Settlers is a slow-paced sci-fi drama set entirely within the confines of a desolate Martian homestead. We are introduced to the locale through the eyes of a young girl called Remy, performed in a star turn by Brooklynn Prince, who lives there with her parents. There is no time wasted on world building, scene setting or extrapolation; bits and pieces of back story are scattered throughout the movies. It is left to the viewer to fill in the blanks. I noticed a few of the other reviews complaining about this; maybe give this movie a miss if you need to be spoonfed. Likewise the pacing; it isn't so much slow as unrushed, with sporadic bursts of drama, action and violence.
Remy, it transpires, was born on Mars. She knows Earth only as the brightest light in the night sky and through her parents' tales. She also knows nothing of Mars beyond the atmospheric dome surrounding her homestead, and the viewers share in her ignorance. We learn what she learns, and it's precious little. The biggest mystery is her fate at the end.
Ismael Cruz Cordova is solid as the antagonist Jerry, who is the hero of his own story, and Sofia Boutella is superb as Remy's mother Ilsa.
Remy, it transpires, was born on Mars. She knows Earth only as the brightest light in the night sky and through her parents' tales. She also knows nothing of Mars beyond the atmospheric dome surrounding her homestead, and the viewers share in her ignorance. We learn what she learns, and it's precious little. The biggest mystery is her fate at the end.
Ismael Cruz Cordova is solid as the antagonist Jerry, who is the hero of his own story, and Sofia Boutella is superb as Remy's mother Ilsa.