Z.P.G.

Z.P.G.

Smog covers the earth. The oxygen is depleted. Love is encouraged. But the penalty for birth is death. The time Is tomorrow and there's no time left.

Directed by Michael Campus

Produced by Sagittarius Productions, Paramount Pictures

197297 min6.1 / 10

A bleak sci-fi parable about state control, human desire, and the cost of defying an oppressive system, centered on a couple's forbidden choice to have a child.

In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules.

Questions people ask

  • Is Z.P.G. sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Z.P.G. end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Z.P.G. scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Z.P.G. easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Z.P.G. violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

38/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity76

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise23

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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