Rising Wolf (Ascendant) Review: An Unwieldy Mix of Hostage Drama and YA-style Fantasy
Charlotte Best s terrific lead performance is the highlight of a disjointed trapped-in-elevator thriller.
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Director: Antaine Furlong
With: Charlotte Best, Jonny Pasvolsky, Alex Menglet, Tahlia Sturzaker, Karelina Clarke, Susan Prior, Andrew Jack, Lily Stewart, Elsa Cacquerel, George Burgess, John Harding, Justin Cotta (English, Russian, Mandarin dialogue)
Running time: Running time: 101 MIN.
Variety
Promising ideas turn out to be mostly empty thought bubbles in “Rising Wolf,” a confusing and derivative Aussie combo of hostage thriller and sci-fi fantasy. Centered on a terrified young woman trapped in a Shanghai skyscraper elevator by a nasty Russian villain, this muddled attempt at an elevated genre film involving time travel, psychic powers and environmental doom can’t be rescued by strong visuals or a fine central performance by Cha
Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires New Horror/Sci-Fi Movie RISING WOLF
Antaine Furlong’s horror/sci-fi flick RISING WOLF has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films By Josh Millican
Rising Wolf (aka
A Name Without A Place), Jonny Pasvolsky (
The Front Runner), and Alex Menglet (TV’s
Wentworth). Susan Prior (
I am Mother), and also Karelina Clarke.
Synopsis:
A young woman wakes, trapped, kidnapped in an elevator of a super high rise building at the mercy of her tormentors. This stylistic thriller, set in Shanghai, explores a young woman’s instinct to survive in a situation out of her control. Trapped, without any form of escape, and cocooned in the belly of the beast, Aria is forced to adapt her thinking, her beliefs,
April 06, 2021 10:00am
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Etan Vlessing
Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films
Antaine Furlong s debut feature, starring Charlotte Best, is due in U.S. theaters on July 16.
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the worldwide releasing rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Antaine Furlong’s sci-fi thriller
Rising Wolf.
The film starring Charlotte Best, Jonny Pasvolsky, Alex Menglet and Susan Prior is set to hit U.S. theaters on July 16.
Rising Wolf also stars Lily Stewart, Justin Cotta, Tahlia Sturzaker and Karelina Clarke.
Heat Vision
breakdown We at Goldwyn are honored to be working with emerging talent from around the world. Antaine Furlong has created an exciting new thriller that audiences will thoroughly enjoy,” Miles Fineburg of Samuel Goldwyn Films said in a statement.