40 ACRES: Danielle Deadwyler Denotes The Rules Of Engagement In The Official Trailer
R.T. Thorne’s new movie, 40 Acres, first caught my eye a while back during its festival run. I never got to check it out, but the film is now getting the screentime it deserves per the campaign launched on Thursday from Magnolia Pictures.
After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere… so long as they repel the occasional raiding party. Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, training them to fight (and, yes, kill). But now Hailey’s eldest Emanuel (Kataem O’Connor) is a young man, and when he meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy.
I’ve been a fan of actress Deadwyler for a while now and she’s done nothing but level up. Her role here as an ex-soldier fighting her way through a rural dystopia has me excited, as does the footage the official trailer below proffers.
40 Acres opens in theaters July 2. Catch the trailer below!
