Disclaimer: I received a free screener of this movie from the publicity company. This does not affect my review.
Hover is one of the best sci-fi films I've seen in a good while. Done in the style of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, the near-future realness of it sinks under your skin. Cleopatra Coleman both writes and stars in the film, and she did a great job on both accounts. Her acting was solid in basically every scene. I got the feeling she could handle whatever was throw at her.
The subject matter isn't precisely anything new. Drones are becoming more of a presence than ever, and it definitely twigs even the non-conspiracy theorists to imagine what they can track. Even without taking drones into account, Big Brother already strongly exists in a few forms. It's been acknowledged for some years that the situation we're heading toward is not sustainable. Maybe that's why Hover works well, because it only goes a little bit further than where we currently are.
Hover left me extremely uneasy, but it was a pleasure to watch on all points. The acting was solid and the cast wasn't made up of all white people with a token POC. The soundtrack was actually mostly enjoyable (coming from me that's saying something). It wasn't filled with unnecessary explosions and melodramatic dialogue that makes one's ears want to bleed.
A truly enjoyable movie that even managed to tear me away from my books, Hover is worth the watch.
Hover is one of the best sci-fi films I've seen in a good while. Done in the style of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, the near-future realness of it sinks under your skin. Cleopatra Coleman both writes and stars in the film, and she did a great job on both accounts. Her acting was solid in basically every scene. I got the feeling she could handle whatever was throw at her.
The subject matter isn't precisely anything new. Drones are becoming more of a presence than ever, and it definitely twigs even the non-conspiracy theorists to imagine what they can track. Even without taking drones into account, Big Brother already strongly exists in a few forms. It's been acknowledged for some years that the situation we're heading toward is not sustainable. Maybe that's why Hover works well, because it only goes a little bit further than where we currently are.
Hover left me extremely uneasy, but it was a pleasure to watch on all points. The acting was solid and the cast wasn't made up of all white people with a token POC. The soundtrack was actually mostly enjoyable (coming from me that's saying something). It wasn't filled with unnecessary explosions and melodramatic dialogue that makes one's ears want to bleed.
A truly enjoyable movie that even managed to tear me away from my books, Hover is worth the watch.