Review of High Life (2018) by Maxamilla — 09 Jun 2019

Another swing at the sub-genre of 'solitary' sci-fi that Tarkovsky and Kubrick still rule supreme. On par with other misses like 'Moon' and 'Sunshine', High Life really left me feeling at time dull, irritable and lacking the curiosity to dive deeper into its forced metaphors.

While some will applaud the movie for this as a realistic portrayal of the psychological effects of prison, I still think there are more artful ways to achieve this without forcing the viewer into the same despair and boredom as its inmates.

Robert Pattinson puts in a good lead performance as does Juliette Binoche and Mia Goth in supporting roles (and the baby is great!), but the rest of the crew is fairly cookie cutter and forgettable which generally wouldn't be too much of an issue other than the immense importance of each character in such a claustrophobic plot.

Visually there is nothing new or noteworthy here, except for perhaps a interesting low budget look to many of the space craft and interiors, which makes sure to let you know that this is Indy, in case you forgot.

In a very particular rainy day mood maybe this movie strikes accord, but for me this one will be lost to time much the like the inhabitants of the number 7 vessel.