From Uncork’d Entertainment comes Prodigy, which stars Tyler Roy Roberts (“Z Nation”), Cory Kays (Looking for Andrew) and King Amir Allahyar (Façade). It is written and directed by Nathan Leon, was nominated for four ICFF awards and is available on VOD with your favorite streaming platforms. ICFF stands for the International Christian Film Festival.
From the press release, take a peek at the synopsis:
“Erik Black is a broken soul due to the loss of his wife. He spends his days alone and self-medicating. All of that changes when his estranged son asks him to help him reach an undisclosed destination. There, he says, he will receive a divine message he believes will change the course of humanity. To survive they must stick together while fostering a belief in something greater than themselves.”
What was so pleasant about watching a “Christian” movie was for once, I felt the theme and message were not being crammed down my throat with a shot of holy water. I am spiritual, and did my time learning about Christian religion and deciding if it was for me. I still respect Christianity very much at its core, but its followers can be known to be a little heavy-handed when it comes to storytelling. So a Christian horror movie? I was a little reticent. But Prodigy succeeds in just being a movie for some, and having a much deeper message for others.
I was a little taken aback with how chill everyone was in the film, though. The world is in chaos, with planet-wide mental blackouts. The film takes place in the three days leading up to the end of the world, allegedly. I, personally, would not be very calm. But people, including those on this journey, seem greatly nonplussed. My biggest issue was held with the relationship betwee Erik (Cory Kays,) and his son, Caleb (Embry Johnson.) They haven’t seen each other in over a decade, and yet neither seem too interested in discussing their obvious issues. It’s as if the whole cast is on Xanax. The hardest work seems to come from Johnson, who is so busy working through a terrible case of puberty with his cracking voice, that you have to focus twice as hard to listen to him. I don’t know, I just feel like if the end of the world was coming and I had an estranged family member, I would want to try and hammer a few things out before I bounced from this mortal coil.
Prodigy is now available on VOD.
