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‘Elevation’ Review: Humanity Is Prey in Brisk Sci-Fi Monster Movie
Take the high road, because the low one is deadly in entertaining action thriller, pitting Anthony Mackie and Morena Baccarin and “giant murder bugs.”
But as a boy who strays below the safety boundary — hoping to glimpse people other than those in his isolated settlement — discovers, they too are now host to tank-sized, fast-moving, seemingly indestructible “Reapers.” (These are basically non-flying dino-insects who make noises reminiscent of the critters in the “Alien” and “Predator” films.) But he is lonely and unhappy in “Lost Gulch Refuge,” an old mountain town whose 200 or so other current residents include no other children — nor Hunter’s mother, who did not return from an ill-fated sojourn with cranky neighbor Nina (Morena Baccarin) some time ago. Cinematographer Shelly Johnson takes full widescreen advantage of the magnificent Colorado scenery, while visual effects supervisor Nathan McGuinness’ nasty four-legged nemeses are seen enough to satisfy, albeit mostly held in eye-blink reserve by editor Joel Viertel.
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