Ejecta (2014)

The story of one night on earth that changed everything we know about the universe.

Directors:

Chad Archibald, Matt Wiele

Writer:

Tony Burgess

Stars:

Julian Richings, Lisa Houle, Adam Seybold

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview:
Julian Richings	...	William Cassidy
Lisa Houle	...	Dr. Tobin
Adam Seybold	...	Joe Sullivan
Mark Gibson	...	Agent Brinkman
Justin Darmanin	...	Agent Falco
Ry Barrett	...	Agent Higgins
Ari Millen	...	Agent Rudder
Cat Hostick	...	Heather (as Cathryn Hostick)
Tony Burgess	...	Griffin Jones
Jason David Brown	...	Alien
Matt Griffin	...	Alien

Storyline

EJECTA is the story of two men who witness an unexplainable event in the atmosphere on the eve of a historic solar storm and must survive a terrifying life form that's hunting them. An anonymous group will stop at nothing to unearth the truth behind what happened that night to the men and prove to the world that we were never alone in the universe.

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Taglines:

We were never alone.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 February 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Изгнанник

Filming Locations:

Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Foresight Features

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

(at around 46 mins) The shackles are attached and the main "hose" is running next to Bill's arm. The hose disappears and reappears in subsequent shots.

User Reviews

Some great moments... But, sadly, just that. Moments... An excellent idea, but I feel the acting and writing really bring it down...

I have to agree with the reviewer Gavin; I think he summed it up pretty well, except in my lowly and wretched opinion, I think he was just a BIT too generous. I ALMOST wanted to give this a '5' because, as Gavin mentioned, the 'Pedigree' of the film. Also, there were some truly effective moments, especially in the last 10 minutes or so. But, in all objective fairness as a whole, I had to give it a '4'.

I also LOVED 'PONTYPOOL'; and I feel it is indeed one of the best Horror films to come out of Canada and certainly is a perfect example of how to make a VERY effective Horror film with very little. I think that in this case, if they wouldn't have tried to go so much with the 'Found Footage' type delivery (although I can understand why, maybe, because of the obvious, severe budgetary restraints) and instead spent some more time developing substantial dialog for the interview between the blogger and the main guy (for example 'THE INTERVIEW' - in that case, almost ALL of the film is the questioning of a guy by two cops. But, it is VERY effective - I think they should have used that approach instead of all the wasteful running around in the forest, etc.)

Also, maybe I am in the minority here, but I absolutely could NOT stand the woman who played the military interrogator. Seriously Gawd-frigg'n-Awful. I absolutely HATED her little cutesy approach; it was horribly clichéd and painfully corny, especially for one SUPPOSED to be in a high-level military position. If she had just played it VERY straight and disciplined, as a military individual WOULD have, then that part of it at least would have gone better. Also, perhaps if they had just cast a coldly beautiful woman in that role, again playing it STRAIGHT without all the nauseating cutesy stuff, I really do think that would have gone a LONG way to improving the film. Now, I'm NOT talking about some Barbie Bimbo with large breasts (not that there is ANYTHING wrong with that :) But, just a good-looking, but steely cold woman, and with MUCH more incisive dialog, THEN I can see that part of the film being a LOT stronger. Think about it... Imagine her coming across as stone-cold and calculatingly efficient, and with MUCH better written dialog. If done properly, I think the sharp contrast between her beauty and amoral coldness could have been quite chilling and effective, raising the hair on the back of our necks instead her inane dialog causing our eyes permanently to roll infinitely far back in our heads...

So, unfortunately since the very two things I mention are pretty much the entire film, I do feel that if they had approached both of those parts in different ways, but still kept all the other story elements and style in place, that REALLY would have boosted the quality of this film and made it FAR more entertaining.

In my opinion, the film makers just took what could have been a decent, entertaining idea, and ruined it with a lazy and stupid approach.

Sad, but I think unfortunately true...