Slingshot (2024)

Lenny Nero

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Oct 1, 2013
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Title: Slingshot (2024)

Tagline: Some fears are darker than space.

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Director: Mikael Håfström

Cast: Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone, David Morrissey, Nikolett Barabas, Charlotta Lövgren, Mark Ebulue, Nikolett Barabas, Harry Szovik

Release: 2024-08-30

Runtime: 109

Plot: An elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon Titan, gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot manoeuvre that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space.

 
This compact low-budget film uses all the clichéd and predictable tropes at once, it seems, at least to me. Tripple twist ending was crammed here, which I'm sure all were sometime in three other separate movies. So it's not bad, but predictable for someone like me, who watched and read a lot of such sci-fi stories. Lawrence Fishburne elevates this a level above, and scruffy looking 'discount' Affleck is no longer discount, but is a great actor on his own.
 
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