Prospect

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Prospect

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Released Nov 2, 2018

1h 38m

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Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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A man and his teenage daughter encounter nonstop danger while searching for valuable gems on an alien moon.

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Fueled by character development and setting instead of special effects, Prospect is a sci-fi story whose style is defined - and enriched -- by its limitations.

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Cary Darling

Houston Chronicle

The defiantly lo-fi "Prospect" is a smartly entertaining throwback that doesn't need a Marvel movie's worth of CGI to make its point.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 9, 2018

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

The film balances genre thrills with a detailed depiction of prospecting on an alien world, created via a mix of practical locations (shot in a damp Northwestern forest) and some psychedelic digital backdrops.

Nov 5, 2018

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

It's rare to see a sci-fi movie that genuinely has a true grit to it, a characteristic that bolsters its screenplay through its more underwhelming passages.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 2, 2018

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Monisha Ravisetti

CNET

Watch 2018's Prospect for the story, of course, but also for the impeccable aesthetic.

Mar 21, 2023

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Miles Surrey

The Ringer

Prospect is largely indebted to old-school westerns—the lawless pursuit of these gems is akin to an interstellar gold rush—and Pascal’s character fits into the equation as the charming gunslinger archetype.

Feb 10, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The small details throughout Prospect, which have obviously been thought through and labored over, do much to immerse the viewer in the intense situations.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 3, 2022

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Audience Member

Excellent acting, compelling characters, and great production design elevate this masterpiece in science fiction filmmaking to cult-classic status.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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Philip C

As soon as she DOESN'T kill her father's killer, the movie is BS.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/15/25

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Audience Member

Loved Prospect. Low budget, but a better story than most. Made me think of some of the old SF magazines. An extraterrestrial environment composed primarily of terrestrial vegetation was disappointing at first, but I got around to accepting Olympic Peninsula rainforest as invasive plant species from Earth (like kudzu in the southeastern US). Pascal was great as a hardened but charismatic opportunist with a taste for florid language, and Thatcher (his complete opposite in all respects) powered through adolescent terror and uncertainty with a very convincing performance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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Samitha B

Ridiculous story-line and the dialogue from medieval times. This is like Shakespeare in spacesuits!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/25

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Rich H

A decent effort, despite the basic storyline. Excellent acting and SFX. It made the most of a low-budget. I found the dialogue difficult to understand at times due to the in helmet sound recording. Had to use subtitles to keep up with the storyline. The quirky lingo delivered by one of the main characters was at times contrived. It felt like the writers were paying homage to Deadwood. Overall not a bad movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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Mark B

Well acted pretty limited story telling. Low budget limited world building but good character development that you get invested in. It is not action packed but at 95 minutes it works

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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Synopsis

A man and his teenage daughter encounter nonstop danger while searching for valuable gems on an alien moon.

Director: Zeek Earl, Chris Caldwell
Producer: Dan Balgoyen, Garrick Dion, Scott Glassgold, Andrew Miano, Matthias Mellinghaus, Chris Weitz
Screenwriter: Zeek Earl, Chris Caldwell
Distributor: Gunpowder & Sky
Production Co: Depth of Field, Gunpowder & Sky, BRON Studios
Rating: R (Some Violence/Bloody Images)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 2, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2019
Runtime: 1h 38m

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