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March 3, 2026
Worldbreaker review
A father trains his teenager to fight monsters, while mum, Milla Jovovich, is away leading the human resistance
TL;DR
- The film aligns with a recent trend of action movies focusing on "girl dads" protecting and training their daughters to survive.
- It features a sci-fi plot where monsters called breakers emerge from a poisoned earth, creating hybrids.
- Milla Jovovich has a supporting role as the general of the human resistance in a quasi-matriarchal society.
- Luke Evans plays the father who escapes with his daughter, Willa (Billie Boullet), to an uninhabited island.
- The father trains Willa to fight breakers and hybrids, drawing parallels to "Stranger Things" and the "pushy coach dad" archetype.
- The film is compared to video game culture for its extensive worldbuilding and thinly plotted side quests.
- Luke Evans and Billie Boullet share a notable paternal chemistry, with Boullet being highlighted as a promising young actor.
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