Review of Prospect (2018) by Ajzeg01 — 23 Jan 2020
Hey, it’s Pedro Pascal in space! Wait, this isn’t The Mandalorian. No, it’s Prospect, an indie sci-fi film that had its wide release in 2019. Well, it looks like a sci-fi, it has spacesuits and spaceships and an alien planet with a ton of sci-fi nonsense in the dialogue, but don’t be fooled.
This movie is a western, another Mandalorian similarity. It has prospectors, settlers, outlaws, rivals and untamed wilderness! Using a 50s and 60s retro sci-fi aesthetic to tell a western story was really interesting and fun to watch.
This movie is on the slower side, it has a lot of long shots of just pretty scenery, but the action is definitely worth sitting through the movie for. It’s bloody and brutal! The effects are really damn good for having such a low budget.
It uses a lot of practical effects with minimal CGI. You get the sense that they really are on an alien world when it’s really just a forest. The performances were great and the character dynamics were interesting.
The story is simple, but it works. Overall, this is a good movie.
This review of Prospect (2018) was written by Ajzeg01 on 23 January 2020.
Prospect has generally received positive reviews.
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