300 years in the future, after the whole planet is frozen over, Bishop (Paul Sidhu) is asked to hunt the renegade android ASH 393 (Branden Coles). The high intelligence and supeerhuman strength of his opponent makes that an extremely hard task in a hostile environment. Besides, Bishop's general hasn't told him the whole story before he sent him on that mission...

Produced for less than a million dollars, the movie is quite ambitious for its low budget. Its frozen future world reminds me a little bit of Robert Altman's 'Quintet', but unfortunately '2307' enjoys its gun battles in trash movie style too much and has only actors with limited capabilities while suffering a bit from pretentiousness. The best supporting actors are Timothy Lee DePriest as Ishmael, whose harmonica playing is another reference to western movies, and Arielle Holmes as Kix, the most fanatical member of Bishop's team. What we finally get is a movie that fits into the 'Cyborg' subgenre of the 80s/90s Terminator rip-offs, but with a modern design and a better story that most of them.

The year is 2307 and the Earth has had 300 years of self induced winter, or maybe it was a meteor, but it is here. Humans live below the surface using geothermal energy near Phoenix. They have created a race of "black blood" humanoids to be our slaves, a group of "mules" that can not reproduce. Bishop (Paul Sidhu) had an infant child taken by humanoid Ash-393 (Branden Coles) and is out somewhere on the forbidden surface. It is now 5 years after the kidnapping.

Bishop has a group with him, one is Kix (Arielle Holmes) who reads "Mein Kampf" and sees the Humanoids as people that need to be exterminated for the "Fatherland" regardless of the fact there is no "Fatherland." It also includes El Hatta (Kelcey Watson) who sports a thick Jamaican accent even though his ancestors have been with this small group of people for 8-9 generations. Not really explained, but a lot of things weren't explained like the trees and I have my doubts about the Northern Lights in Arizona even with a local magnetic disturbance. EMFs after 300 years? You watch people fight and kill and then 20 minutes from the end it twists with the film about over, Paul Sidhu was not an exciting protagonist, a man who is sad and quiet. Arielle Holmes had the only real personality and she was a Nazi. The scenario wasn't great and hard to grasp as they mix 'Brave New World" with an Ice Age apocalypse. In one scene they enter a room with a guy in a hood looking frozen at a table and I thought Star Trek "The Naked Time." 2 stars for the good flashback, not worth much more. Would have been better if there was a train circling the planet in the frozen background.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

2307. What's left of the human race is forced to reside underground after a perpetual freezing cold winter has ravaged the surface. Humanoids are created to work in the extreme cold. When rogue humanoid ASH-393 (a fine performance by Brandon Coles) escapes and threatens to lead a humanoid rebellion against the humans, an elite squad of soldiers led by the tough, yet troubled Bishop (well played by Paul Sidhu) are assigned to find and kill him.

Writer/director Joey Curtis relates the involving story at a constant pace, makes excellent use of the bleak wintry landscape, maintains a grimly serious tone throughout, draws the characters with some depth, and stages the exciting action scenes with skill and flair. Moreover, Curtis brings a surprising sense of soulful humanity to the premise that it turn gives this picture a substantial amount of resonance and poignancy. The solid acting by the able no-name cast helps a lot: Arielle Holmes as the scrappy Kix, Kelcey Watson as the macho El Hatta, Anne-Solenne Hatte as the helpful Atka, Brad Potts as gruff superior Trajan, Timothy Lee DePriest as Bishop's loyal buddy Ishmael, and Harwood Gordon as scruffy old coot Cage. The sets, costumes, and special effects are quite impressive considering the modest budget. Both Ian Coad's sharp widescreen cinematography and Joachim Horsley's pulsating score are up to par. A cool flick.