On this episode we go on THE WALK with Joseph Gordon-Levitt which inspires an episode of adrenaline with the actor in two prior film: THE LOOKOUT and PREMIUM RUSH. Tim from The Late Reviews YouTube channel and the podcast Pan Tilt Zoom joins us for that conversation, but first we preview a portion of sister show Original Remake which you can also find on FollowingFilms.com. The new Robert Zemeckis' take on the story previously seen in MAN ON WIRE is discussed with Jamison Rabbitt of the Real Films podcast.
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...