A strong concept thriller with sci-fi elements finally streams in Germany from today: Caitlin Cronenberg, the daughter of horror master David Cronenberg, takes us in her feature film debut Humane with a world in which one Fifth of all people die must so that the earth can live on.
The Thriller Humane plays a nasty idea to the bitter end
The climate crisis has achieved a critical turning point in the future of Humane. The only thing that can still stop all of humanity is one Radical reduction of the world population. For this reason, the governments worldwide decide that 20 percent of the population is compulsory. The selection of these prescribed euthanasia is supposedly arbitrary. However, you can report voluntarily or take the place to the death of damn acquaintances. In the end, the only thing that counts is that the number of dead is right.
Thriller with science fiction idea: see the trailer for humane here
Humane – Trailer (German) HD
Against this background, the former TV spokesman Charles York (Peter Gallagher) invites his family to dinner and announces that he and his second wife, the star cook Dawn (University Park), to go to the welfare of the world voluntarily reported to die have. Not all of his four adult children could accept this, and so they try to talk him back out of the decision.
Discussions quickly break down as to who really “deserves” to die. With pharmaceutical boss Rachel (Emily Hampshire), anthropologist Jared (Jay Baruchel), drug addicted Noah (Sebastian Chacon) and actress Ashley (Alanna Bale) and daughter Mia (Sirena Gulamgaus), very different prospects collapse. The time runs away when the government official Bob (Enrico Colantoni) is just around the corner and only goes again when he is his Two registered corpses has – no matter which one.
As a sci-fi horror, humans impresses with their heads and tension
The actually huge sci-fi scenario of global euthanasia is emitted in humane in the smallest framework: the family. If you expect great effects, you are out of place here. Instead, the dark thriller convinces Tong-tonged dialogues and always new character applications. Here it is shared as drastically around one’s own life as in the recently in the circle at Netflix.
While the sympathies are shifted because the characters always show new selfish facets to save their own skin, the thriller continuously pulls its tension screw to. As a thought experiments, Humane may have a satirical Eat-the-judge elements that generally question whether the wealthy family deserves to live. Dem Cheering until the end Do not detract from the extremely driven figures.
Where you can stream the sci-fi thriller humane
Humane has been since today February 1, 2025 at Paramount+ * available in the subscription. The streaming service can also be obtained from an Amazon channel *.
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