Mother Sandra (well played with spunky charm to spare by Katrina Bowden) must race against time to get her infant son out of a fancy state-of-the-art super car that he's trapped inside of in the middle of nowhere.
Director/cowriter Ivan Silvestrini relates the gripping story at a brisk pace, takes time to develop the main character of Sandra, makes good use of the desolate and isolated desert central location, and generates a good deal of tension. Moreover, Bowden astutely captures the raw desperation and fierce determination of her character. A real nail biter.
Monolith
2016
Action / Drama / Thriller
Monolith
2016
Action / Drama / Thriller
Plot summary
A mother and her son plan a surprise visit to Los Angeles to see her husband/his father. Halfway there they get into a terrible accident in the middle of nowhere and now must fight to survive.
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Solid little thriller
Hard as a (Christine) rock
For a certain situation to happen, a lot of things have to go sideways. And you have to understand that it doesn't have to be logical, it just has to bring us where we end up. So the main character going there, is terrible, but to some extend acceptable. What is unacceptable though, is her behavior with a kid in the car.
Which is one of the points leading to a certain situation. But really there is no love lost for someone like that. It's tough to root for someone or feel for someone like that. Then again it's all about the kid isn't it? Yes and you could also argue, it's just a movie. And that's where it loses me or my interest. So the tension is almost completely gone, maybe if you accept certain things, you'll be on the edge of your seat. But I do doubt it very much
Vault Mode
Former singer Sandra Jenkins (Katrina Bowden) is given a gift of the safest car every made, Monolith by her producer husband Carl (Damon Dayoub). When she suspects he is cheating, she takes off across the desert with her infant son David (Nixon Hodges) to confront him in person in Los Angeles. And midpoint PLOT SPOILER, her son gets accidentally locked inside the fortress of a car, in the desert. Much of the film is Katrina Bowden hitting a car with a rock or trying to break in.
This is almost a one person film. I find the lack of characters to be boring. Katrina attempting to break into the vehicle got old and the climax was unusual, unexpected, and simply a no way.
Guide: F-word. Implied sex. No nudity.