Chrysalis

I was able to locate a copy of first time French director Julien Leclerq’s sci-fi actioner Chrysalis recently. While its not the best sci-fi film I have ever seen, its one of the best I've seen recently. There is much to love in its deliberate pacing, cold noir atmosphere, and superbly staged action/fight sequences. And why wouldn't the fight scenes please me when they have Alain Figlarz of "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and the Bourne films behind them? I won't say much, but the film is about a hardcore detective David Hoffman who is obsessed with catching Dimitri Nicolov who killed his wife and partner in front of him, and in a parallel storyline, a teenage girl named Manon, who is recovering from being badly injured in a car wreck. I don't think it ruins anything to say that these two character's lives will intertwine, the interesting thing is how. While the plot suffers a little in place of style, it is clear that Julien Leclerq can direct with the best of them and I look forward to his next project, a real terrorist story called "Air France Flight 8969" (also with Alain Figlarz). Check out the trailer:

Hunter Prey

If you are anything like me and your inner geek starts drooling when you see a beautiful sci-fi shot like the one above then you might want to keep your eye on the upcoming film "Hunter Prey". Other than the juicy images, this film has an interesting name attached to it. Sandy Collera is the man behind the beautifully done fan short "Batman: Dead End" which apparently really made heads turn at the 2003 Comic-Con. I'll let you decide for yourself if this is exciting news or not after you watch this:



Anyways we all know that there are at least 30 bad science fiction films for every good one made, but if you love something enough you never give up on it. Kinda like being a Redskins fan. Here's an Interview with Collera about the film.