Cleveland Independent Movie Goers

A bold, no-holds-barred action-thriller from debut filmmaker R.T. Thorne starring acclaimed actress Danielle Deadwyler, 40 ACRES is set in a famine-decimated near future where a former soldier (Deadwyler) and her family struggle to safeguard their farm as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their land.

In the film, after a plague eradicates all animal life, famine spreads across the globe leaving society at war and in ruins, but the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on their ancestral farm so long as they dispatch the occasional raiding party. But what good is surviving the end of the world if it means snuffing out your own humanity? Former soldier Hailey (Deadwyler) made that choice years ago, believing that isolation was the only way to protect her family. She and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, fenced them off from the world and trained 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.

Rated R for strong bloody violent content and language

Runtime: 1 hr 53 min

Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajH1DuwITZ8&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/40_acres

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/40-acres-danielle-deadwyler-film-review-2025#google_vignette

Heads-up: it looks like the Cedar Lee will be showing this on their smallest screen (theater 4). So, I recommend grabbing a seat in one of the first few rows.

We’ll meet in the lobby after the film then walk together to a nearby restaurant/bar for food/drinks and discussion - I’m thinking Kensington or Boss Dog but I am open to other suggestions.

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