The US movie is a vomitous melodrama where the main character consistently acts in an idealized manner, against a backdrop of cheap propaganda clichés (institutionalized exploitation of proud and honest poor rural hicks by evil, rich, egotistical and degenerate city-dwellers), something bound to excite viewers with an active victimization complex. It shares aspects of an equally bad movie, which was called, I believe, In Time and had Justin Timberlake in the main role, mainly the economic exploitation line. The coal miners' union probably loved this steaming pile of horseshit.