Young Ones (UK title Bad Land: Road to Fury) is a 2014 action science fiction film directed and written by Jake Paltrow.

When his mule breaks its legs and he has to kill it, Ernest goes to Sam Lever's auction house and buys a robotic carrier machine called Simulit Shadow ("Sim") to replace it, beating the offers of Sam's son Flem, a young, troubled man who has been seeing Mary without Ernest's consent.

But after finding out Ernest had overwhelming debts to repay to a bank, which is now going to repossess the farm, Flem tricks his friend Robbie into selling his baby behind his wife's back.

Jerome crosses the border with the help of Anna, a girl who lives with the "settlers", people fighting back against the government's regulations and considered terrorists.

Jerome ultimately decides to withhold these events and the circumstances of Ernest's death from Mary, who is pregnant with Flem's child.

Brother and sister remain in the house, planning to bring their mother there from the hospital now that they can pay for her brace wires, and hoping the baby will be a girl.

[6] The shooting of the film began in February 2013 at Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa, and shot until 15 March.

The critical consensus states: "Visually compelling but narratively barren, Young Ones adds little to the dystopian Western genre.

[11] Geoff Berkshire of Variety wrote, "Jake Paltrow's visually rich, dramatically spare sci-fi Western bogs down in its primal tale of murder and revenge.

"[12] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "There's little refreshment on offer in this parched lo-fi sci-fi drama, despite the distinctive element of its retro rural setting.