Space survival movies involving creature horror have hit an all-time low in terms of popularity among viewers, as well as in qualitative terms, ever since the Aliens franchise saw consecutive failures in the last decade. Light, directed by Matt Woollard, contributes to the genre’s further downfall on the silver screen through sheer laziness in crafting a compelling storyline. Despite having an interesting premise and a few fleeting moments of brilliance shining through thanks to it tight, atmospheric treatment of the narrative, the movie lacks the intent and direction to land a proper ending, turning the entire thing into a hot mess.
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How Did Samira and Tallie Get to Know Each Other?
Light is set in an unspecified distant future when the human populace has become a spacefaring, colonizing species. As the movie begins, a citizen of Allied Earth, Samira Grey, crash-lands her capsule on a foggy, treacherous planet known as Krake.
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Samira and Tallie Get to Know Each Other?
Light is set in an unspecified distant future when the human populace has become a spacefaring, colonizing species. As the movie begins, a citizen of Allied Earth, Samira Grey, crash-lands her capsule on a foggy, treacherous planet known as Krake.
- 5/8/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
"It comes for the light! It comes for the light!" Vertical has revealed an official trailer for an indie sci-fi film from the UK titled Light, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Matt Woollard. It's set to open next week on VOD in the US & Canada if anyone wants to give it a look. "Sometimes it's better to be in the dark." Survivors from an interstellar transport ship accident have to work together after crash landing on an inhospitable planet. Woollard explains that he was inspired partially by A Quiet Place: "the idea of doing for light what they did for sound" with this crew trying to figure out what happened and how to survive on this mysterious alien planet. Light stars Christine Roche, Gia Lily, Tedroy Newell, and James Woollard as the boy, plus Anna Swan. For a super low budget sci-fi film, this actually looks good.
- 3/21/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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