It’s been a couple of weeks since the first installment of ‘The Last of Us’ and there’s still a long way to go before we get to see season 2. In fact, Bella Ramsey He has already dropped that the wait is going to be long, so surely a part of his fans is looking forward to seeing a similar title to make it more bearable -although you can always recover one of the 6 films that were a direct reference for the creation from the original video game. Today I am here to talk to you about a film that is especially appropriate for the occasion, because Peter Pascal He is also one of its protagonists. I mean ‘Prospect’a science fiction tape that you can see on Amazon Prime Video.
Written and directed by the duo formed by Christopher Caldwell and Zeek Earl, ‘Prospect’ tells how a father and his daughter go in search of gems on a moon whose forest is toxic, which especially complicates their mission. Everything will get even worse when they find themselves there with two other prospectors, one of them played by Pascal, who have been trying to find a way to escape from the area for some time.
Much ingenuity for so few means
Go ahead, I don’t want to sell you the idea that ‘Prospect’ is a little-known gem that any science fiction movie lover should give it a try, since We are not before a film, much less round. What you will find here is an ingenious work that knows how to overcome its limited means -4 million dollars in budget falls short for its ambition- to carry out a quite successful setting work that serves to immerse the viewer in the world it poses
In his favor he also has something that will remind many of ‘The Last of Us’: the good chemistry that arises between Pascal and the young woman Sophie Thatcher -who now many lovers of the television series will have better placed for his participation in ‘Yellowjackets’- as two totally opposite characters on paper who are forced to join forces to fight to survive in a situation in which everything seems to be against him.
Its leisurely pace, ability to present a decadent future in its own voice, Western influence, and more character-focused narrative are also reminiscent of HBO’s acclaimed series to some degree, but it’s also fair to acknowledge that there comes a point in the that it is somewhat overloaded in several aspects and that surely never gets to fully squeeze the succulent ideas that it raises, but I encourage you to give it a trywhich also lasts just over an hour and a half.
By the way, ‘Prospect’ was first born as a short film which you can see here Its good reception led to its becoming a film shortly after which, unfortunately, has gone somewhat unnoticed until now.
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