"Phoenix 9" is a 22-minute short film from 2 years ago. Writer and director (both fairly inexperienced and it shows) are German, but the cast are all Americans, so the language here is English. I thought early on this could be a good film when it is more about the group mentality, but not much later the film loses itself in special effects and mediocre sci-fi contents. The core here is the group being forced to make very difficult decisions about its members in the times of an apocalyptic world once again. It is a lot style over substance and there is nothing really significant in here that you have not yet seen in another (short) film done equally good or better. This may have been a decent watch at 10 minutes max, but the material is not enough for over 20. Not recommended.
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