The simplicity of a film is sometimes a hard aspect to accomplish. While some of the circumstances in "The Pool" are a bit exaggerated, its end result is not.

With "Greyhound" which details a crossing of the Atlantic corridor during World War II, Hanks plays the captain of a ship (called "Greyhound") whose job it is to oversee and in a way cut off attacks on the ships (including the supply chain) by elusive U-Boats.

"Blood Quantum" is the aspect of being able to gauge genetic heredity in the native population to determine rights within the reservation setting according to exterior government. This is used as the basis within the story to create both the genre and the practical structure of how the zombie wave affect the people and their defense of it.