"Yellow" is a 4-minute short film from 10 years ago written and directed by Neill Blomkamp. I personally am a huge fan of "District 9", so I am also a bit curious about the filmmaker's other works, mostly short films. Unfortunately this one here did not really impress me. Yes Blomkamp's style and narrative approach is clearly recognizable, but the whole story did not do too much for me. The reason may be that I am not the biggest science-fiction fan and thus a bit biased too. The special effects sure are interesting, especially in the times when "Ex Machina" won a visual effects Oscar. The cast are mostly stunt people, but Sharlto Copley has a brief cameo too it seems. I wonder if Blomkamp will ever turn "Yellow" into a full feature and I will say that even if I did not really enjoy these 4 minutes, I would still be curious about it as the story here seems to be so complex that it's almost impossible to make it work convincingly in a film that runs under five minutes. Gigantic challenge for Blomkamp here and he did not fail entirely. I still don't recommend it.
Review of Yellow
