![]() ![]() The struggle of Intoy and his family is not an individual case, though. Roño, is based on true events that took place in the 90s. “Signal Rock”, directed by veteran filmmaker Chito S. Via the bumpy cell phone connection, Intoy and Vicky try to find ways of getting her and the baby back to the Philippines. But her relationship breaks apart and a child custody lawsuit is underway. In hopes of a better life, she committed herself to a foreigner, got a baby girl and was able to send money back home to her family. “ Signal Rock” is screening at the Udine Far East Film Festivalįor Intoy, the “everybody's darling” main character, this place is the only connection to his sister Vicky, who went to her husband's homeland – Finland. That's how the signal rock looks like. Like an Alien civilization, it also brought advanced technology to the remote piece of land, since the rock entails the only capability for the islanders to get cellphone reception. Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements, violence and language.A giant spaceship crashed from outer space onto the stormy coast of a small Filipino island. Night Shyamalan a la Signs and The Village when Shyamalan was on the decline. Whereas Love is more akin to Stanley Kubrick a la 2001: A Space Odyssey, when Kubrick was at his peak, this movie is more akin to M. Gunnar Wright starred in Love, and despite being by himself, alone on screen, and doing a lot of nothing, Wright managed to be more attractive and interesting than Thwaites. Plus, he doesn't have as magnetic and engaging an actor here as he did in Love. I'm not sure if Eubank has as much to say by the end here as he did at the end of Love. Eubank's ending here isn't as bleak as Love, and it's unsure if the ending should be hopeful or not. Yes, the narrative is just a series of escape-attempts and ultimate failures. Seeing if the young man Nic can escape Fishburne's Damon is the main thrust of this story. He's too calm and cold from beginning to end to ever be trustworthy. Wallace Damon, played by Laurence Fishburne who constantly wears a hazmat suit.įishburne has a similar role to his part in Five Fingers (2009) and he is in the same mode in a few ways as he was in The Matrix but more sinister. A strange incident occurs and all of a sudden Nic wakes up in a laboratory with Dr. Nic makes contact with another hacker named Nomad whom he chases out to the middle of nowhere with his best friend and fellow hacker Jonah, played by Beau Knapp, and love interest Haley, played by Olivia Cooke ( Bates Motel). Yet, the flashbacks might just be dreams, never real. Flashbacks reveal he used to be a runner but now he can barely take two steps. Either he had some illness or accident, which has crippled him. His affliction is that he needs crutches in order to walk. He doesn't quite have the charisma requisite for movie stars or at least this movie doesn't provide much opportunities.īrenton Thwaites plays Nic, a computer hacker and very much a brilliant mind, particularly mathematically. In a very agitated moment, his American accent gets lost and his Australian accent comes roaring through the screen. He has talent but not fully formed skills. He does so again here opposite Laurence Fishburne. ![]() Thwaites has the looks and burgeoning gravitas to stand opposite these heavyweight acting veterans. The second was the summer hit Maleficent, opposite Angelina Jolie and the third was The Giver, opposite Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. The first was Oculus, the head-scratching horror flick. Based on the cache of that modern-day remake, he parleyed it into back-to-back leading roles in three major Hollywood films released in 2014. He made a splash in the United States when he co-starred in the TV movie Blue Lagoon: The Awakening. There's a fusion of man and machine, and both movies by Eubank are shot with explosions and high-action in slow-motion that are slight Michael Bay.īrenton Thwaites is a very young, Australian actor who started on Australian television. At the center is a scientifically-intelligent, young man who is isolated and on which is being experimented. ![]() In fact, many elements of Love are the same or very similar to this one. It isn't quite his Star Wars, but it is his THX 1138, despite being his 2nd feature.Įubank's first feature is Love (2011) and a lot of that movie is informative of this one. This is co-writer and director William Eubank's THX 1138. In a trap in which he put himself in "The Signal" Brenton Thwaites plays a smart kid trapped ![]()
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