PROTOTYPE

Movie Info

The Prototype (2022)

Runtime:97 minutes

Director:Marcelo Grion

Countries:Italy, United States, Argentina

Actors:

Mark Vasconcellos

Garrett

Frank Spinelli

Piak

Victoria De Mare

Queen Ilona

Juan Antonio Devoto

Tony

Theresa Tilly

Jenna

Ken Belsky

Hines

John Marrs

Sheriff Clark

Michael Bertaut

Virgil Conway

Jim O'Donoghue

Reverend Jeremiah C. Hope

Blaize Naasz

Carol

Genres:Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Writers:

Stephen Brown

Marcelo Grion

story by

Stephen Karandy

Production company:

Energia Films

 

Plot: A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer Earth. Using a blue liquid created by the aliens to make soldiers stronger, he becomes The Prototype-the only hope for mankind.

Toronto-based experimental filmmaker Blake Williams makes his feature debut with PROTOTYPE. Through the use of 3D imagery, footage of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane is turned into a sci-fi landscape.

The thing that attracted me to Blake Williams’ PROTOTYPE is the film’s description as a 3D experimental film with sci-fi imagery. However, the film turns out to be much more abstract than this description. Make no mistake about it, PROTOTYPE is a full on avant-garde film, which relies more on experimental imagery than any form of narrative.

I do have to give Blake Williams credit for his interesting use of 3D, which is typically better utilized in PROTOTYPE than any mainstream film. However, PROTOTYPE‘s 63 minute running time does feel quite long, which only feels longer by the amount of times the film fades to black. Ultimately, I have never been a huge fan of super avant-garde films, so I am just going to shrug off PROTOTYPE as simply being not my thing.

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Screenings

• Thursday, September 14, 5:45 PM – TIFF Bell Lightbox 4

Sean Patrick Kelly

Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.