Elevation
Just finished watching "Elevation" released by Vertical.
Hollywood does love to copy successful movies/formulas, and "Elevation" follows the formula first put forth in "A Quiet Place" - alien creatures have wiped out a majority of humanity, and the remaining humans are trying to survive while destroying the aliens.
The basic plot of "Elevation" is that about three years before the events of the film, mysterious apex predators called Reapers emerged from sinkholes underground and exterminated humanity, with 95% killed in the first month. Survivors live in pocketed communities 8,000 feet ) or more above sea level — elevations that the creatures do not venture into.
Lost Gulch Refuge in Front Range, Colorado, is home to Will, a single father, and his son Hunter, who has a lung disease. Will is haunted by his wife Tara's death at the hands of Reapers during an expedition with Nina, a scientist, to discover the Reapers' weaknesses. After months of isolation, Hunter grows frustrated as neighboring communities conserve electricity by turning off radios and using flags to communicate. Will realizes he is running low on oxygen filters for Hunter. Despite Nina's warnings against going to Boulder for more filters, Will persuades her to join him to reach her former lab and find a way to kill the Reapers.
"Elevation" is a competent movie which excels at streamlined story telling mixed with practical and CGI effects, and there is a set up for at least one sequel movie, which may or may not get made, because several mysteries are left unsolved.
Not Great. Not Bad.
Three Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Elevation-Blu-...
Hollywood does love to copy successful movies/formulas, and "Elevation" follows the formula first put forth in "A Quiet Place" - alien creatures have wiped out a majority of humanity, and the remaining humans are trying to survive while destroying the aliens.
The basic plot of "Elevation" is that about three years before the events of the film, mysterious apex predators called Reapers emerged from sinkholes underground and exterminated humanity, with 95% killed in the first month. Survivors live in pocketed communities 8,000 feet ) or more above sea level — elevations that the creatures do not venture into.
Lost Gulch Refuge in Front Range, Colorado, is home to Will, a single father, and his son Hunter, who has a lung disease. Will is haunted by his wife Tara's death at the hands of Reapers during an expedition with Nina, a scientist, to discover the Reapers' weaknesses. After months of isolation, Hunter grows frustrated as neighboring communities conserve electricity by turning off radios and using flags to communicate. Will realizes he is running low on oxygen filters for Hunter. Despite Nina's warnings against going to Boulder for more filters, Will persuades her to join him to reach her former lab and find a way to kill the Reapers.
"Elevation" is a competent movie which excels at streamlined story telling mixed with practical and CGI effects, and there is a set up for at least one sequel movie, which may or may not get made, because several mysteries are left unsolved.
Not Great. Not Bad.
Three Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Elevation-Blu-...
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