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ATTACK OF MUTATED WATERMELONS

This is an unusual student created film by Ukrainian children, which was created inside an air raid shelter and produced by Czech Television. Their foreign correspondent and cameraman, Vojtech Honig, is working with children from Kharkiv and Kherson, to help them take their minds off of the war.

The story follows a group of young people whose city is being attacked by mutated melons, which are rampaging the city. The young people, armed with a supply of chips, an old rusty sword, salt and borscht, plan their counter attack to save their city. The dialogue is in Ukrainian with English subtitles.

I love the humor of this film and the juxtaposition of melons as the villain. The jokes about the attack are a humorous twist on what they are experiencing in real life and some of the lines are truly clever such as, "If you are attacked, lie down and pretend you are a peach." Even in the humor, the reality of the real war comes seeping through such as, "your neighborhood is under attack, you have 2 minutes to pack your stuff and move out." The film is well shot, with good video and audio and great editing. The dialogue and acting are also well executed. My only issue with it is that there is some profanity, including the "f" word, which we see in the subtitles. Normally that would be a deal breaker, but because of the circumstances of these youth and the fact that the word is subtitled, we're going to give it a pass. I commend the people at Czech TV for taking time to work with these young people.

The film's message is about community and how by sticking together you can save yourself and your friends and neighbors.

I give Attack of the Mutated Melons 4 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 to 18, plus adults. By Janet S., KIDS FIRST!

This is an unusual student created film by Ukrainian children, which was created inside an air raid shelter and produced by Czech Television. Their foreign correspondent and cameraman, Vojtech Honig, is working with children from Kharkiv and Kherson, to help them take their minds off of the war.

The story follows a group of young people whose city is being attacked by mutated melons, which are rampaging the city. The young people, armed with a supply of chips, an old rusty sword, salt and borscht, plan their counter attack to save their city. The dialogue is in Ukrainian with English subtitles.

I love the humor of this film and the juxtaposition of melons as the villain. The jokes about the attack are a humorous twist on what they are experiencing in real life and some of the lines are truly clever such as, "If you are attacked, lie down and pretend you are a peach." Even in the humor, the reality of the real war comes seeping through such as, "your neighborhood is under attack, you have 2 minutes to pack your stuff and move out." The film is well shot, with good video and audio and great editing. The dialogue and acting are also well executed. My only issue with it is that there is some profanity, including the "f" word, which we see in the subtitles. Normally that would be a deal breaker, but because of the circumstances of these youth and the fact that the word is subtitled, we're going to give it a pass. I commend the people at Czech TV for taking time to work with these young people.

The film's message is about community and how by sticking together you can save yourself and your friends and neighbors.

I give Attack of the Mutated Melons 4 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 12 to 18, plus adults. By Janet S., KIDS FIRST!

Attack of the Mutated Melons - Mutated melons are rampaging through the city. They pose a deadly threat to all its inhabitants. A group of young heroes, armed with an iron supply of chips, is hatching a plan to save the city. A short film made by children playfully jokes about disaster with a humorous twist and was created as part of the Czech Television's project/series called GENERATION:NIKA.