Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
George Clooney | ... | Augustine | |
Felicity Jones | ... | Sully | |
David Oyelowo | ... | Adewole | |
Caoilinn Springall | ... | Iris | |
Kyle Chandler | ... | Mitchell | |
Demián Bichir | ... | Sanchez (as Demian Bichir) | |
Tiffany Boone | ... | Maya | |
Sophie Rundle | ... | Jean | |
Ethan Peck | ... | Younger Augustine | |
Tim Russ | ... | Mason Mosley | |
Miriam Shor | ... | Mitchell's Wife | |
Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir | ... | Frantic Woman - Katherine (as Lilja Nótt) | |
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Hanna María Karlsdóttir | ... | Older Woman |
Atli Oskar Fjalarsson | ... | Soldier (as Atli Óskar Fjalarsson) | |
Edan Hayhurst | ... | Mitchell's Son 1 |
A scientist is working alone at a remote Arctic research station when he learns of a mysterious global disaster. At the same time, he meets a strange girl in the Arctic, with whom he must stop the return to Earth of the crew of the spaceship "Ether". Written by Bazza the Beast
It felt like over 3 hours - and that's me fast-forwarding the uselessly long 15 min outdoor repair/karaoke scene as well as some other long pointless scenes. Someone forgot to hire an editor to at least chop this down to 80-90 min max runtime. This film was based on a novel - was it as slow and boring as this film? It could've been much better with some "Hollywood" added into the writing whilst cutting down/out some of the long dragged out and useless scenes. And the screenplay needed to be tighter and lean more towards one genre; if you separated the "arctic adventure" from the "sci-fi", you may have had two much better short films. Combined, it was a lot of filler, with very little substance. Don't get me started on the very predictable and cliched writing-in of the absolutely adorable Caoilinn Springall as Iris in her first ever role. The awesome score also needed to be toned down, as it was too constant and overbearing - something you'd expect in a B-grade film. The S/VFX, set visuals and cinematography were absolutely stunning. The casting was excellent, but their talents were wasted in this poor story-telling that really didn't require much acting talent. Sadly, it's a very generous 6/10 from me, all going towards the visuals and effects.