A commute around London for average guy Adam Harper ( Alan Austen ), turns into anything but, in this quietly creepy, and thought provoking sci-fi short.
Accidentally bumping into a fellow traveller, causes Adam's world to be taken apart.
He finds himself transported into unfamiliar woodland, with a gun, and a cryptic mobile phone text, telling him he has ten minutes to save himself and his world.
With this advice, he now seems tied up in a game of chance, where a mysterious woman has set the rules, and the outcome lies with who he chooses to save or kill.
With only a 13 minute running time, this film manages to be rather beautiful, mysterious, menacing, creepy, and quite enigmatic too.
Director Emma Dark has captured great essence in this tale. It doesn't offer explanations and tidy plot devices, but instead has glimpses into a changed, alien world, where normality don't seem to exist.
Alan Austen plays the unfortunate Adam with great conviction. It's nice to see him back onscreen after a long absence since his Star Wars days.
The small cast are all effective, and it has to be said that this film really does look like a major Hollywood product in it's execution and production values. The scenes on the beach are truly stunningly shot.
I came away very impressed, and put in mind of Geoff Murphy's " The Quiet Earth" from 1985, whereby a similar earth is somehow changed into something alien and strange.
Recommended viewing.
