2017 · sci-fi · horror · survival
The Recall
Directed by Mauro Borrelli1h 31m2017
When five friends vacation at a remote lake house, they expect nothing less then a good time, unaware that Earth is under attack by an alien invasion and mass-abductions.
Our read: The Recall (2017) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · horror · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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How The Recall feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a dumb lake-house alien-survival B-movie with Wesley Snipes.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if cheap CGI, mind-control nonsense, and weak scares will annoy you.
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