In a bleak post-apocalyptic future where Earth has become uninhabitable, the fight for survival begins anew in The Colony: Resistance Rising — a gritty sci-fi thriller that blends dystopian desperation with explosive rebellion.

🌍 Setting: Earth, 2094 – decades after global climate collapse
🎭 Lead Cast: Nora Arnezeder, Iain Glen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
🎬 Director: Tim Fehlbaum
📅 Release: 2021 (also known in some regions as Tides)

🌪️ Plot Overview

Humanity’s elite fled to a distant planet known as Kepler-209, leaving the Earth in ruins. But now, their survival is threatened. A reconnaissance team returns to Earth to determine if the planet is habitable again — only to discover that life never left.

When astronaut Blake (Nora Arnezeder) crash-lands on the ravaged planet, she encounters resilient survivors living in secret. But they are not alone — a militarized faction, The Muds, seeks to dominate what remains. What follows is a high-stakes battle between those who left and those who endured.

🔥 Why It Stands Out

• Visually haunting world-building — flooded cities, endless fog, and decaying infrastructure

• Themes of class, survival, and rebirth

• Nora Arnezeder’s intense and grounded performance as a woman torn between duty and truth

• A philosophical twist: Do those who abandoned Earth deserve to reclaim it?

📣 Taglines

“The future they fled… is waiting for revenge.”
“Earth never forgets.”
“Those who remained will rise.”

📽️ Critical Reception

Though modest in scope, The Colony: Resistance Rising gained praise for its atmosphere, strong lead, and timely themes of climate crisis and inequality. A must-watch for fans of Children of Men, The Road, and The 100.