The Shasta Triangle

The film opens like we're about to embark on a classic X-Files episode mixed with Stargate SG-1 and it delivers on that tone. Some great moments for lovers of indie SciFi films.

I was looking for a film about a bunch of folks whose boats gets in trouble so they get rescued then wwird stuff happens.

It was called The Triangle. JUST the Triangle. Was supposed to be on Prime but wasnt. Often I say to the voice command Triangle on Prime?/tubi/Netflix and often I find it hidden on ANOTHER streaming service. But once this started playing I got interested in the ideas being discussed. This is not a horror film in ANY sense but its a decent low budget science fiction independent piece that managed to keep me interested through to the end.

Its not got any practical or even 'special' effects. So all the suspense is derived from the dialogue and the good acting in this almost all female cast. Of course there's a whole beginning middle & end but the first was the weakest.

The women have different motives & know each other but generally they are trying to find out where/why the scientict father of the main character ended up; but left some perplexing yet hard to ignore journals and tests that suggest he isn't so much as dead but just missing. For a cheap time/ space /travel/ multiverse paradox movie its really not bad. The acting and story did all the work. More money and maybe more effects would have made more folks have access to this, but they did well with what they had. NOW I gotta find The Triangle which despite the youtube Pirate's insistance, IS NOT ON PRIME. THIS was on Tubi. Kinda started without me selecting it! LOL.

And I'm not happy about this. Just don't waist your time...

I found the concept of this film to be very interesting, and despite some reviews on vfx, for it being what I assume is a micro budget indie with a sub $250k budget, they're pretty good. The camera work was really beautiful, especially the drone shots which provide an expansive feeling to the forest setting. I'd like to see what could be done with this story on a budget it deserves, and see how the character development could also expand in that arena, as I was hungry to understand the father-daughter dynamic more than the friendships between the primary and secondary characters. I feel that with a longer story and runtime aligned with most features (perhaps 90 minutes), some key plot points could have been further clarified and developed. Overall, I think it was a great microbudget effort and could see this on SyFy.

** Edit After I wrote my review a whole spate of positive 9s and 10s came through all at once. Fake!!!

This has to be one of the most convoluted stories in any film.

The script, development of the story and the VFX are dire.

The acting is generally ok. but not all, some stinkers too.

You won't feel like you've missed anything if you give this a pass.