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Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a post-apocalyptic future ravaged by overpopulation, a lone survivor mercilessly protects his remote sliver of property from intruders. When a mother and daughter in search of food and shelter show up at his doorstep, he's suspicious, but allows them in. Soon an uneasy alliance, borne of necessity, forms between the trio. But distrust and paranoia threaten to give way to violence at any moment.
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : color, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story about a computer hacker in a dystopian sci-fi world. Living under constant surveillance by 'Management,' he strives to solve The Zero Theorem, a mathematical formula that may hold the key to the meaning of life.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Djata is a carefree twelve-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Djata and his mother Hannah are labeled traitors but he will not rest until he sees his father again.
4) Zardoz
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A postapocalyptic story of a privileged society separated from the mass of the population who have reverted to savagery living in a world devasted by war and pollution. When a particularly bright savage makes his way into the world of the Eternals, he discovers the truth of his reality, and change for the world begins.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control: fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for social-elite men and their infertile wives, Kate thinks she's made out well when she's assigned to an eminent party leader. But when she learns that he's sterile, she's faced with an impossible choice:...
6) Mad Max
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the desolate near future, road cop Mad Max tires of chasing after vicious roving gangs and quits. When his wife and child are murdered by a motorcycle gang he returns to seek revenge.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began, The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
8) THX 1138
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A man whose mind and body are controlled by the government ... makes a harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime."--Container.
9) The lobster
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obligated to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
10) Dredd
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast lies Mega City One, a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called Judges who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner.
11) The road
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A holocaust has destroyed the world. Civilization lies in ruins. Nothing grows. The Man and his young son, the Boy, struggle across the devastated, post-apocalyptic landscape, pushing their belongings in a shopping cart, hoping to reach the coast. It is almost impossible to find any food. Life on the road is a deadly game of hide, seek, and devour with bloodthirsty bands of roving, starving, survivalist types, many of whom have fallen into cannibalism....
12) The book of Eli
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Eli keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland.
13) Metropolis
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (148 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + guide ([8] p.)
Description
"The future. Metropolis is a wonderful city, high above the ground its towers stand. The people prosper, the economy is flourishing, the suspended streets are busy. But Metropolis also has a great secret, so hidden that not even Freder Fredersen, son of founder Joh Fredersen knows about it. He is spending his free time in the Eternal Gardens, when suddenly a woman shows up, with what looks like a class of children. They're from the City of Workers,...
15) Captive state
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chicago of the future looks vastly different than the iconic American city it is today. It has been occupied by aliens, and now the city is Ground Zero in a battle for control. Some residents are more than willing to work with the extra-terrestrial forces, but others are determined to resist. People on both sides believe that they are doing what is best for the city. Is Chicago better off with these alien occupiers, or should it return to its previous...
16) Insurgent
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris₂s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 146 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a Victor's Tour of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell, and announces a...
19) A quiet place
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
20) The hunger games
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodiscs (142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.
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