Wendy Ide 

The White King review – perhaps a dystopia too far

Thought it builds its world impressively, this totalitarian yarn might not have the wide appeal of the big young adult franchises
  
  

Lorenzo Allchurch as Djata in The White King.
‘Jackboot justice’: Lorenzo Allchurch as Djata in The White King. Photograph: film company handout

This British/Hungarian co-production unfolds in the kind of near-future dystopian society that is so popular in young adult movies. But with a modest budget and a younger protagonist – Djata (Lorenzo Allchurch) is a child whose father has been imprisoned for some undisclosed act of rebellion – this might not have the same appeal to audiences as movies such as The Hunger Games. Still, it’s an impressively realised world; the “Homeland” is an agrarian totalitarian state in which any form of dissent is quashed by jackboot justice.

Watch the trailer for The White King.
 

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