Andrew (Eugene Simon, Game of Thrones) is looking for the truth about his family history, giving a secret government agency his DNA in order to discover his ancestry. He soon discovers that his grandparents participated in a super solider-like program and that he's inherited powers locked within his DNA.
Then he finds out that he's not alone.
Now part of a group of other super powered individuals, Andrew is placed in a series of increasingly stranger situations designed to push his emotions and powers while also using him to control the emotions of others.
This movie feels like it wants to be a darker take on The X-Men, but doesn't hit the target that it's aiming for. Instead of using the comics and movie - as well as several other films like The Matrix - as inspiration and going its own path, this feels rudderless.
It's a shame because it looks gorgeous and well beyond its budget.
Martin Grof has only made one other movie, 2019's Excursion, a thriller about "a 1980's devoted Czechoslovakian communist party member visiting his future self in London to make sure Socialism still prospers." That sounds like something I should check out after this. Actually, I'd keep an eye of Grof, because there's something there. Hopefully, his third effort finds it.
Then he finds out that he's not alone.
Now part of a group of other super powered individuals, Andrew is placed in a series of increasingly stranger situations designed to push his emotions and powers while also using him to control the emotions of others.
This movie feels like it wants to be a darker take on The X-Men, but doesn't hit the target that it's aiming for. Instead of using the comics and movie - as well as several other films like The Matrix - as inspiration and going its own path, this feels rudderless.
It's a shame because it looks gorgeous and well beyond its budget.
Martin Grof has only made one other movie, 2019's Excursion, a thriller about "a 1980's devoted Czechoslovakian communist party member visiting his future self in London to make sure Socialism still prospers." That sounds like something I should check out after this. Actually, I'd keep an eye of Grof, because there's something there. Hopefully, his third effort finds it.