"Ambition" is a five-minute short film from 2014. The director and one of the writers here is Tomek Baginski. He is an Oscar nominee, who so far has only been known for his animated works, but here he tries his best with live actions. It was probably also partially his fault that it did not work out. The script is very shallow to be honest and I also felt Aidan Gillen ("Game of Thrones") does not give a good performance at all. Aisling Franciosi does the best with what she is given I guess. It's the eternal story of master and apprentice here and it offers really nothing new in terms of that. The only thing somewhat okay are the special effects really and that's also the category where the film was nominated. It's obviously not enough though, so 4 stars out of 10 is still fairly generous at this little movie is a generic prime example of style over substance. Not recommended.
Review of Ambition
