65 (2023)

 

Written & Directed By: Scott Beck & Bryan Woods 

Cinematography: Salvatore Totino 

Editor: Josh Schaeffer and Jane Tones

Cast: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman, Nika King 

After a catastrophic crash, pilot Mills quickly discovers he's actually stranded on an unknown planet. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills must make his way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive.

Adam Driver truly puts himself through the wringer in this movie. Which rises above the material and keeps it watchable. As he is definitely inspired by something throughout.

I only wish as an audience member we could feel the same way. 

The film is disappointing even though it seemed to come out of nowhere when released. 

The audience should expect more from the writers of A QUIET PLACE. Who wrote and directed this film. You want a little more originality or at least try to put an original spin on the material. This just feels like a lost 1980s science fiction, B-movie with modern special effects.

Understand that this is a starter film for the screenwriting duo, to show what they were capable of, but you would hope there was something better. As this seems like a film that was either lying around or that they were brought in to salvage and failed. 

The film tries to world-build and gives us glimpses of this new planet or terrain that Adam Driver is exploring. At first naturally then as he tries to survive against dinosaurs and repair his ship. 

Though pretty soon this feels like a movie that owes itself more to those special effects than making an entertaining movie. This feels more like it could have easily been more of a video game.

Worst of all it Comes across as basic. Most of the audience has seen this type of film before. Only here it’s presented in new wrapping.

Grade: C-