tek's rating:

Recoil (16:08)
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This 2013 short film was presented by Dust in 2017; re-released in 2022.

Marshall Walker, the pilot of a freighter spaceship called the Prodigal, receives a distress call from his brother Alec, whose own ship is trapped in a time loop caused by a black hole. The Prodigal's AI, Bodhi, warns Marshall that there's nearly zero percent chance of successfully rescuing his brother and escaping from the black hole's gravity, but Marshall is determined to try anyway.

That's all I want to say about the plot. It's a pretty decent story, and a very well produced film. I'd probably rate it higher if it were a full length movie, or if it just didn't feel so familiar to me.


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