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Hover

2018 · 86 min

A quiet, uneasy near-future thriller that trades spectacle for creeping dread about the machines watching over a poisoned countryside.

Directed by
Matt Osterman
Genres
Science fiction
Starring
Cleopatra Coleman, Shane Coffey, Craig muMs Grant
Tagline
Fear what flies
Overview
In a near future when environmental havoc is causing food shortages and compelling the government to protect its organized crop system by deploying sentinel drones, a handful of locals discover a sinister connection between sick farmland inhabitants and the tech that’s meant to be protect them.

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Directed by
Matt Osterman
Genres
Science fiction
Starring
Cleopatra Coleman, Shane Coffey, Craig muMs Grant
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • technology
    • environment
    • conspiracy
    • survival
    • corruption
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    near-future
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror5
    Humour2
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    science fiction
    Directed by
    Matt Osterman
    Written by
    Cleopatra Coleman
    Starring
    Cleopatra Coleman, Shane Coffey, Craig muMs Grant, Fabianne Therese, Rhoda Griffis, Leo Fitzpatrick, Beth Grant, Rhonda Johnson Dents
    Music
    Wojciech Golczewski
    Cinematography
    Needham B. Smith, Stuart Brereton
    Runtime
    86 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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