Rent Slingshot (2024)
2.9 of 5 from 86 ratings
1h 44min
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- Synopsis:
- Academy award winner Casey Affleck and Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne star in this mind-bending, edge-of-your-seat thriller. As a spacecraft is fatally compromised on a doomed mission to Saturn's moon, Titan, the crew faces the unforgiving void, while the commanding officer struggles to hold the team together as paranoia and fear take hold.
- Actors:
- Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Kapon, David Morrissey, Charlotta Lövgren, Mark Ebulué, Nikolett Barabas, Ágota Dunai, Nahna James, Ferenc Iván Szabó
- Directors:
- Mikael Håfström
- Producers:
- István Major, Richard Saperstein, Beau Turpin
- Voiced By:
- Harry Szovik
- Writers:
- R. Scott Adams, Nathan Parker
- Studio:
- Signature Entertainment
- Genres:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
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Reviews (3) of Slingshot
UNLESS ITS A WET WEDNESDAY DONT BOTHER - Slingshot review by Ernie
The idea behind the film is a lone spaceman decending into depression suffering halucinations, good idea but the way its done you will be bored then confused then when its over you will spend 1/2 an hour on google trying to find out what it was all about. You have no indication if the whole thing is an halucination or just bits of it.
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Total waste of time - Slingshot review by GN
If the title of this review didn't say it all I can only add that this film is deathly dull for the first two-thirds and then mucks you about for the last third with supposed twist upon twist upon twist. 100% derivative and adding nothing at all to everything it ripped off. If you don't switch it off before half way you'll wish you had by the end.
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Interesting SciFi - Slingshot review by GI
A science fiction space exploration film that delves into the 'inner space' trauma of isolation and paranoia. It's a somewhat laboured film for at least the first hour with its character based build up and closeted scenes that lack the wonders of any special effects scenes that the genre usually delivers. But it is a film that is worth sitting through as the narrative unfolds. The story is a simple one. A mission to explore Titan, one of Saturn's moons, is underway. The three man crew spend months at a time in hyper sleep, awakened at certain periods to check on the ship and building up to a momentous and dangerous moment when they have to 'slingshot' the ship around Jupiter in order to reach their destination. However the powerful drugs they are given to induce hyper sleep cause disorientation, confusion and gradually paranoia. This is increased when the ship appears to have been impacted but the computer indicates this hasn't happened. The stoic Captain (Laurence Fishburne) is all for carrying on but Nash (Tomer Capone) is emotionally against this. Johns (Casey Affleck) is torn between the two and begins to have visions of his girlfriend (Emily Beecham) and starts to lose his grip on what's real and what is imagined even believing he's actually alone. Affleck is superb here as he gradually deteriorates into madness and his emotional repression takes hold. This is a low budget but effective film that explores the idea that space exploration isn't the ultimate in awe and transcendence but a struggle with with the inner self; a theme that can be recognised here with other films such as Ad Astra (2019), Interstellar (2014) and Moon (2009). This is worth checking out.
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