthNoir: Black Teen Science Fiction Narratives" has been updated.

I finally found Afro Punk Girl (the reason I made the list) and added it to the list.

I've stopped being bougie about television movies, so Seventeen Again and Jett Jackson: The Movie have been included.

The list is organized according to the year of release, hence the depressing link thumbnail.

Horror must have a sci-fi element/bend to be included (hence the inclusion of Zombi Girl, Girl With All The Gifts, and The Transfiguration).

Please, feel free to suggest any films that I've clearly missed or just don't know about (because it took forever to cobble this list together based on my own knowledge).

I want this list to get bigger.

Check it out.

[johnnyssilverhand]

I got in your truck ‘cause you guys seem like some good guys, you know. Plus if you did try anything funny, I’m pretty sure even I could take you in a fistfight, so...

Zoë Kravitz as Milly in KIN (2018)

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Somebody’s gotta be looking for this thing. Kin (2018) | dir. Jonathan & Josh Baker

[neonandsynth]

Kin (2018) dir. Jonathan & Josh Baker

[filmdaily]

New stills of Zoe Kravitz in Kin (2018) dir. Jonathan and Josh Baker

[blackscifimatters]

BAG MAN is the understated story of a 12 year old African American boy, who takes us on an introspective journey out of the city and into the remote countryside of upstate New York. With a mysterious duffle bag in hand, its contents unknown to us, we journey from the urban hustle of Harlem, into the winter-ravaged woodlands a world away. On the road, we slowly discover his real intentions, and the startling significance of what is hidden inside a young boy’s bag.

[unofficialfilmcritic]

Kin was a fairly good movie. It's about a young boy whose older brother recently got out of jail and returned home. The brother owes people a lot of money and they're willing to do anything to get it. The boy found a strange weapon in a warehouse and uses it to defend his older brother. That's a very brief rundown and there's a lot more that happens.

Honestly it was kind of an odd movie. It felt a little like different genres were all smashed together to create the movie. It's part science fiction, part road trip, part gangster/drug dealer/criminal, part heist, part family drama. And really it's billed as science fiction but that's only a tiny part of it. For the most part it works but it does seem a little disjointed at times. It goes from a family drama at the beginning to brothers on the run after their father is murdered. Throw in a weird wannabe mob family (it felt like a white trash family trying to be The Godfather) and a huge showdown at a police station (between the brothers and the wannabe mobsters, and everyone and the police), it could seem like a huge mess. But mostly it worked out and made a pretty cohesive movie.

It was fun, and there were some twists I didn't expect. It'd be interesting if there was a sequel, it was left open for one, but I have a feeling it won't do well enough for one. It may not make any 'best of science fiction' lists but it's a fun and interesting movie.