A Quiet Place, Film 4, 9pm One of the most inventive horror films for many a moon was directed and co-written by John Krasinski, star of the US version of The Office and the TV take on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan. Krasinksi also appears in one of the lead roles here, alongside his real-life wife Emily Blunt. They play Lee and Evelyn Abbott who are battling to keep themselves and their children alive in terrifying circumstances: most of the world’s population has been wiped out by carnivorous blind creatures that are hypersensitive to noise, a trait which allows them to hone in on potential victims at super-fast speed. Matters come to a head for the Abbotts when pregnant Evelyn goes into labour while alone at the deserted house they now call home. Noah Jupe, the young British star who recently appeared in The Undoing, also stars. A sequel is set to be released later this year.
A still from ‘Space Sweepers’ on Netflix
The much-hyped Korean space opera film, which had a direct Netflix release is, atleast visually, a fantastic spectacle
Fifteen minutes into the film, it s tough not to think of what the big-screen viewing experience would have been like for
Space Sweepers. The much-hyped Korean space opera film which had a direct Netflix release is, atleast visually, a fantastic spectacle. The CGI is consistently top-notch, and the cinematography is excellent.
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It’s against this background that
Space Sweepers initially frames itself as an at times surprisingly dark piece of class commentary. Contrasting the seeming nobility of Sullivan and the UTS against our “heroes” in the crew of the
Victory presented at first as cruel, selfish jerks who have all done bad things and are willing to do much worse to make a buck beyond their meager earnings as salvagers the first hour or so of the movie is fascinating by a single question: in a society of haves and have-nots, what dark power does money hold over a person?
It’s a question examined across all sorts of characters we meet in
Space Sweepers Is a Wild Space Action Movie With a Meandering Core
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The crew of the Victory is in for a wild ride. (Image: Netflix)
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The first and last half-hours of
Space Sweepers, Jo Sung-Hee’s new Netflix movie, have some of the grandest, most fun space action we’re likely to see in a movie this year. It’s got a bit of a problem, though: in between those chunks is another hour-plus of movie that can’t really decide what it wants to be until it’s almost too late.