On this episode we try to sell our listeners on the idea of waiting to see the disappointing film adaptation of Dave Eggers’ novel A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING with Brian of Movie Hot Take. Fortunately this film inspires a double feature with guest Dwight Hurst of The Broken Brain on men waiting to convince other men on what they are selling, whether it be a not guilty verdict in 12 ANGRY MEN or industrial lubricants in THE BIG KAHUNA.
In a dystopian world where a radical government has unleashed a deadly poison to control population, only those with blood type AB positive remain unscathed. But instead of outright death, the rest of the population is left to suffer in a state of chronic illness, causing widespread chaos and panic. As the majority slowly succumbs to the effects of the poison, their only hope lies in receiving transfusions of AB positive blood from the few immune survivors, like Charlie and his granddaughter Maya. Living in the decrepit remains of an abandoned amusement park, Charlie is a renegade supplier of blood to the underground market. But their sanctuary is threatened by the iron-fisted rule of District 22's ruthless warden, Onslow, who will stop at nothing to save his own dying son. As Charlie and Maya fight to defend their haven and their own sanity, the eccentric duo must navigate through a world of danger and betrayal. POPULATION PURGE was written by Brian Johnson and Toby Osborne and di