I found the trailer interesting enough to watch and assumed it would be boring. In my view survival movies are extremely hard to do without the right director or actor involved. The premise begins with a refugee crisis in Spain that forces them chose containers to escape their demise. I wondered "have other refugees done this before? Ending with only one survivor out of the handful? I must state the premise was fresh to me, and the main reason I continued to see how the story evolved.
For good reason, one-person movies are hardly done and done well. It takes courage to write, produce, and direct, Moreso, praise for the person who attempts a character who keeps their head together as best they can, while you are feeling their emotional swings. Think Foster in Panic Room. Better, think Hanks in Cast Away. Better yet, Bullock in Gravity inside a space module that slowly loses power. These actors have abundant acting know-how to hold the viewer's interest: either stuck on an island searching for ways to be saved, stuck in a 6 by 8 room looking for precise moments out to acquire her daughter's insulin, and now we can add Castillo floating in a shipping container (with bullet holes for better or worse) adrift at sea clawing her way back to civilization for her baby and herself. This movie should not be missed. Better than I expected.
For good reason, one-person movies are hardly done and done well. It takes courage to write, produce, and direct, Moreso, praise for the person who attempts a character who keeps their head together as best they can, while you are feeling their emotional swings. Think Foster in Panic Room. Better, think Hanks in Cast Away. Better yet, Bullock in Gravity inside a space module that slowly loses power. These actors have abundant acting know-how to hold the viewer's interest: either stuck on an island searching for ways to be saved, stuck in a 6 by 8 room looking for precise moments out to acquire her daughter's insulin, and now we can add Castillo floating in a shipping container (with bullet holes for better or worse) adrift at sea clawing her way back to civilization for her baby and herself. This movie should not be missed. Better than I expected.