Red Rover (2018)

Red Rover: Directed by Shane Belcourt. With Kristian Bruun, Cara Gee, Meghan Heffern, Anna Hopkins. After feeling he has nothing left to live for on earth, a lonely geologist tries to qualify for a one-way mission to Mars with the help of an offbeat musician who is just as lost as he is.

“This is a story about salvation and the frailty of the human heart that is all too common with people who live in reality.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNot-so-lovable loser Damon desperately needs to find his place in the world and the courage to carve out a simple existence that he can call his own.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLiving in the basement of his house where he can hear his ex-girlfriend having sex with her new boyfriend upstairs, Damon spends his days working a job where integrity is reviled in favor of marketing and combing the beach with a metal detector.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt first glance, the movie seems cynical, but it is only the corner of the world where Damon has allowed himself to drift that is replete with soulless beings that all losers seem to attract.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut when he meets a somewhat effervescent girl (Cara Gee) promoting a reality show based on contestants going to Mars, his life begins to turn around.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHere, the film becomes a tender-sweet exploration of love, courage and uncertainty as both Damon and Phoebe seek to find themselves – he as a potential Martian colonist, she as an aspiring song-writer.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI really loved this movie, both for the love story and for the thoughts on what it really means to be an explorer. Cara Gee steals the show as Phoebe and it is a real treat to see her play a character totally different from Camina Drummer. She deserves more roles and I really do hope the indy studios give her her due once The Expanse is done.”