The Humanity Bureau

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The Humanity Bureau

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Released Apr 6, 2018

1h 35m

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Mystery & Thriller

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In the near future, global warming turns parts of the American Midwest into a desert. In its attempt to take hold of the economic recession, a government agency called The Humanity Bureau exiles members of society deemed unproductive and banishes them to a colony known as New Eden. An ambitious and impartial caseworker Noah Kross investigates a case appealed by a single mother and her son. Knowing the unjust fate of the innocent boy, Kross sets off to save the lives of the mother and child.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Oh, The Humanity Bureau!

Rated: 1/4

Apr 6, 2018

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Director Rob W. King and screenwriter Dave Schultz's engaging effort has enough standard genre elements to satisfy more open-minded sci-fi fans, and its political-allegory angle is ultimately quite potent without becoming too heavy-handed.

Apr 5, 2018

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Sean McGeady

Radio Times

Director Rob W King makes no effort to swerve the tropes of the post-apocalyptic road movie, instead crashing head-on into cliché at every turn.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 21, 2025

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Pat Padua

Spectrum Culture

This is the fate of Nicolas Cage, doomed to wander the planet in a seemingly endless cinematic purgatory, and The Humanity Bureau is his latest descent into subgenre mediocrity.

Rated: 1.5/5

Aug 28, 2018

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Ryan Pollard

Starburst

The main problem... is that The Humanity Bureau is not special enough to have long legs in the future, and arguably certain plot elements and concepts have been better executed in various other movies before it.

Rated: 5/10

Jun 27, 2018

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Jacob Knight

Birth.Movies.Death.

It's not often you see a piece of Redbox ready pulp actively attempting to double as a protest film. There's value in that, even if its packaged as dumbass schlock.

Jun 20, 2018

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JW R

Purty good, good plot. Mediocre acting but cage was good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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nick s

A lot of ideas felt derivative of other sci fi movies. It was obvious early on where the story was headed. Some of the support actors were pretty average, giving it a real hometown Indie vibe. World building was barely existent. Overall quite a dud. But to be fair nothing wrong with Cage.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/12/25

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Liam D

Featuring an surprisingly sleepy Nicolas Cage (Brubaker, Guarding Tess) this is an science fiction thriller that isn’t imaginative or suspenseful but it’s not unwatchable

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/05/24

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A Teacher W

Way underrated. If you liked Equilibrium or 2012's Total Recall, you will watch this.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Cork B

I like Cage. I think he does a decent job here. But OMG the movie around him is just awfully executed.... from the poor CGI, awful dialogue, so so acting, and what appears to be some poorly constructed plot structures. The El Camino in a sci fi flick is SUPER distracting. Maybe they could have added some lines about EMPs destroying all electronic ignitions, etc. Not to mention if you have ever seen a Charlton Heston sci fi flick, you will see the ending coming a mile away.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/24

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Mario Nardi

Weird! Really weird! Editing a bit rushed, not Cage's best work!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/15/24

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In the near future, global warming turns parts of the American Midwest into a desert. In its attempt to take hold of the economic recession, a government agency called The Humanity Bureau exiles members of society deemed unproductive and banishes them to a colony known as New Eden. An ambitious and impartial caseworker Noah Kross investigates a case appealed by a single mother and her son. Knowing the unjust fate of the innocent boy, Kross sets off to save the lives of the mother and child.

Director: Rob W. King
Producer: Kevin DeWalt, Danielle Masters, Kelly-Rae Buchan
Screenwriter: Dave Schultz
Distributor: Minds Eye International
Production Co: Minds Eye Entertainment, Bridgegate Pictures
Rating: R (Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 6, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 10, 2018
Runtime: 1h 35m

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