Two brothers undertake a desperate attempt to make a change in their lives. They rob a drug dealer and make a run for it. From that moment on they are followed around by a sufferer, a cat like alien creature. In the world of Light and the Sufferer, these aliens have come to earth to stay. Nobody knows what they want, but they attach themselves to people in need. The two brothers don't know what the creature wants either. One sees it as a guardian angel, the other just as a nuisance. Can the sufferer save the two brothers when the dealer comes looking for them?
Let's get the worst out the way: the CGI effect used to create the sufferer. It's pretty bad and not very convincing. What IS convincing however, is how the main characters (and everybody else in the movie) react to these creatures. This film succeeds in making us believe in a world where these creatures are an almost everyday thing. It's an indie crime drama fused with oddball science fiction. A mixing of genres that is as bold as it is fascinating and convincing.
Furthermore, the story of the two brothers, and their troubled relationship, is very believable and involving. Not in the least because of the two excellent lead actors.
An odd but interesting sci-fi movie.
Let's get the worst out the way: the CGI effect used to create the sufferer. It's pretty bad and not very convincing. What IS convincing however, is how the main characters (and everybody else in the movie) react to these creatures. This film succeeds in making us believe in a world where these creatures are an almost everyday thing. It's an indie crime drama fused with oddball science fiction. A mixing of genres that is as bold as it is fascinating and convincing.
Furthermore, the story of the two brothers, and their troubled relationship, is very believable and involving. Not in the least because of the two excellent lead actors.
An odd but interesting sci-fi movie.