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Fiona writes about Mis-drop:

posted 10 years ago by fkelleghan
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Mis-drop is that rare, wonderful thing: a multi-layered science fiction film which stays with you and demands repeated viewings. This funny and frightening film delivers insights into courage, loyalty, and trust in a future in which a space- and planet-side battle is both incomprehensible and alarmingly aware of the cold Realpolitik of today. Like Aliens, it portrays soldiers going into war with witty and heartfelt understanding; in a daring coup, about nine-tenths of it is focused on the face of one actor. Elliot Travers provides a marvelous and devastating performance as Private Jason Glen, who progresses through fear, love, terror, and disaster. Writer/director Ferand Peek has written a phenomenal story which feels much bigger than its short length, and he skillfully brings the story to a fascinating conclusion.

[Fiona Kelleghan is the editor of The Savage Humanists and other books, and is a contributor to Science-Fiction Studies, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, and other journals.]

I have no personal connection with Mr. Ferand Peek, or his cast and crew, at all. I just love his film.

Thanks, all, for sharing!

Fiona

PS: Now, Mr. Peek, I want you to do one about dinosaurs... :)

[–] cash-arnulf 9 years ago

I know Fiona, so I assumed that this movie would be either super hyper-meta and literary, or that it's pulpish and funny. But it really is great. I'd like to see more of Sugarhara. The soldiers comments were funny, and the ending was a nice shock. It's like Robert Heinlein meets Twilight Zone. Very good acting.

- Cash