Wayward Pines Movie Analysis

Wayward Pines seems like a nice town to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there. This little quaint Idaho town is an impossible place to leave, not because of the spectacular views or idyllic residents or the mighty fine pine they serve, but because the whole town is surrounded by an electric fence. Every road out of town brings you back to Wayward Pines. There is no way out from this town, it would seem that visitors stick around. Adapted from the hit Blake Crouch’s best-selling trilogy of novels, “Pines”, Wayward Pines is a mystery science fiction television mini-series, executive produced by M. Night Shyamalan and developed by Chad Hodge. This tv series was released in 2015 and only has ten episodes David Lynch’s early 1990s series Twin …show more content…
There are cameras and microphones everywhere, watching every single person who lives there. Meanwhile his wife, Theresa Burke (Shannyn Sossamon), receives a call that her husband may be missing. Theresa and her son Ben (Charlie Tahan) go looking for him, halfway presuming that he is with Kate. Ethan actually finds Kate in Wayward Pines, but she is not the same person as he knew before. In fact, no one in this town is the same person they were before. That’s why one of the town’s rules is not talking about the past. “Do not try to leave. Do not discuss the past. Do not discuss your life before. Always answer the phone if it rings. Work hard, be happy, and enjoy your life in Wayward Pines!” This is the mantra repeated throughout the beginning of the show, brain washing the whole residents to always follow the rules. If they don’t, a reckoning that is executed in front of people in the main street by a sheriff will be the punishment. There is plenty to like about Wayward Pines. The casts are stellar. Of course without any doubt, the acting is on point. Matt Dilon, the leading character, fits so perfectly into the role. He is tough, strong, intelligent, and confident; stereotypical