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What is this science fiction film, number 1 on Prime Video, worth?

Friday January 3, 2025, Prime Video unveils Elevationa post-apocalyptic science fiction film starring Anthony Mackie (Captain America) in the lead role. But should you watch it? Our opinion.

You probably know him better as Sam Wilson / Falcon, since he joined the Marvel stable in 2014 in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. However, Anthony Mackie is an actor with multiple registers. For purists, the actor made his name by playing in 8 Mileinspired by the life of rapper Eminem, played the title role in She Hate Me by Spike Lee in 2004 and that of the strong head in Million Dollar Baby. Without forgetting his notable appearance in the series Altered Carbon. Thursday January 2, 2025, he appears as the main character in Elevationa post-apocalyptic science fiction film by George Nolfi, marking the third collaboration between the two men after The Agency (2011) et The Banker (2020). What is this film about? Is it worth seeing? Tele-Leisure gives you his opinion.

What is the new movie about? Elevation ?

Imagine a world where 95% of humanity has been wiped out by strange and invincible creatures. The only way to escape them? Living above a white line located at 2,500 meters above sea level. Here is the plot ofElevationa film by George Nolfi, released in American theaters on November 8, 2024. For three years, Will (Anthony Mackie) and his son Hunter have lived recluse in one of the reserves which shelters the rare survivors. The little boy’s mother died during a perilous expedition. Their daily life is turned upside down when Hunter, suffering from a respiratory illness, finds himself running out of oxygen. The father, accompanied by Katie (Maddie Hasson) and Nina (Morena Baccarin) decide to brave the wild and hostile nature to go to the hospital in the city of Boulder. But the creatures, called Ravagers, spot humans when they venture out of bounds, using their breathing. How to avoid them? Can we defeat them? What are they made of? George Nolfi takes us on an astonishing adventure in the high mountains which is reminiscent of Without a sound they John Krasinski.

Elevation is it a good movie?

One of the main advantages of this genre film is that it lasts 1h30. A significant characteristic in an era where 2 hours and more are gradually becoming the norm. If we live in an atmosphere of the end of the world, where food and electricity are rare commodities, the feature film offers superb images of mountains, wooded landscapes and devastated cities… Even if sometimes you have to squint eyes and increase the brightness of its screen to appreciate them. Exit the gloomy or the morbid. Although the planet has been devastated (or at least the United States, the only place shown in the film), corpses do not litter the streets or establishments. The main actors are at the center of all the sequences and offer more or less convincing performances. Unfortunately, Elevation does not revolutionize the genre, is content with poorly developed dialogues and centers part of the plot on a female rivalry which adds nothing to an already rather poorly developed scenario. Predictable, the film lets you guess from the first minutes who will live and who will die, which makes the action and suspense scenes uninviting, simply setting a scene. However, where the film shines is at the end. Yes, it leaves us on an interesting cliffhanger and makes us really want a sequel! If for the moment nothing is certain, the director still suggested to our colleagues at Collider that he could well give us answers in the second part of this film. A word of advice: stay until the post-credits scene, you will get a little surprise…

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