Thriller is more like a parody

There’s a point early on in “2307: Winter’s Dream” where you wonder if you’re actually watching a spoof of futuristic dystopian scithrillers — the sort that has rogue humanoids rising up against what’s left of mankind.

How else to explain all the tired sound bites from the post-apocalyptic movie playlist and parade of clichéridden characters uttering Philip K. Dick-wannabe dialogue like, “only liars wear smiles anymore.”

Alas, it soon becomes apparent that director and cowriter Joey Curtis is dead serious regarding this pretentious slog set during a 300year cold snap in Phoenix (played by an especially snowy Buffalo, N.Y.) where the stoic Bishop (co-writer Paul Sidhu) heads a mission to the “Dead Zone” to hunt down and terminate the errant ’noid leader, ASH-393 (Branden Coles).

Joining the veteran soldier on the quest is the tough-as-nails “Mein Kampf-quoting ” Kix (Arielle Holmes) and a Jamaican jokester (Kelcey Watson) as they trudge their way through the icy tundra, foreboding voice-overs and echo-laden flashbacks.

Curtis, who was a cowriter on 2011’s acclaimed “Blue Valentine,” admittedly takes advantage of a recordbreaking western New York snowfall to mood-setting effect, but all that smirk-inducing dialogue and the weightless performances inevitably take their toll.

With its arrival in theaters no doubt deliberately coinciding with that of the highly anticipated “Blade Runner 2049,” the overstuffed production feels as tediously incessant as its endless winter.

— Michael Rechtshaffen “2307: Winter’s Dream.” Not rated. Running time: 1 hour, 41 minutes. Playing: AMC Orange; AMC Covina; also on VOD.