Larry Clark's revisionist take on 1958's TEENAGE CAVEMAN, part of a series of made-for-cable rethinkings of cult horror titles, is an eye opener. The time: Somewhere in the post-apocalyptic future. The place: A blasted, desert-scrub landscape, probably California. Something terrible has happened to the weather, and the lethal storms sporadically rake the land where a small band of ragtag human survivors live huddled in caves and scratch out a day-to-day existence hunting and gathering. David (Andrew Keegan) is the son of his tribe's religious leader (Paul Hipp), who preaches a hellfire-laden credo of chastity and submission to God, hypocritically making an exception ...
Released:
2001
Rated:
n/a
Length:
95 mins